The fact that the dealership lobby is having to push for laws to protect their business means they are seeing the writing on the wall: the car dealership model will soon become just another (unpleasant) relic from the past.<p>Baby Boomers and GenX both like the idea of being sold something and having that service provided, but Millennials and GenZ have consistently shown that we greatly value self-service, straightforward pricing, and not wasting time or money on feeding the “fat” in systems.<p>Car dealerships are a major reason why new vehicles are so expensive now, with automobile pricing far outpacing inflation or any other metric.<p>In what other industry, not using the dealership model, would we be ok with major purchases being gate-kept by an army of middlemen who’s job is to grift off of every sale, obfuscating the price, are trained in deception, and their employer will also try to sell you financing, service place, and other crazy shit that people are not informed about? At least in retail you can shop around and find the best price and margins are well understood.