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Car sales have been through the roof this entire pandemic. Car sales people haven't had to listen to customers "negotiate" in over a year (because the answer is

Car sales have been through the roof this entire pandemic. Car sales people haven't had to listen to customers "negotiate" in over a year (because the answer is always to take the higher than MSRP offer or pound sand since 20 others will) . I couldn't get a single salesperson to budge even 500$ across no less than 10 Lexus dealerships on anything at all. Car sales people are doing the best they have ever done during the pandemic. They don't need your sympathy.

ineedasername 6y ago
I don't know where you're getting this impression from, but sales figures do no support your opinion. Sales were down about 15% in 2020, [0] and that was with a normal first quarter and sales inching back up in the 4th quarter. For large parts of 2020 sales were down as much as 40%. Your experience with Lexus dealerships is not generalizable to the whole industry. The economic fallout of 2020 was not evenly distributed, and the only thing your personal experience tells me is that the audience for luxury cars may have had the better end of things last year. [0] https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/wheels/news/2020-truck-suv-car-sales-winners-and-losers/%3famp https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/wheels/news/2020...
- Der_Einzige 6y ago
  https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a35695042/car-sales-tanked-in-2020-but-dealerships-had-their-most-profitable-year-ever/ https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a35695042/car-sales-tanked... https://www.autonews.com/dealers/dealer-profits-surge-48-record-unique-2020 https://www.autonews.com/dealers/dealer-profits-surge-48-rec... Doesn't matter if net car sales were down - dealerships of all kinds were hitting ALL TIME HIGHS for profits in 2020 everywhere as a result of huge markups brought on by massive demand. So I stand corrected, dealer profits are up, not car sales - point is that car sales people are not in need of our sympathy at this moment.

ineedasername 6y ago

I don't know where you're getting this impression from, but sales figures do no support your opinion. Sales were down about 15% in 2020, [0] and that was with a normal first quarter and sales inching back up in the 4th quarter. For large parts of 2020 sales were down as much as 40%. Your experience with Lexus dealerships is not generalizable to the whole industry. The economic fallout of 2020 was not evenly distributed, and the only thing your personal experience tells me is that the audience for luxury cars may have had the better end of things last year. [0] https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/wheels/news/2020-truck-suv-car-sales-winners-and-losers/%3famp https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/wheels/news/2020...

Der_Einzige 6y ago
https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a35695042/car-sales-tanked-in-2020-but-dealerships-had-their-most-profitable-year-ever/ https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a35695042/car-sales-tanked... https://www.autonews.com/dealers/dealer-profits-surge-48-record-unique-2020 https://www.autonews.com/dealers/dealer-profits-surge-48-rec... Doesn't matter if net car sales were down - dealerships of all kinds were hitting ALL TIME HIGHS for profits in 2020 everywhere as a result of huge markups brought on by massive demand. So I stand corrected, dealer profits are up, not car sales - point is that car sales people are not in need of our sympathy at this moment.