EU situation should be looked at by everyone

The other thing here, is that dealers are often agents. So it may be the case that it's the manufacturer selling to the customer, but then the agent is JOINTLY LIABLE.

So as I've said elsewhere, I deal with the DEALER. Any problems, as far as I'm concerned, are the DEALER'S problem. But because the dealer was the manufacturer's agent, if there are problems I can target the manufacturer as a backstop. But that's not always true.

And because this is almost invariably hidden from the customer, any attempt BY THE DEALER to HIDE behind this would pretty much instantly be slammed as fraud or deception. (It's not a problem in the normal course of events, because it's not used in the normal course of events to evade liability. It's just a convenient legal fiction.)

Cheers,
Wol