Auto Dealerships
Auto Dealership News and Stories
June 16, 2009 - Chrysler President Jim Press, Washington D.C.
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Dealers Say They Were Led Astray in Chrysler's Final Days Jim Press, Chrysler's charismatic deputy chief executive, went to Capitol Hill last week and spoke solemnly about the "very difficult decision" of terminating 789 of the automaker's dealers across the country. |
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| Chrysler's president Jim Press says cutting ties with dealers was very difficult | |
June 1, 2009 - General Motors Dealerships - Nationwide
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| GM to dissolve 2,100 dealers |  |
May 30, 2009 - Chrysler Dealers With Severed Agreements
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'Vulture' shoppers circle Chrysler dealers Half price? Dream on. |
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May 22, 2009 - (EX)Chrysler Dealerships, 789 Dealers Nationwide
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| Dealerships on Chrysler’s Chopping Block Slash Prices |  |
May 16, 2009 Chuck Tator - Tator's Dodge South Salem NY
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| A New York Dodge Dealer and His Legacy |  |
May 14, 2009 - Minority Owned Auto Dealership Owners Nationwide
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Minority Dealers Hit Hard by Auto Crisis Minority car dealers are expected to be hit hard as General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC trim their retail networks, undoing years of work by the auto makers to bring more African-Americans, Hispanics and others into the car business. |
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May 13, 2009 - Auto Dealership Pricing Nationwide
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Final Frontier: Below Dealer Cost Plunging auto sales are making this one of the worst times ever to sell cars. But if you're one of the relatively rare consumers shopping for a new vehicle, you're already in the driver's seat. |
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May 12, 2009 - Wes Lutz Owner Extreme Dodge, Jackson MI
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Car Dealers Covet Competitors as Cuts Loom Some car dealers see opportunity amid the industry's wreckage, aiming to grab market share and boost profits by buying up struggling competitors. |
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May 12, 2009 - Auto Dealerships Nationwide on Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.
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Car Dealers Push to Save Their Stores More than 150 car dealers plan to descend on Capitol Hill starting today, in a lobbying push aimed at saving their sales outlets as General Motors and Chrysler move to sharply pare back operations. |
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May 7, 2009 - Auto Dealerships Nationwide Fighting Back
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| Dealers across the country are attending seminars on how to prepare for termination and the implications of bankruptcy, while hundreds, if not thousands, are hiring lawyers to protect them individually. |  |
April 27, 2009 - Auto Dealerships Nationwide
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Car Dealers' Next Headache: Inventory Loans Chrysler Financial and GMAC have "clawback" provisions that allow the finance companies to demand at least partial payment of inventory loans in the event of a bankruptcy because the value of the vehicles being used as collateral would plummet. |
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April 15, 2009 - Saturn Division - GM, Detroit MI
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| Unsure of Saturn’s Fate, Dealerships Are Closing |  |
April 7, 2009 - Grand Prize Chevrolet, Miami FL
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Miami Car Dealer Is Upbeat, but Admits Something Has Changed These days, buyers are harder to find. Survival might be, too. All around Mr. Sifford car dealerships are closing. Five have disappeared or gone up for sale within a 10-minute drive of his showroom here; nationwide, more than 1,000 shut down in 2008. |
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| Ralph W. Sifford owns the Grand Prize Chevrolet dealership in Miami. | |
April 3, 2009 - Kansas City Saturn Dealers, Kansas City MO
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All Kansas City area Saturn dealers closing Once touted as General Motors’ answer to top-selling imports, the troubled Saturn brand took another bleak turn Friday in the Kansas City area. |
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March 25, 2009 - Fisker Automotive, Irvine CA
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| Fisker signs up 32 dealerships to sell Karma sedans |  |
March 15, 2009 - Abercrombie Chevrolet, Hartselle Ala
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GM faces struggle in dropping dealers State laws and contracts prove to be thorns in process of trimming outlets |
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March 11, 2009 - Legacy Auto Sales, Scottsbluff NE
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| 3 execs, 81 cars missing from Nebraska dealership |  |
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Update March 12, 2009 3-execs in custody |
Held Hostage - or - Hidden in the Corn? |
March 9, 2009 - Chapman BMW, Phoenix AZ
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Car dealer turns toy store into showroom BMW dealer snaps up prime Camelback real estate, plans remodel of closed Toys 'R' Us site |
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February 25, 2009 - Nation's Auto Dealerships
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Nation's auto dealers battle for survival Many are making cuts, shutting sites |
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February 21, 2009 - Saturn Dealers in Arizona
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| Scottsdale Saturn dealer Dan Januska believes GM would be making a mistake by eliminating the brand, once touted as a "different kind of car company," from its product lineup. |  |
February 13, 2009 - Auto Dealers in 13 States, Washington D.C.
