It's not that they literally would not be capable in a logistical sense. It's that they would probably do a worse job of it than the independent dealers would. At least with independent dealers there's a lot of oversight; the people that own dealerships generally own a few, the biggest players maybe a few dozen.

Right now dealers aren't that great, they're the Mom & Pop bookstores. Having Ford sell directly would give us a Barnes & Noble experience. I personally think that might be worse.

I dislike dealers for sure and prefer to work on my car myself. I have the feeling I would dislike them even more if they were all run by Ford.

And if the protections were relaxed, manufacturer-certified repair centers would go the way of the dodo? That they're attached to the people who would want to sell you a replacement car if something goes wrong seems like a conflict of interest.

Do you prefer chain restaurants or local joints? Why?

> It's that they would probably do a worse job of it than the independent dealers would.

Why?

Do you understand why dealers exist historically? It's completely different than what you're letting on.

Yes, I'm aware that dealers sprung up as a sales channel for cash-strapped automakers. They didn't have the money for a nationwide retail campaign so dealers sprung up to do it for them, and to earn some profits in the process.