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In many small to medium size towns if you find the family who owns the local ($BRANDNAME) dealership they are often among the wealthiest people in the entire county. edit: I can see from the two other comments here alongside mine that this is a common observation.
Okay, I'll bite. How do I open a dealership?
Yugoslavia was just falling apart - the entire country went from planned limited production to open market. My family was importing cars from other countries as this started. The demand was so great, that when the truck with cars stopped on a parking lot at his home, people would come running putting their "reserved" stickers on cars. Everyday he did a trip out of the country and back. "Sold" all cars before he had a chance to step outside a truck.
This lasted for sometime, giving him enough bankroll to open car dealership. Not sure how exactly it happened, but few years later it became Ford dealership and still is.