[kaisen]

There's been a lot of conversation here about experiences buying cars at car dealerships. We've talked about ethics, business and sales practices, how to get the best price, how to handle salespeople, etc. It's been interesting to me because I've been involved in the industry one way or another for about 20 years. I've been a part of shaping what this looks like.

SO......

Let's say you were given the rights to a brand-new franchise point in a large metro area to sell new XYZ brand cars and trucks. The XYZ parent company was bankrolling the whole thing but it would end up being yours. You were entrusted with making sure the company was reasonable profitable and that enough cars were sold (i.e., average for region). Otherwise hands off. Clean sheet. Do whatever you want as long as it's legal.

How would you avoid the bad perceptions of other car dealers? Or would you even care?