print email comment close How Does a Dealership Work? URL: http://www.intellichoice.com/carBuying101/HowDealershipsWork Description: "There are more than 23,000 car dealerships in the U.S., employing more than 1 million people." This article describes the different tasks of each department in car dealerships, which typically include "new-car sales, used-car sales, service, parts, accounting, and sometimes a body shop." Discusses the showroom as a lifestyle boutique, the sales manager, "dealer invoices," promotions, finance and insurance staff, inventories of cars and parts, and related topics. From IntelliChoice. Author: Carney, Dale Publisher: IntelliChoice Extra Keywords automobile LII Database Information: Record 28348 created by Maria Brandt on 05/16/2009 Last modification on 05/16/2009 Published: 05/20/2009   LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/28348