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by btilly 4998 days ago
Why can't cars be sold just like any other product?

If you want to walk in, look at a sticker, and walk out with your new car, you should visit a Saturn dealership.

Unless they changed it recently, they never haggle.

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>Unless they changed it recently...

Saturn doesn't exist anymore.

From Wikipedia: "Following the withdrawal of a bid by Penske Automotive to acquire Saturn in September 2009, General Motors discontinued the Saturn brand and ended its outstanding franchises on October 31, 2010. All new production was halted on October 1, 2009."[1]

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Corporation

Or a Scion dealership. I bought a Scion TC a few years back and it was the smoothest experience ever. No haggling, just pay the advertised price and walk out. Every Scion dealer was obligated to advertise the same price, so you knew you were getting the same price as everyone else.
What's stoppping you from walking into ANY dealership, paying sticker price and driving off in a new car?
I thought the Saturn brand was discontinued.