You have your history exactly backwards. Ford and GM tried to cut the dealerships out of the equation several decades ago, and dealerships banded together in m

You have your history exactly backwards. Ford and GM tried to cut the dealerships out of the equation several decades ago, and dealerships banded together in many states to lobby for legislation barring automakers from directly selling to customers. BTW: you link to the NADA wikipedia page and claim that they represent the major automakers. They do not. They represent dealerships that sell cars made by the major automakers. The major automakers are not members of NADA.