http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nytint/maps/chrysler-dealerships-slated-for-closing.html
End of an era.
End of an era.
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Wow! There's a bunch more people out of work. It kind of begs the question, "Did the bail out money really have any effect or were they simply posturing for their upper echelon to get sweetheart severence packages?" What I do know for sure is that there will be a whole bunch of people who have worked very hard for a lot of years that come to work one day soon and get a pink slip, a pat on the back, and a "good luck out there". Honest, hard working folks really do deserve better than that, it really is sad.
GM and Chrysler were in such dire financial situations, the bailout money basically just let them hang on a bit longer.
Very sad for all the families that are struggling now, I also feel the bailout filled a hole but the bailout did not address the cause of the hole.All the American car makers are reaping what they have sowed to a greater or lesser extant. Managing the company for the stock price rather than the end user is,I firmly believe is the root cause of the woes.
I last owned a GMC truck in 1989 and it was a rolling piece of junk,the only thing worse than the truck was the corporate response to the major issues I was having with it.
I recently was on a road trip through the south east and there are empty dealer lots, going out of business signs everywhere, there are also many shinny new Toyota dealerships going up every where.
I know that in my own extended family no one has owned a big three car in many many years.
Very sad for all the families that are struggling now, I also feel the bailout filled a hole but the bailout did not address the cause of the hole.All the American car makers are reaping what they have sowed to a greater or lesser extant. Managing the company for the stock price rather than the end user is,I firmly believe is the root cause of the woes.
I last owned a GMC truck in 1989 and it was a rolling piece of junk,the only thing worse than the truck was the corporate response to the major issues I was having with it.
I recently was on a road trip through the south east and there are empty dealer lots, going out of business signs everywhere, there are also many shinny new Toyota dealerships going up every where.
I know that in my own extended family no one has owned a big three car in many many years.
Sad times. That map is especially sobering.