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In the early days people loved the flat pricing and no haggling, and their Saturns. It wasn't until 96-97 when Saturn became just another Lego set GM marque, complete with haggling, that it all went down hill.

How about CarMax? They are flat pricing no haggle if I recall and they're going like gangbusters.

My guess would be they will haggle if the buyer wants to haggle. They aren't going to give up a sale. But, I've never shopped CarMax so I don't really know.

I had a roommate years ago that worked as a salesman at CarMax. He had about the authority to haggle as the kid taking your order at McDonalds. I think the volume is so high that if you don't want it at the marked price, someone tomorrow will. Of course, that was years ago at one lot. YMMV.

Saturn failed because they made crappy cars, not due to any problem with the dealership model.

I say so because it's true!

Toyota in Canada doesn't allow haggling to the same extend as other manufacturers.