Why is buying a car so hard/insulting?

[wantonebad]

Originally Posted by swils8610

I actually agree on the transparency in car buying. It would make it easier and more friendly for the consumer and dealer. I'm not sure how to accomplish it though. Oldsmobile, Saturn and Scion have all tried that and failed. It was one price set by the manufacturer with no discounts allowed. We had a dealer group in our area that went to a one price concept. All the vehicles were discounted and they negotiate at all. In the end it didn't work for them but was great for us!

Not really, I mean it wasn't truly transparent, I remember the Saturn attempt, and aside from the cars being ungodly ugly, unreliable and cheaply manufactured, no one trusted the invoices. It was poorly managed. Oldsmobile was dead 20 years before production ceased.

No honest solid attempt at open transparent pricing and sales has been made, I'd love to see it though.