So ..... the Dear John letters went out to (now former) car dealers ......

The Chrysler letters arrived today. the GM letters will be in tomorrow's mail.

This sucks from top to bottom.

I really, really hope the owners and top execs and knuckle draggers and mouth breathers among the employees of these dead dealerships learn from this what many of us already know.

Never, ever, ever vote for a repubican. It is the repubicans who got us to this point.






Note to the knee-jerkers - no one is saying they're all mouth breathers and knuckle draggers. That even one of them had to lose their livelihood is a crime.

which supports piggies.. so, there they go. Should have stuck up for the guys building the product they were selling a long time ago.. instead of being such swarmy salespeople. I hate car dealers. that whole dance you go thru.

I have bought a new car, and probably never will. I hate even going into a dealership. They try every way in the world to screw you over.

<I hate car dealers. that whole dance you go thru.>

Buying a car is THE single most distasteful experience I can think of.

There are few things I hate as much.

there are probably far more dealers out there than are needed. Yes, I know the folks out in the boondocks might have to travel a bit farther for a dealer that sells the brand of cars they want. But that's the way it is for many things today, I cannot buy them at a seller that I would expect would have them, and have to go on the Internet to find them, but that's the way it is these days.

China-made cars here...

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/12/report-gm-plans-to-sell-china-built-cars-to-u-s-consumers/?icid=main|main|dl4|link5|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autoblog.com%2F2009%2F05%2F12%2Freport-gm-plans-to-sell-china-built-cars-to-u-s-consumers%2F

A planning document given to lawmakers by General Motors reportedly shows that the Detroit-based automaker plans to ship 17,335 autos from China for sale in the U.S. in 2011. If GM succeeds in importing vehicles to the U.S. from China, it could be the first automaker to do so.

The document doesn't show which vehicle would be brought over from the land of the Great Wall (we'd take the Buick Regal, above), but it does provide GM's volume plans through 2014. By that time, GM plans to triple its China to U.S. exports to 51,546 units. While 51,546 sounds like a lot of cars, it only represents 1.6% of the planned 3.1 million (perhaps optimistic) sales the General is expecting five years from now.

Regardless of the quantity of vehicles coming in from China, union leaders are none too pleased with the development, says Automotive News. The 12-page document also showed increased production in Mexico, with annual units rising from 317,763 in 2010 to 501,316 in 2014. South Korea, which will likely make new vehicles like the Chevrolet Spark, will increase production from 36,967 in 2010 to 157,126 in 2014. In an open letter, UAW legislative director Alan Reuther has gone on record saying that GM "should not be taking taxpayers' money simply to finance the outsourcing of jobs to other countries."

While many would expect the U.S. to be the big loser here, virtually all of the related production loss occurs in Canada. According to the 12-page document, U.S. production would continue to represent two thirds of the overall sales volume for the next five years, while Canada is slated to lose 101,000 units.

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