List of Chrysler delerships closing

[Captain Worley]

So it begins...

http://www.autonews.com/assets/PDF/CA61361514.PDF

GM is notifying its dealers this week as well. I'm wondering when that list will show up.

[Gard]

If Chrysler were smart, they would do it as GM is supposedly going to roll things out....by condensing in the metro areas, where they can easily have a dozen dealerships within miles of each other (there is no need for having so many in such a small physical area) and leaving the rural ones open, where they have practically zero competition from the foreign automakers, which mainly operate in the cities.

[monsoon]

Meanwhile, the corporate happy media is telling us that things are getting better. The recession has bottomed out, etc.

[sean]

^terminal velocity comes to mind.

[Gard]

The opposite is true, however. The American companies, where you have dealers out in the rural areas where people buy larger cars, have better presence. you can find a GM, a Chrysler, a Ford. good luck finding a Nissan dealer - they are few and far between. People can't and won't travel that far to get a car.

The American companies simply cannot compete in the inner cities areas. They don't buy the American made for living cars. They are looking for nimbleness and a means of carrying a few people. the people who live away from teh cities are looking more for a mobile house on wheels.

The big problem is the larger chain dealers are more interested in sales volume, while the smaller dealers sell more on service. Once the small dedicated dealers are gone, and people are stuck with the chain dealers that don't give a rats patootie about after sales support, the reputation of the American cars is going to plummet even further, sealing their fate.

[monsoon]

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The American companies simply cannot compete in the inner cities areas. They don't buy the American made for living cars. They are looking for nimbleness and a means of carrying a few people. the people who live away from teh cities are looking more for a mobile house on wheels......