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Automotive News & Views Dude, where did all the dealerships go?
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"Penske, who became a Chevrolet dealer in Philadelphia in February 1965, had a Saturn franchise among his GM brands at a dealership in Bakersfield, Calif., in the early days of Saturn in the mid 1980s, but later sold all of the GM franchises. He later went onto build a publicly owned dealership group that now ranks as the No. 2 retailer of vehicles in the U.S. He also has dealerships outside of the U.S. GM prohibited publicly owned dealership groups from having a Saturn franchise. Still, as a retailer, Penske has competed against Saturn dealers, who were carefully handpicked by Saturn when it was formed in the 1980s. Penske says, the best in the country and "are passionate about the brand." Those 200 Saturn dealers operating 350 outlets across the country, which employ about 12,000 people, will be offered a new franchise agreement with Penske. "We'll give each existing Saturn dealer an opportunity to sign on with our franchise," he said." Penske: Envisioning Saturn as a Global Motors (AutoObserver) And locally, Idaho’s Saturn dealer says GM's sale to Penske is a 'dream come true’ (Idaho Statesman)
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Wow, I only posted that idea yesterday, and Penske already "stole" it from me! And I swear I hadn't read anything about his plan before I did. makes a ton of sens though. Seperate the manufacturing and support/distribution for efficiency sake. And it must coast a fortune to establish a dealer network, parts distribution, and also a brand name. None of the Euros were going to d oit, but having a chance to supply cars to "global motors?" That's a whole different story. |
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Replying to: nippononly (Jun 02, 2009 9:51 pm) First off less than half or SF residents probably even have cars - it's probably the 2nd lowest rate of car ownership next to NYC, and it's full of US hating lefties. They probably don't even know that SF was THE major port of embarkation for the millions of US Soldiers in the Pacific theatre in WWII. I'll bet that less than 25 % of SF residents know what the Presidio was 70 years ago. Strange, I still can't find a place to park when i'm there!!! Then there's Marin county, probably the only place where home prices have risen in the past 5 years! and full of snobbish euro and lexus lovers. I've met some. I've been there a few tmes to visit my sister in Pacifica (south of SF for those geogragraphically illiterate) and have been to Marin county and the wine country up further north. SF and Marin County are like night and day econonically, but they line up on the same side of the aisle politically... You can have it, no thanks. I'll take the hanging chads and the occasional Hurricane in FL, along with a lower sales tax and no income tax, and 4 Cadillac dealers within 30 miles of my home (assuming they all survive the cuts). 
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Replying to: steve_ (Jun 05, 2009 11:04 am) |
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Replying to: cadillacmike (Jun 07, 2009 8:56 am) Funny. When you watch movies like "Dirty Harry" and "Bullitt," they seem like a San Francisco in a parallel universe to the one we see today. We see the Disney-fied version of the City by the Bay today.
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Replying to: lemko (Jun 08, 2009 9:38 am) |
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Back on topic. Tomorrow is day when Mopars 789 dealers have to close. Anyone know some personally?
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Replying to: tomcatt630 (Jun 08, 2009 2:13 pm) I've never bought a car from them before, but I did hear that Laurel Dodge in Maryland is closing. I remember awhile back, my coworker's mother bought a brand-new 1999 Intrepid from them. She had a perfectly fine 1994 with only ~30K miles on it, but she was going on some golfing tournament that weekend, and wanted a new car to show off in to her friends.  The dealer I bought my 2000 Intrepid from, Sheehy in Upper Marlboro, is still around as far as I know, but they did shutter their Chevy operations a few months ago, and now I think they're Dodge/Jeep/Chrysler.
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 08, 2009 2:32 pm)
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