Though auto executives and analysts predict the deadlock will be resolved, if it isn't, "the psychological impact will be huge," said David Cosper, CFO of Sonic Automotive Inc., the nation's
third-largest dealership group.
Interest rates would take off, killing lending, and consumer confidence would fizzle, and the dollar would weaken. "Our industry would stop as we would
be in shock as a country," Cosper said in an email.