In the next two days 1,789 GM and Chrysler dealers will be getting a letter telling them they will lose their franchise and will be forced to close. Job losses of an estimated 150,000

Company Line: GM has 6,246 dealers. Toyota has fewer than 1,500. Honda has about 1,000. These fewer and larger dealers are better able to advertise stock and service the cars they sell. The dealers are protected from termination by state laws. Chrysler’s Bankruptcy and Gm’s imminent Bankruptcy may trump these laws

My Considerations: Please Post Yours Below Under Comments

Dealers Are the Salesman, not an expense but income producers.

Example: If you were still trying to sell VCR’s. Firing the Salesman wouldn’t increase your profits the product is the problem not the distribution system.

Again I say the product is the problem, if GM and Chrysler were competitive they would need more dealers not less.

More dealers means more convenient sales and service outlets, customers don’t have to drive near as far for service.

Small Town car dealers are a big part of the Tax base and community, soccer leagues, golf tournaments etc…

Smaller dealers tend to have a higher customer satisfaction. You can’t stay in business in a small town and upset many customers.

Here is the worst part. Chrysler said in court that it wouldn’t make incentive payments to dealers it wouldn’t keep, which lowered its budget for such payments by 25 percent. On the Conference call at noon they said they would??? These dealers used their own money to sell these cars; this could mean as much as a million dollars at some stores. Lying, Cheating and Stealing all under the government guidance, unthinkable. I used to wonder how the German people all stood by and allowed Hitler to do all that he did. I now understand that when the people look to the government as their Savior, the ends, apparently justify the means, even in this country.

We need to seek the right Savior personally, Jesus is our only hope.