Actually you bring up a very good point. Search the Leaf forums. Nissan dealers are universally reviled as being completely ignorant of the Leaf, reluctant to sell it, and often times actively attempt to steer sales to other cars.

This whole conversation misses the point.

You completely missed Tesla’s point. Their cars are different because they are electric. Not because they’re high-tech or hip or whatever. What other industry forbids sales by the manufacturer? It’s political cronyism at it’s worst. “sorry sir we can’t sell you our macbook directly, visit one of our dealerships, they…

It should also be noted that in Utah there are strong political ties to powerful dealers. Miller motorsports park sound familiar? Its obvious that the dealers have a vested interest in keeping the direct sales model out of Utah, all that changes is that the cars are shipped up from Nevada to the store here in Utah to…

When i bought my WRX, my salesman’s prime selling point is that this car would get me ladies. I wanted it for its performance and price point. I also test drove the BRZ and again, it was a lady killer mobile and he couldn’t tell me anything about it besides it was definitely faster than the WRX.