Because then they run the risk of getting Amazon'd or Wal-Mart'd.
Or do you mean it's a risk from the dealers' perspective? Because I get that and personally don't care.
But you donate less money to political candidates than the auto dealers do, and so here we are.
I don't care about the dealers either, but as another poster stated, dealers have their own lobbying groups to make sure that the people that make the laws do care.
Your post sounds like Amazon and Wall-Mart are doing some thing wrong in the way they are running things.
And what is the risk you are talking about. Do you mean to imply Amazon and Wall-Mart are evil and have some caused damage to their consumers/customers?
"Amazon'd" or "Wal-Mart'd" was my shorthand way of saying that increased efficiency in the distribution channel + leverage from volume purchases would drive margins down for auto makers and put dealerships in jeopardy since the don't add any value.