Automobile dealers have traditionally been a loyal lot, sticking by their carmaker through ups and downs. If a new-car dealer sold Ford Motor Co. products, buyers had to shop elsewhere for a General Motors car. But after the auto recession of the late 1970s and early 1980s, when some 5,000 dealers closed their doors, the survivors tried to reduce their dependence on a single company by carrying a host of different cars. Today so-called megadealers sell many makes, sometimes out of one-stop auto supermarkets, where customers can buy either a Mercedes-Benz or a Jeep. Other megadealers have showrooms in several states.
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