You can believe whatever you chose. The industry wide fleet discount averages around $600 if one buys more than five. There are additional discounts available to governments fleets that buy hundreds but generally they are no more than an addition $600. Many of the rebates offered to individuals, by domestics and imports, are far greater than $1,200. In any event the sale must go through a dealership no matter what you believe.
Ford, in the late nineties, bought back some of its franchises from the older, smaller, 'mom and pop' dealerships to build big stores to operate as company owed stores, in competition with franchised dealerships. The Nation Ford Dealer Council, of which our group was a member, stated franchise infringement litigation. The court issued a cease and desist order and instructed Ford to divest themselves of the stores
mike hunt
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>>You are confused, it is a violation of franchise law for a manufactures to
>>sell their vehicles to anybody but their dealers. The dealers are who >>sell
>>or lease to buyers, individuals, fleet, rental car companies who ever, the
>>sale must go through a dealership. All dealer, buy law, buy from their
>>manufacture at the same price. What difference does it make to >>manufacture
>>or dealer, who buys or leases their vehicles?
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> Because they make less money on fleet sales because they are
> discounted. I don't know the franchise laws but I do know that all of
> the news sources seem to agree that fleet sales are less profitable to
> the manufacturers than individual buyers"