SUVs parked on cargo ships reveal scope of U.S. auto market glut

Re:SUVs parked on cargo ships reveal scope of U.S. auto mark... by maxerickson on Friday May 01, 2020 @04:50PM (#23046339)

Here we have a single retailer for all the brands. One group owns most of the dealerships.

(which is some sort of regulatory problem probably, the point is that it is the status quo for there to be a dealership oligopoly in many areas)

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Re:SUVs parked on cargo ships reveal scope of U.S. auto mark... by gamblor956 on Saturday May 02, 2020 @02:39AM (#23049840)

This is simply not true. There are thousands of independent car dealerships in the US. There might be a local monopoly in a town, but you can always just drive a few miles over to the next dealership.

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Re:SUVs parked on cargo ships reveal scope of U.S. auto mark... by maxerickson on Saturday May 02, 2020 @07:57AM (#23051228)

How is "local monopoly in a town" substantively different than "oligopoly in an area"?

It's not really super convenient to get service 60 miles away.

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Re:SUVs parked on cargo ships reveal scope of U.S. auto mark... by gamblor956 on Monday May 04, 2020 @03:24PM (#23072218)

Tesla makes people drive hundreds of miles and that doesn't seem to have hurt them.

Worse, Tesla is effectively a a national monopoly. And that's far worse, because it has no competition for sales of Tesla vehicles or service.

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