Chrysler to shut down 789 dealers - list enclosed

[07ROUSHSTG3]

here they are.

http://www.autonews.com/assets/pdf/770dealers.pdf

we are on it. EVS in Lomira. i also saw russ darrow, dodge city, wolfs, and a couple other familiar names.

[jbiscuit]

Holy smokes!!!

[Nick]

I don't like seeing businesses going under :(

[07ROUSHSTG3]

i heard 50,000 people could be out of jobs because of this. not sure how they came up with that number though?!?!

[Karps TA]

I've heard names of the dealers GM is cutting, and sounds to me like we're going to have alot of used car dealers soon.

[07ROUSHSTG3]

I've heard names of the dealers GM is cutting, and sounds to me like we're going to have alot of used car dealers soon.

PM sent :crying

[pOrk]

I have lots of family members in GM dealerships and GM is forcing 2400 ( I believe ) to close by the end of 2010. NOT Good.

[88Nightmare]

2400 GM dealerships? God damn.......

[Karps TA]

That's a shit load of unemployed mechanics, body shop people, and sales people with no where to go.

[88Nightmare]

I wonder how Ewalds Dodgeland on hwy 100 escaped that list

[SSLEVO]

That's a shit load of unemployed mechanics, body shop people, and sales people with no where to go.


Yeah, thats the thing, those people have a pretty focused skill set. I don't think there are too many jobs in their market out there, probably best if those people went back to school. It seems the higher your education the better off you will be. Maybe not making a ton of money but it seems like you need to be overqualified to get almost any job these days.

[88Nightmare]

so how exactly does a car company shut down dealers? I thought dealers are independently owned and operated..... Is Chrysler taking away franchise licenses?

[Karps TA]

Exactly. They can stay open and sell used cars, or try and find a different brand to sell. But they can't sell X anymore.

With so many skilled people being SOL, atleast there should be no excuse for shoddy work now at the remaning dealerships.

[BigBlackZ71]

I wonder how Ewalds Dodgeland on hwy 100 escaped that list


Meaning???:confused

[07ROUSHSTG3]

not quite sure how they came up with the list. there are some large dealers on there. we were told that the first to go was going to be the dealerships that did not carry the full chrysler, dodge, dodge truck, and jeep lines. looking at the list, that was not correct?!?!? i am sure sales numbers, customer service numbers, and location were probably the largest factors.

[BigBlackZ71]

not quite sure how they came up with the list. there are some large dealers on there. we were told that the first to go was going to be the dealerships that did not carry the full chrysler, dodge, dodge truck, and jeep lines. looking at the list, that was not correct?!?!? i am sure sales numbers, customer service numbers, and location were probably the largest factors.


Thats pretty much it, sorry to hear about your dealer being on the list, best of luck to you with what ever you do. This will be tough on lots of local families

[Crawlin]

Part of it will be dealerships that have other franchises on that list.

Think about it... Why does Dodge City of Milwaukee need to stay open when they bought out Subaru from Don Jacobs and are not a full Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep store anyways. ESPECIALLY when they have the Brookfield location that is a direct competitor that just built a new facility. I knew 100% the milwaukee store would go down just because of that.

Figure alot of the small town dealerships that are full lines were only selling maybe 5-6 cars a month. We'd get the reports all the time when i was at Dodge City of Brookfield.

I'm so glad I'm not working there anymore. And 2400 gm dealerships sounds like alot, but remember how many friggen chevy dealerships are on every corner. You can stand at Heiser Chevrolet, and point in any direction and there would be another Chevy dealership 5-10 miles away. There's got to be 10 just in the metro location of Milwaukee. That's unneeded. You know Holz will stay open. Maybe Bergstrom since they just did all that renovation, but figure Hall, Braeger, and Heiser are options to close. Same with Boucher. Cadillac/Chevy in West Bend for heiser I believe would make the list of closings since Bob Fish is right up the road and uptown is right down the road and they both do more business.

[07ROUSHSTG3]

Thats pretty much it, sorry to hear about your dealer being on the list, best of luck to you with what ever you do. This will be tough on lots of local families

we will be fine up here. we still have FORD. thanks for the toughts though.

[07ROUSHSTG3]

if anyone hears anything about the GM dealer list, please post it or PM me. I am very interested if our dealership in Mayville will make the cut. also the dealer next to my house is on my mind.

[BigBlackZ71]

I only know of Lakeland Jeep, GMC, and Pontiac, Pontiac is gone, Jeep was pulled and I think GMC will be pulled from them

[88Nightmare]

Meaning???:confused

meaning just as I said it. I have nothing against Dodgeland, I was just curious how Chrysler came up with this list, and that question was answered already.

[Crawlin]

Yah, Dodgeland made it because ewald merged their other places with it i'd imagine. plus that airstream dealer must be making serious dough (sarcasm, haha)

I can imagine the franchises putting a 20 mile radius on their dealers now, not just the 5 miles i think it is now.

there will be ALOT of land up for development soon. Hell I think EJ Salentine Pontiac/Buick will kick the bucket soon. Their income has to be just off of service customers.

