Almost 800 Mopar dealers get AX!
05-14-2009, 12:00 PM
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Almost 800 Mopar dealers get AX! Here's the list:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/15436481/L..._friend_send=1
Or this link
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/20...lerships/#list
http://www.scribd.com/doc/15436481/L..._friend_send=1
Or this link
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/20...lerships/#list
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05-14-2009, 12:14 PM
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On Friday, 1,000 to 1,200 General Motors dealers are expected to receive notices that they are being cut. Their franchises will expire in October 2010, a G.M. spokeswoman, Susan Garontakos, said.
05-14-2009, 12:58 PM
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Unfortunately it needed to be done.
Over saturation of the market is not a good things and ultimately cannabalizes itself. Not only "American" car brands are competing against "Import" for a given class/level of car but then it breaks down to "American" Vs "American", and then further down to "Chevrolet A" vs "Chevrolet B" and then breaks down consumer confidence.
Both companies are aiming for about 3600-3800 Dealerships which will spread things out but again make it where there are only so many outlet for a given car and get away from having more cars then there are Licensed drivers.
Over saturation of the market is not a good things and ultimately cannabalizes itself. Not only "American" car brands are competing against "Import" for a given class/level of car but then it breaks down to "American" Vs "American", and then further down to "Chevrolet A" vs "Chevrolet B" and then breaks down consumer confidence.
Both companies are aiming for about 3600-3800 Dealerships which will spread things out but again make it where there are only so many outlet for a given car and get away from having more cars then there are Licensed drivers.
05-14-2009, 07:58 PM
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That might also help the dealers make some $ when they sell a car. Yeah, I'm guilty of wanting to buy a new vehicle for $100. over invoice. Just like everyone else. The dealer do it (or used to). That probably didn't help the situation in the end. Now, instead of visiting 5 dealers in 2 hours to see if they will do it. It might take a few days so people will just pay what it costs if they want to purchase the vehicle.
05-14-2009, 10:44 PM
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We are losing 3 Chrysler dealers in my county alone. I'm thinking that the closest GM dealer to me will be OK although they do have the Pontiac brand. They also sell Buick and GMC
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05-15-2009, 08:14 AM
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we made it. (thank god) and yes I feal bad for anyone that worked or owned one on the list... but BlackScreaminMachine is correct, the saturation of the market was getting bad... we were fourtanute though... we are the ony new car dealer in the whole county...(pike)
05-15-2009, 08:26 AM
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Oh, this was just posted....
http://money.cnn.com/2009/05/14/news...ion=2009051416
Like said GM needs to do this too. Ford may follow suit
http://money.cnn.com/2009/05/14/news...ion=2009051416
Like said GM needs to do this too. Ford may follow suit
05-15-2009, 09:29 AM
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"GM has yet to identify which dealers were notified Friday. But its previously announced plans signal that most of the cuts will be in major metropolitan and suburban areas, where GM acknowledges that "dealership overcapacity is most prevalent."
05-15-2009, 09:38 AM
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thank you very much... We will prevail. I was just talking to a couple of people on another forum that agree with us completly... The ratio of chry, ford, and chevy dealers to nissan, toy, and honda is staggering... And we wonder why they are not in the same trouble as us...
05-15-2009, 09:54 AM
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thank you very much... We will prevail. I was just talking to a couple of people on another forum that agree with us completly... The ratio of chry, ford, and chevy dealers to nissan, toy, and honda is staggering... And we wonder why they are not in the same trouble as us...
Free service for the lease, good lease factors, excellent product- America better learn from this.
05-15-2009, 10:35 AM
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Pretty bad, gonna be alot of lost jobs and it will be harder and take longer to get warranty work done, basic service etc.
All those 7 year 70,000 mile warranties keep those sites pretty busy, gonna be tough for the dealers that are left to dervice all the cars in a timely manner.
All those 7 year 70,000 mile warranties keep those sites pretty busy, gonna be tough for the dealers that are left to dervice all the cars in a timely manner.
05-15-2009, 10:42 AM
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thank you very much... We will prevail. I was just talking to a couple of people on another forum that agree with us completly... The ratio of chry, ford, and chevy dealers to nissan, toy, and honda is staggering... And we wonder why they are not in the same trouble as us...
05-15-2009, 12:18 PM
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I could be wrong here and I hate to say it but I think they have to make money on sales compared to the american auto's because they aren't going to be making the kind of money the american auto's will on service and repair.
