Closing auto dealers: Dumb move

[pauldun170]

I'm going to have to put some serious thought as to why terminating franchise agreements with dealers that don't meet the standards set by the manufacturer is a good thing.

Maybe get some powerpoint presentations on why having too many dealership is a bad thing when your are trying to build brand equity and increase profit margins.

I tried seeing it from the other side, that keeping an abundance of overlapping franchises benefits the automaker by increasing exposure but since we're not talking about fucking starbucks I can't get that simplistic