Dealers have implemented things like contactless delivery, everything done online, E-sign and drive etc.

John Lithgow as Carole Baskin.  It needs to happen.

This is 2020.  Remember that tears carry disease.

Good for her!

They’re fun little cars but they’re still front wheel drive econo boxes at their heart.

I’m going to miss you, Kristen 😢

“Buyers demand higher fuel economy,” you say, but not enough to stop buying trucks.

I have a friend at a Houston area GM dealer. He says that his sales area is busier than normal.

...how many are making 6 figures each year?

During the 1988 Presidential primary season I attended several campaign events for a number of candidates across both parties. Members of the press were always huddled in the back of the room with their Model 100s, tapping away on their stories. ‘Twas a simple device, yet very powerful.

The CRX is magnificent; I longed for one when I was younger.  The star of this show, though, is the Chrysler TC.  Arguably no other car in this bunch of photos more completely encapsulates the Radwood ethos.

...is this now an amazing buying opportunity?

Agreed that Mitsubishi has pretty much abandoned the US market, but the Mitsubishi Mirage makes a Kia look like a f’ing Bentley.

Nissan?

...sit across from salespeople...

...one fucking percent of the entire US population filing an unemployment claim...

Old white guy here.

The country is full of enthusiasts for the car, why isn’t being one a prerequisite for applying to sell them?

As a former salescritter, sales manager, and F&I stooge I can confirm this as fact. The sales manager is the person who is actually running the sale, and the salesperson acts as a disposable layer of deniability between the dealership and the customer.

And car sales 101 is to get the customer on a car that is on the lot.