[khaledtaha]

Having worked at an OEM and in automotive I can tell that what you’re saying is simply not true.

Where would they get the money? From cutting out the middleman, from increasing sales by offering an alternative to the terrible dealership experience (spending 1-2 hours buying a car is not ok) and from gaining the flexibility to offer alternative business models (i.e. subscription models).

Dealerships are the past. They may very well be the deadweight that will cause incumbent OEMs to sink rather than swim.

[RhodesianHunter]

If any of the major manufacturers were stuck with the entire inventory their dealerships are sitting on right now, that would sink them.

[khaledtaha]

That’s what’s happening. The article mentions that exact scenario.

[RhodesianHunter]

For every vehicle on a ship or stuck in port there are at least a dozen sitting on a dealer's lot.