Generally, cars were not built to sit on dealer lots. It encourages the wrong kind of behavior in the whole system.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I look back I can't believe I was so stupid as to direct Dealer's Choice.
Buying a car used to be an experience so soul-scorching, so confidence-splattering, so existentially rattling that an entire car company was based on the promise that you wouldn't have to come in contact with it.
I came from a hospitality background and saw that 80 percent of seats in cars weren't occupied most of the time.
The good thing about a dealer's derivatives portfolio is that it is marked to market.
Automotive franchise laws were put in place decades ago to prevent a manufacturer from unfairly opening stores in direct competition with an existing franchise dealer that had already invested time, money and effort to open and promote their business.
I hate to take compromises with a racing car. The more standard a car is, the more compromises you have to take.
The New Dealers have all left Washington to make way for the car dealers.
I have a lot of respect for the auto manufacturers. They make a product people live inside - and can die inside - so they are held to very high standards.
The U.S. automotive industry has been selling cars the same way for over 100 years, and there are many laws in place to govern exactly how that is to be accomplished.
Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners.