Uniform MSRPs for motor vehicles are the law of the land. My guess is dealers comply by have different smoke and mirrors add on package prices. LOL
mike hunt
> From talking with a Saturn dealer, one of the big differences in the
> Saturn dealer agreement is that Saturn Division assigns larger geographic
> markets to a dealer so the dealer is responsible for sales and service for
> that market instead of a single point. I a dealer has the market for
> Anytown U.S.A., then the dealer is free to set the prices for all of the
> stores in Anytown. I believe but cannot confirm that this is how Saturn
> is able achcieve uniform prices in a market.
>
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>>> Automakers cannot dictate cheaper prices for fleet sales but they can
>>> offer fleet incentives to fleet purchasers of 5 or more vehicles. >>
>> I am sure a lot of dealers are willing to provide quantity discounts, as >> well.
>>
>
> Dealerships work on an allocation basis. The vehicles allocated to them
> for retail sales are separate from the vehicles allocated to them for > fleet sales.
>
>> Automakers can dictate discounted prices for their employees at
>> dealerships. Most or all dealers agree to the discounted prices. I assume
>> that the dealers still make a fair profit on such sales, perhaps because
>> of rebates to dealers from the automakers.
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>> Jeff
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> Ray O
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