Dealership Consolidation

Industry's stable store count masks changes at brands

12:01 am U.S. ET | March 11, 2013
Chrysler Group added domestic dealerships and franchises in 2012 for the second year in a row, but General Motors and Ford Motor Co. continued to trim their dealership counts.... Read More »

 

JAMIE LaREAU

Selling a dealership: A painful process of letting go

3:13 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 19, 2013
Having the heart of an auto dealer doesn’t always mean having the stomach for all the business entails. Take the former dealer who recently told me his story but did not want his name used.... Read More »

 

Chrysler tries to make a comeback in cities it left in 2009

12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 12, 2012
In a number of decent-sized markets, Chrysler's bankruptcy approach was riskier and more unusual. It decided to simply start over, ceding untold business to competitors in the interim, rather than working with established dealers who had been there for decades. In some of those cities now, the company already has higher sales than before its restructuring.... Read More »

 

Jaguar Land Rover wants more dual-brand stores

12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct. 15, 2012
Jaguar Land Rover is pushing its single-point dealers to consolidate through buy/sells and create more stores that combine the two British luxury franchises.... Read More »

 

Chrysler, 2 rejected dealers head to court

6:13 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 11, 2012
The owners of former New York dealerships Eagle Auto Mall and Terry Morris Chrysler-Jeep will face off against Chrysler Group in court on Dec. 3 in suits stemming from allegedly wrongful franchise terminations.... Read More »

 

GM sues stores for missing targets

12:01 am U.S. ET | July 23, 2012
About a month ago, General Motors shared some good news with dozens of dealerships across the country: They could keep their franchises. But for a handful of dealerships, the message wasn't positive. Those stores had missed their 2011 targets, and GM was taking back their franchises.... Read More »

 

Jaguar Land Rover to cut dealer count

12:01 am U.S. ET | July 16, 2012
Jaguar Land Rover wants to reduce its U.S. dealership count by about 20 percent within three years by consolidating the two brands into single locations.... Read More »

 

Dealership shakeout over as stores sprout again, NADA says

3:42 pm U.S. ET | June 12, 2012
The National Automobile Dealers Association, in a new report, says there was an increase of 66 U.S. dealerships during the first quarter of 2012 and said the figure could climb as the auto industry recovers from the downturn.... Read More »