To be honest I just took the numbers from http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_car_dealerships_are_in_America http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_car_dealerships_a

To be honest I just took the numbers from http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_car_dealerships_are_in_America http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_car_dealerships_are_in_Am... which claims to quote the National Automobile Dealers Association. More completely that page says "more than 17,000 new car and truck dealers with approximately 37,500 separate franchises" so even without the 'separate franchises' the number is still higher. But yeah, I agree that the numbers are amazing...