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Auto dealers push for laws to protect brands GM faces higher restructuring costs |
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January 27, 2009 - Auto Dealerships Nationwide
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Auto Dealerships Prepare for a Major Shakeout As Sales Plunge and Big Three Face an Uncertain Future, Closures and Consolidation Loom for Many Franchisees |
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January 26, 2009 - Towns of Victorville, Norco and Redlands CA
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California Towns Bail Out Auto Dealerships Detroit's troubles are forcing some communities to attempt an auto bailout of their own: propping up their local car dealerships. |
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January 25, 2009 - National Automobile Dealers Association annual convention, New Orleans LA
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Chrysler eases push to shed dealerships Consolidation plan on hold to focus on sales |
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January 16, 2009 - Lund Cadillac, Scottsdale AZ
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Lund Cadillac has put construction of two dramatic new Cadillac Hummer Saab dealerships on hold. |
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January 13, 2009- Denny Heckler - Ford Motor Company, St. Paul MN
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Ford sues Hecker's Stillwater Ford Lincoln Mercury Ford Motor Co. is suing Denny Hecker’s Stillwater Ford Lincoln Mercury Inc., alleging the auto dealership has not paid for more than $3.1 million worth of vehicles and parts it received from Ford. |
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Update - February 3, 2009 Chrysler After Denny |
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January 12, 2009 - General Motors, Detroit MI
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GM May Lose as Many as 500 Dealers in U.S. This Year GM said it may lose as many as 500 dealers in its home market this year, an increase from 350 last year, as the largest U.S. automaker works toward a goal of cutting 1,700 by 2012. |
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Update January 23, 2009 - GM cutting dealers 30% by 2012 |
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January 12, 2009 - Scottsdale Motor Mile, Scottsdale AZ
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Motor Mile tries to hang on as dealerships leave Six of Scottsdale Motor Mile's 20 new-car dealerships closed in 2008 |
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January 9, 2009 - Auto Dealership Building and Expansions, Fort Worth TX
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| At a time when sales of new cars of all types and price ranges are badly depressed, some dealerships are still opening new locations, building facilities and expanding old ones. |  |
January 7, 2009 - Auto Dealerships Nationwide - AP Story
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| Car dealerships slash prices to drive traffic |  |
January 3, 2009 - Johnny Watkins and Elmer Gambrel, London KY
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The Trials of the Auto Dealer Long a Road to Wealth in Towns Across America, Selling Cars Has Turned Into a Struggle to Survive, Not Always Successful |
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January 2, 2009 - Failing Auto Dealerships, Nationwide
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| Hundreds of auto dealers have gone out of business as the economy has soured, and some of their customers have become casualties as well. |  |
January 2, 2008 - University Dodge, Davie FL
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| At University Dodge on the outskirts of Miami, people who agree to buy one Dodge Ram truck can get a second truck or car — free. |  |
Jorge Haimovitch, the general manager of University Dodge. |
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December 25, 2008 - Penske Auto Group & AutoNation
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| Top auto dealers' credit ratings cut - Standard & Poor's gets bearish on prospects of the Penske Automotive and AutoNation chains. |  |
December 21, 2008 - Al Long Ford, Warren MI
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Dealers Buy Out Detroit Area Ford Dealership - As pressures increase to thin the number of auto dealerships, a few Detroit-area Ford dealers took matters into their own hands. |
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December 12, 2008 - Colorado Dealers, Silverthorne CO
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| Two Summit County auto dealers — Summit Ford and Hudson Auto Source — are combating the same economic crunch felt nationally by turning to auto services to supplement low car sales. |  |
December 12, 2008 - Virginia Dealers, Hampton Roads VA
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| Hampton Roads, like many parts of the country, has too many automobile dealerships, and those familiar with the local market acknowledge that some will close as the U.S. car industry restructures. |  |
| December 11, 2008 - Twin City Auto Dealers, Bloomington MN | |
| While the Senate debates the future of a bailout bill, Minnesota's battered auto dealers are gathering in Bloomington today for what promises to be a somber annual meeting. |  |
December 9, 2008 - Auto Dealerships Nationwide
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| Auto dealers wonder why they don’t get help, too |  |
| November 19,2008 - NADA Chairman Annette Sykora, Washington D.C. | |
| NADA Chairman Delivers Main Street Message to Congressional Panel Considering Auto Assistance Package |  |
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Update - 1/24/09 outgoing message to dealers convention |
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October 21, 2008 - Auto Dealers Nationwide
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| For car dealers, tight credit is fueling a 'catastrophe' |  |