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Tesla Dealerships

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This post is dedicated to my dad. I learned today that my dad is fascinated by Tesla and has been following the question of whether Tesla is a technology company or a car company. In a sense its both (The amount of patents that Tesla has for the model s is around 150). The companies straight to consumer business style has not made dealers happy.  Currently car Dealers in four states are in lawsuits attempting to prevent Tesla from owning sites to sell its vehicles under the belief that giants of the industry would begin to do the same putting the dealers out of business.

The 2025 Deadline

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As the chief economists at Ford mentioned several times Congress has put in place the seemingly unreasonable legislation that by 2025 car fleets must have…

Used Car Sales

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As Dan mentioned used car sales are down 6% in the first quarter of 2013. This is not good news for dealers. As we learned…

Profit Margins

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For most car companies profit margins are tight and made up for in the volume of sales. For luxury car companies the opposite is true.…

Government Motors

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GM recorded a 1.1 billion dollar profit last year and reduced losses in Europe despite a continued European recession. Car sales in Europe have sunk…

Nissan

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To all those outside Nissan, Nissan seems to be doing very well with fourth quarter profits jumping 46% to 1.11 billion. Global sales will most…

Quality Improvement through Regulation

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As we heard at Federal Mogul part quality has improved remarkably over the past few years as regulation has forced car companies to improve the…

Detroit 3 gain

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For the first time since 1993 the Detroit 3 have all gained market share in the U.S. In the first quarter of 2013 Ford, GM…

The Effect of Perception on Car Sales

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In early 2009 China’s government began the “Automobile Industry Adjustment and Stimulus Plan” designed to stimulate China’s domestic car market. The policy had some success…

Show Me the Carfax

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Over 120 auto dealerships have been linked to a lawsuit suing Carfax for damages resulting from engagement in anti-competitive practices. The suit, seeks damages of…