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>Almost half of car repair shops and auto dealerships were not able to meet their rent this month, the report said.

I’m very surprised that dealerships are having troubles. Haven’t they been charging all time high markups?

My (relatively uninformed) understanding is that they are only able to charge these markups because of a similarly "all time" lack of inventory, leading to scarcity of vehicles to sell. The increase in transaction value isn't making up for the decrease in transaction volume.

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