Ya, not really a review which is why I didn't post it in this thread, but I seriously considered starting a new thread for it because it's a super interesting story.
I very much got the sense that Mike Jackson would love to have the opportunity to sell Tesla's. When asked about Fisker he said flat out he wasn't interested in selling their cars (and he politely trashed the Karma). But when asked about Tesla dealerships his answer was that AutoNation "had no way in" because Tesla is going with their company store strategy.
The only "bad" thing he had to say about the Model S was that it was "expensive". It certainly is compared to a Toyota Yaris, but AutoNation sells a ton of high end cars that cost as much or more than Model S. So taken as a whole, I'd bet some dollars that AutoNation would be interested buying Tesla dealerships.
Edit: Gonna go ahead and copy this message to a new thread.
