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Defining Our Terms · No. 01

da·ta sym·me·try

\ˈdā-tə ˈsi-mə-trē\noun

1 :The point where a car buyer, alone or through an AI agent, can see every line of the deal the way the dealer sees it: the vehicle, the rate, the products, the fees, and the trade. When that happens, profit stops coming from what the buyer doesn’t know. It can only come from what the buyer values.

//Once the buyer’s agent could see the rate, the fees, and the trade the way the store saw them, the deal ran on data symmetry, and the only question left was value.

The only margin left is the margin they’re glad to pay.

First published October 16, 2026 · The Starting Line, issue 18

Chris Hudson · General Manager, Mark Miller Subaru · Writes The Starting Line