Posted on June 29th, 2011 • by Bill Cawthon
In his latest column, Rod Meloni, business writer for “Click on Detroit,” highlights Chuck Fortinberry, a former Chrysler-Jeep dealer from Clarkston, Michigan, a small town northwest of Detroit. Fortinberry he found his dealership listed among the 789 to be cut as Chrysler went into bankruptcy in 2009. He fought to keep his business and the [...]
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Posted on July 18th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
A report released today by the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program questions the criteria General Motors and Chrysler LLC used to terminate thousands of dealers last year. The report was requested by members of Congress who had doubts about the standards and the automakers’ claims the cuts were [...]
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Posted on February 7th, 2010 • by David Zatz
A new thread on DealershipForum has shed more light on this story; the thread includes an official notice from Fred Diaz, CEO of Ram. As part of the continuing effort in our company’s transformation, the following appointments are effective immediately reporting to me: • John Plecha [45 years old, hired from Ford] is appointed Director – [...]
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Posted on January 22nd, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
Nearly 600 dealers, representing almost 25 percent of the total terminated by Chrysler and General Motors, have filed to have their cases appealed though arbitration. The deadline for filing is midnight next Monday and the American Arbitration Association expects as many as 800 dealers to file by then. The arbitration process, mandated by recent federal [...]
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Posted on December 8th, 2009 • by David Zatz
J.D. Power’s 2009 sales satisfaction index has been released, and Dodge and Jeep dealers are anchoring the bottom, rated better than just one non-luxury brand – Mitsubishi. Every brand other than Chrysler was ranked above Dodge, Jeep, and former partner Mitsubishi. Chrysler came in just below Toyota, beating Hyundai, Nissan, Mazda, and its fellow Chrysler [...]
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Posted on July 17th, 2009 • by David Zatz
Spending bill H.R. 3170RH, passed by a narrow margin by Congress, included an amendment which read: SEC. 745. (a) None of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be used to obtain a financial or ownership interest (or right to acquire such an interest) in an automobile manufacturer that deprives an [...]
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