A car manufacturer sells several lines of cars with separate dealers for each line of cars.In some smaller markets,a single dealer may carry more than one line of the manufacturer's cars.Because of customer dissatisfaction over the traditional haggling and negotiating over new car prices,the manufacturer decides to change one of its car lines to fixed price/no negotiation selling.All dealers are required to adopt this policy.The suggested retail sticker price is lowered to become the actual selling price of the car rather than the traditional starting point for price negotiations.Discuss any antitrust implications of this policy.

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The Answer of A car manufacturer sells several lines of cars with separate dealers for each line of cars.In some smaller markets,a single dealer may carry more than one line of the manufacturer's cars.Because of customer dissatisfaction over the traditional haggling and negotiating over new car prices,the manufacturer decides to change one of its car lines to fixed price/no negotiation selling.All dealers are required to adopt this policy.The suggested retail sticker price is lowered to become the actual selling price of the car rather than the traditional starting point for price negotiations.Discuss any antitrust implications of this policy.

A Car Manufacturer Sells Several Lines of Cars with Separate