Chrysler closing 789 dealerships

[47of74]

Source: CNN

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Chrysler LLC will close down 789 dealerships, or roughly 25% of the current number, according to a plan filed in bankruptcy court Thursday.

Chrysler had a total of 3,181 authorized dealers in operation at the time of its April 30 bankruptcy court filing, according to court filings. Just over half of that number accounted for more than 90% of Chrysler sales, according to the filing.

The dealers being shut down represent 14% of Chrysler's total sales, the carmaker said.

Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2009/05/14/autos/chrysler_dealer_closings/index.htm?postversion=2009051410

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I saw the list, it includes the Chrysler-Jeep dealer in my town.

[Hawkeye-X]

1. Where's the list?

[47of74]

2. Here's the list of dealers they want to close.

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/05/14/chrysler.dealerships.pdf

[Old Coot]

6. The dealer in our town is closing, too.

Thanks for the list.

[PassingFair]

3. Here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/pdf/list_of_dealers_051409.pdf?sid=ST2009051401978

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. Unfortunately, not the one

where my husband worked until he was fired for demanding to be able to do a job he sold to a customer. Since he was working on commission with no benefits, that was how he made his money. When he applied for unemployment, the dealer made a couple employees lie about the reason and hubby was denied benefits.

I consider that dealer and his business dishonorable. I tell people not to trust them. Sad that it isn't on this list.

[saigon68]

5. A Cabal of Thugs and Hoodlums

Like soldiers under the Chimp

Used Up --- Thrown Away

[47of74]

7. I think it's kind of odd

The Dubuque dealer I mentioned earlier is on the list, but not some of the smaller dealers in nearby towns. I would've thought they would want to keep the dealers in larger population centers open and cut some of the dealers in smaller towns. I think the whole selection process seems kind of odd to me.

[kirby]

8. Here is an idea...

Many of the larger dealers are diversified. They own many dealerships with many brands, so losing one brand is not a major impact. Maybe they would rather keep the smaller dealers that only deal in a single nameplate.