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It’s +Tesla Motors vs the car dealer franchise system Back in early 2007 when I first interviewed former…

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It's +Tesla Motors vs the car dealer franchise system

Back in early 2007 when I first interviewed former Tesla CEO Martin Eberhard, he explained that the company was planning the follow the Apple retail model with company owned stores instead of franchised dealers. http://green.autoblog.com/2007/03/17/tesla-to-open-customer-service-centers-in-2007/

At first it wasn't much of a problem, but as Tesla has expanded it's retail footprint in the past year dealers have been pushing back. 

Tesla wins another round in battle against the franchise system
When Tesla set up company-owned stores to sell cars directly to consumers, traditional dealers cried foul. Their arguments aren?t holding up in court. Here?s why Tesla won this round.
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It's +Tesla Motors vs the car dealer franchise system

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It's +Tesla Motors vs the car dealer franchise system

Back in early 2007 when I first interviewed former Tesla CEO Martin Eberhard, he explained that the company was planning the follow the Apple retail model with company owned stores instead of franchised dealers. http://green.autoblog.com/2007/03/17/tesla-to-open-customer-service-centers-in-2007/

At first it wasn't much of a problem, but as Tesla has expanded it's retail footprint in the past year dealers have been pushing back. 

Tesla wins another round in battle against the franchise system
When Tesla set up company-owned stores to sell cars directly to consumers, traditional dealers cried foul. Their arguments aren?t holding up in court. Here?s why Tesla won this round.


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This policy is just wrong and will only breed more militancy 4

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Whoever said that it was better to be feared than loved was wrong.

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"Right now we have the executive branch making a claim that it has the right to kill anyone, anywhere on earth, at any time, for secret reasons, based on secret evidence, in a secret process, undertaken by unidentified officials" 

After US drone attack, Yemeni journalist tells senators about the terror of targeted strikes
For the first time, a civilian affected by a US drone strike in Yemen has testified before members of Congress. Farea al-Muslimi, an American-educated Yemeni journalist whose home village of Wessab……

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This is a fascinating idea that a colleague and I were discussing last week Lincoln could certainly …

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This is a fascinating idea that a colleague and I were discussing last week

Lincoln could certainly use some unique products alongside increasingly well equipped Ford brand vehicles. If Ford were to do this they should follow the plan that Bob Lutz was planning for VL Automotive. http://youtu.be/nfw9DYNZJCs

However instead of a Chevrolet LS9 from the Corvette ZR1, they could do a base model with a higher output 400+ hp version of the 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 and a flagship with the 662-hp supercharged 5.8-liter V8 from the Shelby GT500 Mustang. 

Could Fisker Save Lincoln?
Nobody seem to know what to do with Lincoln, which is just getting over its amazingly dull Superbowl ad failure. What if they merged with another totally-screwed carmaker, Fisker?
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