What does the future hold for Stealerships?

abm89

This might be unpopular, but I hate the pricing game with dealerships. I'd much rather have an option to buy directly from the manufacturer at MSRP and just wait for my car to arrive.

Thankfully, I have no plans of buying another car anytime soon.

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babyzilla

No, I think a lot of people would agree with that. Of course it's nice to save money where you can by haggling. On the other hand, I'm starting to realize that if paying MSRP was the only option, you would 1) save time, 2) probably have a positive experience, and 3) not have to worry about if you got the best deal or if you found out someone else was able to get a better deal.

The problem is if manufacturers sold directly, it would wipe out an entire auto industry. Not necessarily a problem for me or many of us on this forum, but a problem nonetheless. I assume manufacturers would have to restructure their business to incorporate this idea, and I'm sure it would come with its own issues (probably still better than dealership though lol).

Rusty

This is what Tesla did.

Shopping for a new vehicle sucks. Some dealers are adding what they call "market adjustments". Ford dealers are great at this. Tacking as much as $15,000 onto the price of new Bronco's. Seen as much as $30,000 on a Mustang FT500.

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babyzilla

Yes, Tesla was probably the first manufacturer to do this and honestly I haven't heard any complaints. People are fine with paying what they believe to be a fair price because everyone is paying the same price - it just makes sense. Don't like the price or can't afford it? Find another car. I'm sure all these other electric vehicle manufacturers that are due to come to the market soon will follow the same suit.

Don't get me started on Ford and GM. They were "threatening" their dealers to get rid off the markups by cutting off their ordering power. Why? Because apparently it was hurting their stock prices and bottom line. Otherwise they wouldn't give a crap. As far as I know, Ford and GM hasn't done a thing and their dealers are still charging markup.

Here's another thing I realized. All these dealerships are blaming the chip shortage and supply chain issues, but they are strategically placing their markups on the cars that have a high sale volume. Hypocrisy.

SeeThruHead

dealerships are one of the types of retailers out that that actually deserve to be wiped out.

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