[calinet6]

I think the point is that other car manufacturers don't want to sell directly (just as the rich don't want or need to sleep under bridges), thus the law does not affect them.

It has less to do with money and more to do with interest.

And the law is stupid: it protects a method of sale which is altogether irrelevant to the economy, except in the sense that dealerships want the law because it prevents competition and secures their position in the market. Preventing competition is not in the best interest of the economy, the people, or the government, so the law should be changed.