When general sales manager Larry Baker saw the FedEx truck pull up outside Alex Montgomery Chevrolet Dodge Chrysler Jeep in Mount Washington yesterday at 11:55 a.m., he knew bad news was coming. More: continued here
Read More »Local GM dealerships escape cuts (The Vacaville Reporter)
Several Solano County auto executives who sell General Motors vehicles waited anxiously Friday morning for a FedEx envelope that would land them among the 1,100 dealers – one in five – that the Detroit automaker plans to drop by late next year. All apparently escaped the throat-lumping task of opening …
Read More »Local GM dealer: ‘We’re fine’ (Paragould Daily Press)
While 1,100 General Motors dealerships across the country received notification via FedEx on Friday that their franchise agreements would be terminated, at least one local dealership is unaffected by the cuts. More: continued here
Read More »Fedex, Joker into last four (The New Straits Times)
MADRID: Roger Federer was made to work before overcoming Andy Roddick 7-5, 6-7 (5/7), 6-1 in the Madrid Masters quarter-finals yesterday, his 18th career win over his old American rival. More: continued here
Read More »Area GM dealers report being spared closure (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
CORPUS CHRISTI — Area GM dealers spent most of Friday keeping an eye for the UPS and FedEx deliverers, hoping they wouldn’t be among the 1,100 dealerships the automaker planned to close. None of the dozen or so area dealers confirmed having received a letter. More: continued here
Read More »No Sacramento GM dealers say they were cut (The Sacramento Bee)
If any local General Motors dealers received the dreaded FedEx mailing Friday telling them they were on the automaker’s closure list, they were keeping quiet. More: continued here
Read More »General Motors moves to shed 1,100 dealers (Los Angeles Times)
GM takes action in a restructuring plan that would shrink its distribution network from 6,000 to 3,600 by the end of 2010. The company is trying to avoid bankruptcy. The painful reshaping of the American auto industry hit home this week, delivered overnight by FedEx and UPS. More: continued here
Read More »GM cuts appear to have little effect here (The State Journal-Register)
Friday was a day of watching for the FedEx truck and waiting for phone calls, say General Motors dealers. At the end of the day, said one, the uncertainty was hardly over. More: continued here
Read More »Warner Museum welcomes FedEx 727 as exhibit (KTIV Sioux City)
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KTIV) – The newest and largest addition to the Warner Museum of Aviation and Transportation landed for the final time, Thursday in Sioux City. More: continued here
Read More »GM expected to cut 1,100 dealerships (The Washington Times)
DETROIT (AP) — A day after Chrysler LLC told a quarter of its dealers that it won’t renew their contracts, owners of General Motors Corp. dealerships are awaiting word on whether they will be next. GM said it will notify 1,100 U.S. dealers on Friday that their franchise agreements will …
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