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Study Quantifies How Much the #CarDealership Model Costs Customers—And It Ain’t Pretty
State laws requiring #automakers to sell #cars to customers through franchised dealerships are adding between $3,934 and $4,992 to the transaction prices of new cars, according to the nonprofit International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE). The center calls reliance on franchised dealerships a “middleman tax.”
https://www.thedrive.com/news/study-quantifies-how-much-the-dealership-model-costs-customers-and-it-aint-pretty