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Agency revolution heralds the end of haggling over new-car prices

MOST customers won’t be aware of it, but there’s a revolution taking place in the motor industry. The way new cars are sold is set to change forever, with haggling due to become a thing of the past and the car makers taking direct control of the deals.

The move to the so-called ‘agency model’ is controversial, because it will change the way cars have been sold for more than a century. But what does it

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