GM Dealer Closing List: 1,100 General Motors Dealerships

According to recent auto test and ratings, Ford has surpassed Honda and matches the quality of Toyota.  The new innovative products are creating a lot of hype.  It is time to abonden the old "american is not as good as an import" because it is no longer true. If we spent more time test driving the vehicles and reading consumer reports none of our American auto makers would be in trouble.

What do you mean the quality is better who told you that the liberal media?What do you know I sold cars for 16 years All Domestic makes they are just a good as any Jap car. Its American's who bought into Honda and Toyotas Sales Pitch I am wodering where do you live hopefully not in America. We used to be a Strong Country and it has all changed since people like you that believe the grass is greener and we need to buy from other countrys. You bought in hook line and sinker and all Americans will have to pay for mistakes you made by allowing Japanese Companies taking over our Car industry.

No, it's actually thanks George Bush!

This all started in the late'70's , early 80's , when the war on labor began. GM, Ford, and Chrysler's market share began to shrink, not because of poor quality as some would have you believe because that was not the case in all cars the Big 3 made. They built some junkers through the years, but every company has. Americans broke away from being brand loyal. Market share began to shrink simply because there were more choices. It's that simple. The pie can only be sliced so many ways. If the pizza has eight slices and you have four people, thats two slices each. But if you have eight people, thats one slice each, which is what you have today. Don't drink the Kool-Aid that the Big 3 didn't build cars that people wanted to buy. GM built 57 million cars worldwide last year. Somebody likes thier stuff because thats a lot of cars. And don't believe the hype about the UAW either. They don't make $40-80 an hour. That hourly number is the rate of hourly pay, plus benefits, plus retirees pensions and benefits all added up. Do you get paid on benefits and retirees legacies at your job? Nope. Neither do they. They make $17-24 an hour plus benefits. Not bad, but they would be unable to live in New Jersey where I live. $24/hr is not even $50,000/year. But, take a look at what the upper management at just about any corporation is making these days, even when they are bleeding red ink.  http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/107075/golden-coffins-golden-offices-golden-retirement?mod=career-salary_negotiation If this doesn't piss you off then nothing will. The greed and stupidity is disgusting. Sure American  union workers make more than than non-union counterparts. But you will never hear of a European , Japanese, or Chinese CEO making even close to this kind of coin.

HERE WE GO AGAIN! OBAMA IS NOT THE CAUSE OF THIS! IT WAS YOUR COUSINS THE GEORGE BU-SH!TS WHO STARTED ALL THIS MESS! OPEN YOUR EYES A$$HOLE!

Thats what I would like to know and I dont want to stir things up but I work for a vw dealer people dont seem to relize that SOME of those "american" cars are just as foreign as ours. The Ford 500 "Mexico". Town and Country/Caravan Canada and the chevy aveo well lets not go there. But I can say that vw is opening plants in the US to build a few of their cars here. I know the Hyundai Sonata is built in Georgia and some of the american cars may be built here but it seems like most of the part on them are not. But hey my vw is 5% built in the US. But in all seriousness I feel bad for these guys are the chrysler dealers and chevy dealers because most of those service depts have been dead for a while and I can understand what those flat rate guys are going through. I wish them all well. Im very fortunate to be at the dealer I am because we are still busy.

GM closing dealerships makes it much easier to control production and product.  With so many lines and dealers to service it is impossible to forcast sales numbers.  You will have fewer choices of dealers to shop price against and therefore GM will not have to offer the large incentives to customers and be able to sell at a profit.  With fewer dealers to service there will be more plant closings and perment layoffs.  This will lower GM's cost of doing business.  This lowering of overhead should allow them to become more price competitive.

Why is it sad that companies that cannot provide a product people want to buy are suffering? Would you be up in arms if Del Taco was going out of business?

Good Christ the Sacred Cow of the auto industry is just childish. And this is coming from someone with GENERATIONS of union workers and family and friends directly impacted when the Ford plant in Hapeville, GA closed or was "idled" in 2006. 

Grow up, it's a job...it's a new day....you move on.