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57%

57% -- consumer preference for traditional dealership buying for US car buyers (2025)

Name: Consumer Preference For Traditional Dealership Buying Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-30

2025 · amerifreight.net

57% of respondents prefer the traditional dealership approach to car buying over direct retail models.

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57%

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Percentage

Data Vintage

2025

Entity

US car buyers

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Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

61/100 confidence

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amerifreight.net Primary Tier C

https://www.amerifreight.net/blog/does-tesla-have-dealerships-get-the-facts ↗

Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2025 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

Do Tesla Stores Count as Dealerships? What to Expect

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amerifreight.net · Original study ↗

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Consumer research survey cited by secondary source; original study not named

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Industrymarketing

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US car buyers: 57% consumer preference for traditional dealership buying. Source: amerifreight.net (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/consumers-prefer-dealership-buying-tesla-survey

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