Car Dealerships

GMAC Asks For $2.8 Billion More In Taxpayer Money

Wall Street Journal | DAN FITZPATRICK and DAMIAN PALETTA | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business


The U.S. government is likely to inject $2.8 billion to $5.6 billion of capital into the Detroit company, on top of the $12.5 billion that GMAC has re...

GM's "60-day Buy Back" plan - more gimmicks or smart sales move?

Steve Parker | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business


Steve Parker

Another "Hail Mary" from GM? Or the real thing? Starting today and running through November, General Motors is offering buyers of their Core Four bra...

690,000 Vehicles Sold Under Cash For Clunkers

AP | KEN THOMAS and STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — The popular Cash for Clunkers program generated nearly 700,000 new car sales during the past month, giving the U.S. auto industry a...

Popular 'Cash For Clunkers' Thins Out Car Lots

washingtonpost.com | Dana Hedgpeth | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business


The U.S. government's "Cash for Clunkers" program has prompted so many buyers to trade in their old cars for new ones that some dealers say their lots...

Bailout Clunkers, not Private Jets

Harry Smith | Posted 09.03.2009 | New York


Harry Smith

I was in Nantucket over the weekend, and I have to say I was impressed by the large number of private jets parked on the tarmac at the local airport. The rich are still doing okay.

Colorado Car Sales Decline Greater Than National Average

Denver Business Journal | Mark Harden | Posted 08.27.2009 | Denver


New car sales in Colorado are down 41.4 percent through the first half of the year from the same period of 2008, a steeper sales decline than the nati...

Should Closed Car Dealers Be Re-Opened by Congress?

Steve Parker | Posted 08.24.2009 | Business


Steve Parker

Dealers say that automakers will save little -- if anything -- from closing outlets.

Local Media Find "Chrome Lining": Dealership Closures Not Impacting Auto Ads As Badly As Expected

New York Times | STEPHANIE CLIFFORD | Posted 07.24.2009 | Media


The situation is not as bad as it could be because the strong dealers, usually the biggest advertisers, largely kept their franchises. And many of ...

Defunct Car Dealership Finds New Life As Art Gallery

treehugger.com | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green


Pete's Motors in Great Barrington, Massachusetts had been around for nearly 80 years when they were forced to close their doors. Today, however the lo...

To Buy or Not to Buy a Car

Roseanne Colletti | Posted 07.18.2009 | Business


Roseanne Colletti

Is it a good time to buy GM? They're offering government guaranteed warranties, rebates, special financing and significant discounts on new cars. But it might be better to wait

Arthur Delaney

Chrysler-GM Dealership Owner Gets Choked Up At Hearing (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.13.2009 | Business


The owner of a soon-to-be closed car dealership got choked up today while speaking out against General Motors' and Chrysler's plans to close hundreds ...

Arthur Delaney

GM's "Death Star" Jeopardizes Illinois Town

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business


Ralph Nader said a General Motors bankruptcy would launch "a conclusive Death Star to tens of thousands of jobs, thousands of small businesses and adv...

LIST OF CLOSING CHRYSLER DEALERSHIPS: Dealer group in talks with Chrysler on franchises

AP | BREE FOWLER | Posted 06.18.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — A group representing Chrysler dealers said Monday it is in talks with the automaker in hopes of getting it to scale back plans to ter...

Ryan Grim

Car Dealership Closures Compound Newspaper Woes

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.18.2009 | Media


Newspapers just can't catch a break. Even the decisions last week by General Motors and Chrysler to close nearly 2,000 auto dealerships will dispropor...

Car Dealerships: See GM And Chrysler Closing Lists

Posted 06.18.2009 | Business


Last week major auto companies GM and Chrysler announced they would not be renewing contracts with over a thousand car dealerships. Below are lists ...

4 Reuses For Newly Closed Car Dealerships: Green Urban Planning

thedailygreen.com | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green


A car dealership is perhaps the greatest symbol of the car-dominated strip mall culture that has defined (and one could say decimated) American neighb...

GM Dealer Closing List: SEE THE LIST

Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 06.24.2009 | Business


The list of the more than 1,000 dealerships that GM plans to close has begun to trickle in. On Friday, GM dealerships across the country began receivi...

Chrysler Dealer Closing List: SEE FULL LIST

Huffington Post | Posted 06.14.2009 | Business


Below is the full list of the nearly 800 dealerships Chrysler is planning to eliminate. ChryslerDealership - ...

Five Mistakes by DC and Detroit Hurt Detroit Three's Survival Shances

Steve Parker | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business


Steve Parker

Sen. Reid's new bailout bill for the Detroit Three does not set additional fuel-economy requirements, nor does it establish a government oversight board. That's two strikes against getting our money's worth.

A Car Buyer's Tale: Shticker Shock

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 07.15.2008 | Living


Joel Schwartzberg

Not long ago, I thought I was buying a new car. I knew my preferred colors (what the heck is "Cypress Pearl?"); I knew my preferred options (third ro...

Chrysler to Cut Models, Dealerships

AP | JEFF KAROUB | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


DETROIT — Chrysler LLC could reduce its vehicles and dealerships significantly under a tentative plan called Project Genesis, a Chrysler dealer ...