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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by btilly on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @05:44PM (#17913083)
Many dealers, such as AutoNation, sell multiple brands of car. It is much easier for the dealer to decide to push, say, Porsche over Mercedes than it is for Mercedes to replace the dealer.

Mercedes really can't afford to piss off these dealers.

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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by _pmf_ on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @02:12AM (#17915417)
OK, so it seems to be different in the US; I've been thinking about the situation in Germany, where at least for domestic brands, dealers are pretty much exclusive.
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