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My friends who work at Ford all report a general feeling of being over the dealership. They’re just as sick of the dealer shenanigans as we consumers are and it
by a2tech 4y ago
My friends who work at Ford all report a general feeling of being over the dealership. They’re just as sick of the dealer shenanigans as we consumers are and it sounds like they’re working hard on cutting them out. This didn’t have to be—but the dealers insisted on being scummy and not changing with the times and now they’re left friendless.
- aidenn0 4y agoTBF there is a very slow moving pendulum. The manufacturers screwed the dealerships many decades ago, so the government passed laws to protect dealerships (see also: in some states you can't buy a Tesla at a Tesla showroom). The dealers in turn used those regulations as leverage against the manufacturers. General speaking: in times of high-margins, manufacturers want to kill the dealerships to capture a larger slice of those margins. In times of low-margins (even negative net margins) the manufacturers want to force the dealerships to eat as much of the cost as possible.
- KerrAvon 4y agoManufacturers having the capability to do this is a relatively recent development, though, historically speaking. Originally even the largest manufacturers couldn’t afford to build out the necessary sales and service infrastructure across the US without the independent dealers.
- MobileVet 4y agoFord recently announced that all new electric vehicles will be ordered direct and at MSRP. https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a40175990/ford-online-sales-no-negotiation/ https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a40175990/ford-online-sale...
- colejohnson66 4y agoPreviously, some dealerships were offering “cut the line” fees to their Lightning reservations, and Ford called them out by saying that dealerships that do that will get less stock. It’s about time OEMs fight back against dealerships.