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Electric-car maker Tesla bucks traditional dealership network

LA Times -- When electric-car company Tesla Motors Inc. started selling its flagship Model S luxury hatchback earlier this year, it eschewed the traditional dealership network to open its own stores.

But that's not sitting well with U.S. auto dealers, who have controlled new-vehicle sales for nearly a century.

The nation's roughly 18,000 new-car dealers got a cut of every one of the 12.8 million new cars and trucks sold in the U.S. last year, from the biggest domestic sport-utility vehicle to the tiniest Japanese import. It's an exclusive arrangement that has made many of them very rich — and one that they're not about to cede to some tiny Palo Alto automaker.

Some individual auto dealers and regional associations have already filed lawsuits attempting to ....

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Submitted Oct 26, 2012 By: StanleyCup

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honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,834 Points:1,638,195 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Oct 29, 2012 5:13:55 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse repeat? deja vue?
rjhenn Champion Author Des Moines Posts:22,614 Points:2,257,260 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Oct 28, 2012 10:18:19 PM Ignore rjhenn Report Abuse HawaiianGuy - "This story is OLD news! Time to put this one to rest!" So stop posting to it and bringing it back up to the top!
DanMtz Champion Author Oakland Posts:3,496 Points:1,271,125 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Oct 28, 2012 9:58:54 AM Ignore DanMtz Report Abuse It seems like I read this a while ago.
HawaiianGuy Champion Author Idaho Posts:9,665 Points:3,106,590 Joined:May 2003	Message Posted: Oct 28, 2012 8:50:54 AM Ignore HawaiianGuy Report Abuse This story is OLD news! Time to put this one to rest!
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Wizrd03 Champion Author Illinois Posts:8,293 Points:1,660,035 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Oct 27, 2012 7:26:55 AM Ignore Wizrd03 Report Abuse Yesterday's news
us4usa Champion Author Missouri Posts:6,125 Points:1,138,560 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Oct 27, 2012 12:02:08 AM Ignore us4usa Report Abuse What next everyone must sell their used vehicle on dealer lots??? You build it you sell it any way you want, for any price you want...
TBONE3 Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:8,886 Points:2,005,100 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 11:53:42 PM Ignore TBONE3 Report Abuse Had enough trouble with electric golf cart's batteries! No thankyou.
CCLighthouse Champion Author Hartford Posts:1,136 Points:239,675 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 11:51:23 PM Ignore CCLighthouse Report Abuse I am not really in for electric autos; however, under the circumstances I hope Tesla wins out! : )
jcdakota Champion Author Baltimore Posts:1,432 Points:378,320 Joined:Nov 2010	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 11:46:55 PM Ignore jcdakota Report Abuse Shades of monopoly - thought Detroit swore an electric was no compotition!
GigHarborHound Champion Author Tacoma Posts:2,674 Points:515,215 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 11:40:44 PM Ignore GigHarborHound Report Abuse Tesla + Volt = Failure!!!
otherdave Champion Author Indiana Posts:3,535 Points:1,296,860 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 11:39:06 PM Ignore otherdave Report Abuse EV's, the pet rock of this generation!
BluWahoo Champion Author Pensacola Posts:3,389 Points:406,940 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 11:38:43 PM Ignore BluWahoo Report Abuse no EV for me.. sticking wih gasoline powered as long as I can
etothek Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:1,784 Points:358,380 Joined:Jun 2012	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 11:37:14 PM Ignore etothek Report Abuse Old news.
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Bleeder Champion Author Virginia Posts:8,038 Points:1,718,475 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 11:30:40 PM Ignore Bleeder Report Abuse Hope they can make it work.
Isea11 Champion Author New York Posts:1,154 Points:413,905 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 11:30:35 PM Ignore Isea11 Report Abuse Its about time that someone tried to break the dealers strangle hold on car sales. There is no reason that cars can not be sold on the internet directly from the manufacturers.
pa79th Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:1,922 Points:1,243,800 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 11:30:15 PM Ignore pa79th Report Abuse Electric is a wild goose chase.
shari128 All-Star Author Iowa Posts:573 Points:879,415 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 11:28:17 PM Ignore shari128 Report Abuse There is a lot of greed. The rich get richer, & the poor one's like us get poorer!!
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tedjm1 Champion Author New York Posts:5,609 Points:800,300 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 11:25:16 PM Ignore tedjm1 Report Abuse Greed. Very pervasive. How the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer.
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crreed1 Champion Author West Virginia Posts:2,105 Points:2,551,690 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 11:20:07 PM Ignore crreed1 Report Abuse i don't want one
granitestater Champion Author New Hampshire Posts:8,987 Points:1,459,425 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 11:17:00 PM Ignore granitestater Report Abuse These cars won't sell no matter what they do...
obimerrill Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:1,585 Points:318,390 Joined:Jul 2012	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 11:15:38 PM Ignore obimerrill Report Abuse The free market at work, although I'm not sure we are ready for these vehicles given how our electricity is generated today. We need more Nuclear plants.
WIWalt Champion Author Wisconsin Posts:1,857 Points:442,190 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 11:15:16 PM Ignore WIWalt Report Abuse Buy direct to keep price down good idea
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MotoDad Champion Author Phoenix Posts:1,173 Points:834,405 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 11:10:13 PM Ignore MotoDad Report Abuse I would drive one if I could afford to buy a new car. No I am not better off than 4 years ago. Gas, electric, food, health care prices are up. My paycheck can't be stretched any farther.
bluetatanka Champion Author Philadelphia Posts:59,071 Points:809,530 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 11:09:55 PM Ignore bluetatanka Report Abuse Just not sold on these EVs!
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SavALot Champion Author Virginia Beach Posts:8,623 Points:1,739,410 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 11:07:17 PM Ignore SavALot Report Abuse One step closer to flying cars?
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rahcat Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:2,700 Points:690,875 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 11:06:01 PM Ignore rahcat Report Abuse Who cares....don't want one anyway.
cssco Champion Author Virginia Posts:7,467 Points:1,779,225 Joined:Feb 2006	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 11:02:00 PM Ignore cssco Report Abuse It would be great if the Government started selling autos in an effort to stop dealers from a shooting war, over our money. The Government could sell them below cost and everyone would be happy except Toyota...they don't do anything right and they have a recall record to prove it.
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genie_racing Champion Author Colorado Posts:6,279 Points:835,755 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 10:58:11 PM Ignore genie_racing Report Abuse "that's not sitting well with U.S. auto dealers" - no sh!t, that's like cutting out the shyster lawyers in order to get justice, or Wall Street bankers in order to get a home loan. The greedy middle man never wants to give away his "cut". Good for Tesla!
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