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I wonder how many states have laws like that? If I was in the dealership business, which has been incredibly lucrative for decades I’d be a little bit worried.
However, if you owned a Chevrolet or Cadillac dealership 40 years ago, you would think you were printing gold. Then it all pivoted where you bette have a Toyota. Dealership. Or German Car dealership. So I guess these guys are used to some amount of turmoil.
However, if you owned a Chevrolet or Cadillac dealership 40 years ago, you would think you were printing gold. Then it all pivoted where you bette have a Toyota. Dealership. Or German Car dealership. So I guess these guys are used to some amount of turmoil.
The original intent of the law was to prevent manufacturers from competing with their own dealerships. For the new companies this is not an issue but the law seems to still apply. According to GROK about 14 states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. New Mexico falls in this group (with the tribal-land workaround). Connecticut is similar and also uses a tribal-land approach
Law needs to be adjusted for the modern world.
These laws are specific to automobiles. They do not exist for any other product. Archaic now but if I owned a dealership I would be very keen on keeping the rules in place.