[Karps TA]

Salentine's kids are fighting to try and keep the dealership. I expect them to become like Sindic did when they lost Olds, just a used car dealer.

[88Nightmare]

Just thinking about this domino affect... with all these technicians that will be out of work, it would be stupid for someone to enter the field now, so I'm sure admissions into schools such as UTI and Wyotech will drop off, which could force them to lay off instructors. Other local businesses that thrive off of dealerships will suffer too. Just a bad chain of reactions...

[Crawlin]

oh yeah, it's gonna get REAL interesting REALLY quick once these dealers start shutting down. Imagine the people that maybe are leasing the land and don't actually own it. Or leasing buildings. All the small car lots don't have the capability to service the vehicles. Your wait time for service will be incredibly higher. That or the ones that will survive will set up larger service shops.

Look at the old Heiser Lincoln/Mercury. No one wants to buy that property on that side of town. And on the flip side, Jacobs on 164 isn't selling that property all that fast and that's a better area for industry being so close to Bluemound.

[07ROUSHSTG3]

Salentine's kids are fighting to try and keep the dealership. I expect them to become like Sindic did when they lost Olds, just a used car dealer.

for $4000 dealers can join in the fight to save their franchises. unfortunetly federal bancruptcy laws trump state franchise laws :(. not much anyone is going to be able to do. the real crappy part. chrysler is unable to purchase parts inventories and vehicles back. worries about dealers getting "stuck" with their new cars that they cannot sell as new are now surfacing! just read the dealer letter. chrysler is literally washing their hands of these dealers.

[88Nightmare]

Where was Heiser Lincoln Merc?


My pops works at Boucher Lincoln Merc on hwy 100 and he is actually doing pretty well lately. With spring around and the nice weather out, he reports very busy days, and the total sales he ends up with at the end of the month proves it. Don't get me wrong, its not off the chart sales, but still decent for this kind of economy.

Theres still people with money out there still buying crap, but if 789 chrysler dealers go down and who knows how many GM dealers, shits gonna hit the fan fast. I wonder if thats what will put wisconsin's unemployment rate over the 10% mark......

[Plum Crazy]

im not suprised to see FRANK BOUCHER CHRYSLER on the list, it was only a matter of time before Palmen got it in Racine.

[BigBlackZ71]

It is going to get alot worse before it gets better, Our little chrysler store in Oconomowoc made the cut and the Jeep and Dodge stores right next to us did not.

[Crawlin]

Hahaha, Frank Boucher was on that list? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

That GM was all up on my shit after my JM&A rep told them I was available for work. Thank god AGAIN I didn't go back into Finance at the dealership there.

Heiser Lincoln/Mercury is just north of Good Hope on 76th street in Milwaukee. Not the best area as alot of the other dealerships are moving

[Plum Crazy]

here is the list for those of you too lazy to click the link

DEALER TYPE KEY:
C= Chrysler / D= Dodge / J= Jeep / T= Truck

FRANK BOUCHER CHRYSLER 68396 C
9601 WASHINGTON AVE
RACINE, WI 53408

BRAEGER CHRYSLER JEEP
6133 S 27TH ST 68383 CJ
MILWAUKEE, WI 53221-4836

CHILSON INC
3443 HWY 93 SOUTH 23672 J
EAU CLAIRE, WI 54701

RUSS DARROW CHRYSLER JEEP 8223 CJ
6525 ODANA ROAD
MADISON, WI 53719

DODGE CITY OF MILWAUKEE INC
4640 SOUTH 27TH STREET 42085 DT
MILWAUKEE, WI 53221-2199

DON MILLER CHRYSLER-JEEP INC
5339 WAYNE TERRACE
MADISON, WI 53718-6384

DON MILLER DODGE INC
754 E WASHINGTON AVE 41098 DT
MADISON, WI 53703-2934

ERNIE VON SCHLEDORN LOMIRA, INC. 44301 DTCJ
700 EAST AVENUE
LOMIRA, WI 53048

JOHN QUADEN DODGE INC
W 127 E WISCONSIN 58391 DT
OKAUCHEE, WI 53069

JOHNSON MOTORS 45263 DTCJ
2180 US HIGHWAY 8
SAINT CROIX FALLS, WI 54024-8328

LAKELAND JEEP
N48W36216 WISCONSIN AVE
OCONOMOWOC, WI 53066-3257

LARSEN AUTO CENTER INC
1105 WISCONSIN AVE 44957 DTCJ
FREDERIC, WI 54837

MUELLER CHRYSLER INC
2060 OMRO RD 64826 C
OSHKOSH, WI 54904-7706

PLACH AUTOMOTIVE
INTERSECTION HWY 45 & 54 43613 DTCJ
NEW LONDON, WI 54961

QUINN MOTORS OF ELLSWORTH
405 WEST MAIN STREET 68980 CDTJ
ELLSWORTH, WI 54011

SCHOCKER CHRYSLER AND DODGE 60341 CT
205 SOUTH 4TH AVE.
ST. NAZIANZ, WI 54232

VAN LIESHOUT AND SIMON DODGE
225 DODGE STREET 51825 DT
KAUKAUNA, WI 54130-2531

WOLF'S MOTOR CAR COMPANY INC
N5908 WILLOW ROAD 67966 CJ
PLYMOUTH, WI 53073

[SmokinRAM114]

treed^

[Daytonapacecar959]

I've heard names of the dealers GM is cutting, and sounds to me like we're going to have alot of used car dealers soon.

Can you PM me the list of dealers if you can please.Want to see if my job is going to be safe.

[agent orange acr]

wow thats kinda weird seeing a dealership that I used to work at a year ago is losing chrysler but that dealership will be fine they still have VW, Mazda, and Kia. Good old Frank Boucher Imports.

[lordairgtar]

I expect them to become like Sindic did when they lost Olds, just a used car dealer.

They also added a Richlonn's Tire shop in their bays. I can see dealers like salentine doing that, maybe leasing space to some service, brake, muffler, tire shops.

[cheap80Z28]

I just bought my jeep from braeger jeep on s. 27th. what will happen with my warrenty work and $1.00 oil changes. do we have a date for this to happen?

[88Nightmare]

if braeger chev is still in business, I bet they would honor your $1 oil changes... just might have to call ahead to make sure they got your filter in stock

[cheap80Z28]

mainly worried about warrenty work, guess I better get it looked over quick

[07ROUSHSTG3]

mainly worried about warrenty work, guess I better get it looked over quick

you will need top find a new dealer to go to for warranty work. as for when this is happening. the judge will review the case on the 3rd and if approved, the franchises will cease to exist on the 9th. not much time for the dealers to get their ducks in a row.

[Feature Pony]

if braeger chev is still in business, I bet they would honor your $1 oil changes... just might have to call ahead to make sure they got your filter in stock

GM is going to talk today about closing 1200+ dealerships, so braeger might only have ford?

[Waver]

someone should just post up the list of the gm dealers that are going to be closing....havent been able to find much other than the ponti/saturn dealers...........

As far as sales at Northpoint.....yeah we still dont do the kind of numbers as the other Ford store, we are holding our own, however I really wish traffic was a little better

[Feature Pony]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090515/ap_on_bi_ge/us_auto_dealers

it looks as if GM isn't going to do that, they are going to let the dealers tell everyone.

[Karps TA]

I love the fact that these spineless fucks are sending out dear John letters to most dealers instead of calling up and personally telling them.

[jbiscuit]

"Dear Dealer -

You are done. kthnxbi."

-GM

[Karps TA]

LMAO. That's probably not too far from it.

Probably followed up with a Here's a funny LOLcat picture to help you get thru this.

[07ROUSHSTG3]

"Dear Dealer -

You are done. kthnxbi."

-GM

that is pretty much it. we regret to inform you, la dee da dee da.

oh yeah, and your inventories aren't our problem. thank you for your support over the years.

[SLONOMA]

We got our letter from GM, and its just stated that we will be under review. Who know what the fvck that means.

[Karps TA]

Next is Double Secret Probation.

Start preparing the Deathmobile for the parade.

[07ROUSHSTG3]

We got our letter from GM, and its just stated that we will be under review. Who know what the fvck that means.

what dealer?

[SLONOMA]

Im waiting to see what other dealers letters state before I say which dealer I work for.

[07ROUSHSTG3]

listening to the broadcast, sounds to me like if you got a letter, you have until end of 2010 to get rid of your inventory?!?! didn't say anything about any letters going to other dealers. hope for you I am wrong.

at least they are giving the dealers a chance to end the obligations on their own too, unlike chrysler.

[07ROUSHSTG3]

clickondetroit.com is broadcasting the conference call.

[nitrous]

Good to see Boucher in Racine is staying open...for now.

[Sprayaway Fox]

Wolfs Chrysler is going down in town. Guess there gonna sell used cars, Kia's and snomobiles to make by.
My buds a painter at JV Horn and I know his wife just lost her job that would definitely suck. GM stock is at around a dollar:wooo

[Exitspeed]

To put it in visual perspective...

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nytint/maps/chrysler-dealerships-slated-for-closing.html

[dsireme]

Good to see Boucher in Racine is staying open...for now.
I was glad to see that also, they are my dealer for my T&C.

[Plum Crazy]

I was glad to see that also, they are my dealer for my T&C.


frank boucher chevy is, they are closing the chrysler store though.

[dsireme]

frank boucher chevy is, they are closing the chrysler store though.

Gordie is the one I am worried about. I didn't see them on the list.

[BigBlackZ71]

Our General Manager read the letter to us at a meeting, Every Chrysler, Jeep, and/or Dodge dealer in the country got a certified letter Thursday in the mail from UPS. It was either a thumbs up or thumbs down. The shitty part was no one knew this was coming, It just showed up.