3 big auto shows too close for comfort for automakers

摘要

Tough decisions ahead with L.A. wedged between N.Y. and Detroit. There's a hard-earned economic reason automakers try to space out the franchised dealers in their network, giving them the geographic area to earn a profit. Every dealer knows that throughput is vital to their business, but judging by an announcement last week out of Los Angeles brought on by COVID-19, auto shows in North America are about to get a crash course in that same economic concept.