Dealership franchise laws are the modern version of the horse industry fighting the automobile. Back then, entire networks of stables, blacksmiths and carriage makers tried to protect their “volumes of iron and steel” against a technology that was clearly superior. Customers were denied equal access. Progress was delayed by rules written to shield the middlemen. Today the pattern is identical. Legacy manufacturers are bleeding money while the laws still protect the dealership network that stands between customers and better technology — Tesla and every company trying to follow the same direct model. The horses lost. History does not care about your franchise laws. @JoshWest247

Went to a car dealership, Hellish experience. Now I'm getting phone calls and texts about stuff a barely showed interest in even though I told them not to. Thinking of just buying another FB marketplace beater just to spite them and so I don't have to have this experience.

Popular automobile dealership Kelly B Motors at 18 Junction along the Tema Motorway has reportedly been demolished to make way for the ongoing Tema Motorway expansion project. [🎥: Gez Ghana]

The KIA dealership called me asking if I'm in the market for a car. This is because I took my wife's EV9 in for a service. How do I tell them I'm always in the market for a car, but it will never be for a KIA?

One of China’s largest Mercedes-Benz dealerships is grappling with soaring bond yields in a warning sign for the sector, as the country’s sluggish economy makes consumers think twice about splashing out on new cars

When you go to a traditional automobile dealership either to purchase a vehicle or to have on repaired or just serviced, you actually expect to have a problem with something or someone or some cost associated with it. As a Tesla owner, I actually expect to be treated properly and in my particular case I always have been. I'm sure a day will come when I also will have an issue with Tesla, but the track record so far is better than anything I've ever experienced in my long time on this planet. And I know a little bit about cars.

Tokyo auto shops and Detroit car dealerships have been running short of motor oil, paint and other products for months since the Middle East conflict snarled global supply chains. Now, while a potential deal between the US and Iran may bring an end to the fighting, industry experts and executives say it is unlikely to deliver immediate relief to the smaller shops that have been squeezed by Tehran's shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz. More here: