List of 789 Chrysler dealerships being closed
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I think Z28Wilson summarized where I'm at. If I HAD to sell imports? Well, I guess I'd have to. But if I don't have to, I won't. It simply goes against what I believe.
I understand Americans have the inalienable right to buy whatever they damn well feel like...
I understand that the import brands support Americans through dealer operations and manufacturing plants...
I understand that to many, bailing out the American auto industry is a sign of weakness that should not be paid for with tax dollars, and that simple capitalism should take its course and Chrysler and GM should be allowed to fail...
At the same point, while I'm not a Socialist by any stretch, I was an Economics major in college, and therefore am very sensitive to what this country, with its lack of pride in its fellow man and products, has done to itself. It amazes me how this society has absolutely no repsect for its fellow citizens. You go to Japan, or to Europe...most of those societies value buying their own products, protecting their brands at home with trade tarriffs and such. Meanwhile, we welcome China coming in and dumping cheap crap for us to scarf up. We put our own people out of work with our consistent, un-ending "race to the bottom," if you will.
It sickens and saddens me, because I know in my lifetime, I will watch America's fall from grace continue at an even more rapid pace. Real incomes haven't risen in over 10 years. Gee, I wonder why....
Think about that the next time you buy something. Support a local business, if you can. Buy American, if you can...before you can't anymore.
Enough preaching...to each their own.
I think Z28Wilson summarized where I'm at. If I HAD to sell imports? Well, I guess I'd have to. But if I don't have to, I won't. It simply goes against what I believe.
I understand Americans have the inalienable right to buy whatever they damn well feel like...
I understand that the import brands support Americans through dealer operations and manufacturing plants...
I understand that to many, bailing out the American auto industry is a sign of weakness that should not be paid for with tax dollars, and that simple capitalism should take its course and Chrysler and GM should be allowed to fail...
At the same point, while I'm not a Socialist by any stretch, I was an Economics major in college, and therefore am very sensitive to what this country, with its lack of pride in its fellow man and products, has done to itself. It amazes me how this society has absolutely no repsect for its fellow citizens. You go to Japan, or to Europe...most of those societies value buying their own products, protecting their brands at home with trade tarriffs and such. Meanwhile, we welcome China coming in and dumping cheap crap for us to scarf up. We put our own people out of work with our consistent, un-ending "race to the bottom," if you will.
It sickens and saddens me, because I know in my lifetime, I will watch America's fall from grace continue at an even more rapid pace. Real incomes haven't risen in over 10 years. Gee, I wonder why....
Think about that the next time you buy something. Support a local business, if you can. Buy American, if you can...before you can't anymore.
Enough preaching...to each their own.
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Hello Everyone,
First off, I'd like to personally thank CLEAN, Z28x and HuJass for their kind PM's last night and this morning. I had no idea people were watching my career track so closely
Jason was close as to where I work...I actually work for one of Bertera's competitors
I work for Brown Motors (Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep) in Greenfield MA, and yes, we're safe. I went out last night and celebrated pretty hard 
The dealer principal was laughing at me this morning because I was wigged out a lot more than she ever was, but based on that list? She should've been...there are FAR more 3 brand stores than I expected to see.
The ONLY dealer within 60 miles of me that died was Enfield Chrysler...which typifies the kind of dealer that SHOULD die...a little podunk hole-in-the-wall with a lousy facility. What SURPRISED me was how many decent-selling, yet single-branded, franchises remain. We have 2 great stand-alone Dodge dealers within 60 miles, and 2 stand-alone Jeep stores, that I thought for sure were gone...yet they remain.
The Northeast did not get thinned out nearly as much as I thought it would. At the same point, there isn't an extreme density out here in Western MA anyway. Since I started here 3 years ago, we've lost a CDJ 30 miles west of us, 2 stand-alone Dodge stores 15 and 30 miles south of us, a CJ store 15 miles south, and a CDJ store only 10 miles north.
Again, thanks to those thinking of me. I'm still here...we're still here. Just yesterday, I had a head hunter who called me on the phone trying to get me to move to a local Nissan dealer. Its the second job offer I've had in 3 months...the previous was to take over F&I at a local Subaru store.
The way I look at it, I've come this far...I want to see this through. While a lot of people on here do not, personally I believe in Chrysler, the people who work there and where its going. Without a doubt, exceedingly painful contractions have taken place at Chrysler and its dealer body. In reality, like GM, most of it was long overdue. I firmly believe that given the time and money to debut its products waiting in the wings, combined with a thinned dealer body and some great new alliance products with Fiat, 5 years from now we'll be sitting here talking about yet another reniassance of Chrysler.
The head hunter thinks I'm a pure idiot for not defecting to a foreign franchise...but I can't do it. I'd rather go back to a bank, which is where I came from to come here, than sell a foreign make. I am the biggest flag waver you'll ever meet. I feel I'd be a total hypocrite to have sung the praises of domestic cars, and talked to many until I was blue in the face about the importance of supporting your country, and end up selling foreign cars. While I feel like bad luck follows me in this business (original job was with an Olds/Pontiac store, now this), I just keep plugging along.
I'm a very old 29 years old...but I believe some real good is going to come from all this pain. Sincerely, thanks again to those who thought of me.
Jason Emmett
First off, I'd like to personally thank CLEAN, Z28x and HuJass for their kind PM's last night and this morning. I had no idea people were watching my career track so closely
Jason was close as to where I work...I actually work for one of Bertera's competitors
I work for Brown Motors (Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep) in Greenfield MA, and yes, we're safe. I went out last night and celebrated pretty hard The dealer principal was laughing at me this morning because I was wigged out a lot more than she ever was, but based on that list? She should've been...there are FAR more 3 brand stores than I expected to see.The ONLY dealer within 60 miles of me that died was Enfield Chrysler...which typifies the kind of dealer that SHOULD die...a little podunk hole-in-the-wall with a lousy facility. What SURPRISED me was how many decent-selling, yet single-branded, franchises remain. We have 2 great stand-alone Dodge dealers within 60 miles, and 2 stand-alone Jeep stores, that I thought for sure were gone...yet they remain.
The Northeast did not get thinned out nearly as much as I thought it would. At the same point, there isn't an extreme density out here in Western MA anyway. Since I started here 3 years ago, we've lost a CDJ 30 miles west of us, 2 stand-alone Dodge stores 15 and 30 miles south of us, a CJ store 15 miles south, and a CDJ store only 10 miles north.
Again, thanks to those thinking of me. I'm still here...we're still here. Just yesterday, I had a head hunter who called me on the phone trying to get me to move to a local Nissan dealer. Its the second job offer I've had in 3 months...the previous was to take over F&I at a local Subaru store.
The way I look at it, I've come this far...I want to see this through. While a lot of people on here do not, personally I believe in Chrysler, the people who work there and where its going. Without a doubt, exceedingly painful contractions have taken place at Chrysler and its dealer body. In reality, like GM, most of it was long overdue. I firmly believe that given the time and money to debut its products waiting in the wings, combined with a thinned dealer body and some great new alliance products with Fiat, 5 years from now we'll be sitting here talking about yet another reniassance of Chrysler.
The head hunter thinks I'm a pure idiot for not defecting to a foreign franchise...but I can't do it. I'd rather go back to a bank, which is where I came from to come here, than sell a foreign make. I am the biggest flag waver you'll ever meet. I feel I'd be a total hypocrite to have sung the praises of domestic cars, and talked to many until I was blue in the face about the importance of supporting your country, and end up selling foreign cars. While I feel like bad luck follows me in this business (original job was with an Olds/Pontiac store, now this), I just keep plugging along.
I'm a very old 29 years old...but I believe some real good is going to come from all this pain. Sincerely, thanks again to those who thought of me.
Jason Emmett
Glad to hear the good news also! I do not even know you but from reading your posts recently one of the first things I thought when the list came out was if Jason's dealership made it.
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Found a map (on google maps) of the Chrysler dealerships being closed:
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html...r-closing.html
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html...r-closing.html
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One of our local dealerships, Cartwright Ford, is closing but as I understood it... just the Chrysler-Dodge building and side lot is closing. That lot has been anemic since day 1. I wouldn't anticipate Chrysler saving anything by cutting them loose.
The adjacent Chevy dealer, Courtesy Chevy, also got the hook after 16 years.
The adjacent Chevy dealer, Courtesy Chevy, also got the hook after 16 years.
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The friend's family that has the Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep dealership that I was concerned about in my earlier post in this thread is losing their Chevrolet dealership. Its his uncle's place while the Chrysler one is his fathers. It really is not that much of a surprise, as the lot is pretty crappy and the showroom barely has room for one vehicle, plus I do not believe that they moved many cars.
What was surprising is that pretty much all of the local Buick-Pontiac-GMC lots didnt get any letters from GM. When the paper tried to contact the owner of the dealer I work for they couldnt get through, and theres rumors that at least one of his two Chevrolet dealers is getting the axe. We shall see...
What was surprising is that pretty much all of the local Buick-Pontiac-GMC lots didnt get any letters from GM. When the paper tried to contact the owner of the dealer I work for they couldnt get through, and theres rumors that at least one of his two Chevrolet dealers is getting the axe. We shall see...
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Hello Everyone,
First off, I'd like to personally thank CLEAN, Z28x and HuJass for their kind PM's last night and this morning. I had no idea people were watching my career track so closely
Jason was close as to where I work...I actually work for one of Bertera's competitors I work for Brown Motors (Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep) in Greenfield MA, and yes, we're safe. I went out last night and celebrated pretty hard The dealer principal was laughing at me this morning because I was wigged out a lot more than she ever was, but based on that list? She should've been...there are FAR more 3 brand stores than I expected to see.
The ONLY dealer within 60 miles of me that died was Enfield Chrysler...which typifies the kind of dealer that SHOULD die...a little podunk hole-in-the-wall with a lousy facility. What SURPRISED me was how many decent-selling, yet single-branded, franchises remain. We have 2 great stand-alone Dodge dealers within 60 miles, and 2 stand-alone Jeep stores, that I thought for sure were gone...yet they remain.
The Northeast did not get thinned out nearly as much as I thought it would. At the same point, there isn't an extreme density out here in Western MA anyway. Since I started here 3 years ago, we've lost a CDJ 30 miles west of us, 2 stand-alone Dodge stores 15 and 30 miles south of us, a CJ store 15 miles south, and a CDJ store only 10 miles north.
Again, thanks to those thinking of me. I'm still here...we're still here. Just yesterday, I had a head hunter who called me on the phone trying to get me to move to a local Nissan dealer. Its the second job offer I've had in 3 months...the previous was to take over F&I at a local Subaru store.
The way I look at it, I've come this far...I want to see this through. While a lot of people on here do not, personally I believe in Chrysler, the people who work there and where its going. Without a doubt, exceedingly painful contractions have taken place at Chrysler and its dealer body. In reality, like GM, most of it was long overdue. I firmly believe that given the time and money to debut its products waiting in the wings, combined with a thinned dealer body and some great new alliance products with Fiat, 5 years from now we'll be sitting here talking about yet another reniassance of Chrysler.
The head hunter thinks I'm a pure idiot for not defecting to a foreign franchise...but I can't do it. I'd rather go back to a bank, which is where I came from to come here, than sell a foreign make. I am the biggest flag waver you'll ever meet. I feel I'd be a total hypocrite to have sung the praises of domestic cars, and talked to many until I was blue in the face about the importance of supporting your country, and end up selling foreign cars. While I feel like bad luck follows me in this business (original job was with an Olds/Pontiac store, now this), I just keep plugging along.
I'm a very old 29 years old...but I believe some real good is going to come from all this pain. Sincerely, thanks again to those who thought of me.
Jason Emmett
First off, I'd like to personally thank CLEAN, Z28x and HuJass for their kind PM's last night and this morning. I had no idea people were watching my career track so closely
Jason was close as to where I work...I actually work for one of Bertera's competitors
I work for Brown Motors (Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep) in Greenfield MA, and yes, we're safe. I went out last night and celebrated pretty hard The dealer principal was laughing at me this morning because I was wigged out a lot more than she ever was, but based on that list? She should've been...there are FAR more 3 brand stores than I expected to see.The ONLY dealer within 60 miles of me that died was Enfield Chrysler...which typifies the kind of dealer that SHOULD die...a little podunk hole-in-the-wall with a lousy facility. What SURPRISED me was how many decent-selling, yet single-branded, franchises remain. We have 2 great stand-alone Dodge dealers within 60 miles, and 2 stand-alone Jeep stores, that I thought for sure were gone...yet they remain.
The Northeast did not get thinned out nearly as much as I thought it would. At the same point, there isn't an extreme density out here in Western MA anyway. Since I started here 3 years ago, we've lost a CDJ 30 miles west of us, 2 stand-alone Dodge stores 15 and 30 miles south of us, a CJ store 15 miles south, and a CDJ store only 10 miles north.
Again, thanks to those thinking of me. I'm still here...we're still here. Just yesterday, I had a head hunter who called me on the phone trying to get me to move to a local Nissan dealer. Its the second job offer I've had in 3 months...the previous was to take over F&I at a local Subaru store.
The way I look at it, I've come this far...I want to see this through. While a lot of people on here do not, personally I believe in Chrysler, the people who work there and where its going. Without a doubt, exceedingly painful contractions have taken place at Chrysler and its dealer body. In reality, like GM, most of it was long overdue. I firmly believe that given the time and money to debut its products waiting in the wings, combined with a thinned dealer body and some great new alliance products with Fiat, 5 years from now we'll be sitting here talking about yet another reniassance of Chrysler.
The head hunter thinks I'm a pure idiot for not defecting to a foreign franchise...but I can't do it. I'd rather go back to a bank, which is where I came from to come here, than sell a foreign make. I am the biggest flag waver you'll ever meet. I feel I'd be a total hypocrite to have sung the praises of domestic cars, and talked to many until I was blue in the face about the importance of supporting your country, and end up selling foreign cars. While I feel like bad luck follows me in this business (original job was with an Olds/Pontiac store, now this), I just keep plugging along.
I'm a very old 29 years old...but I believe some real good is going to come from all this pain. Sincerely, thanks again to those who thought of me.
Jason Emmett
I feel to a large degree, the worse is behind Chrysler. As far as reorganization and having the company set up for success, it's all now simply a matter of getting the products on the boards out in the showrooms. When you think about how many new or restyled cars Chrysler plans on getting into showrooms within the next 2 years (everything except the Challenger) I feel we're in for some pretty exciting times from the New Chrysler Corperation.
But....I think the biggest challenge is going to be simply getting production started again. Chrysler is but the 1st to go through reorganization and emerge through the other side. There's going to be alot of suppliers that's going to be in deep trouble, and perhaps even shut down. General Motors, the biggest customer of OEMs is already in shutdown mode, and unless something dramatic breaks or it defies events will itself be in bankruptcy when Chrysler hits the restart button.
Ford and the foreign makers will still be producing, with Ford actually expanding production, so I may be overstating OEM problems in restarting Chrysler.
Hope I am.
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