Auto Industry Package May Hinge On Trimming Dealerships: WSJ
Auto Industry Package May Hinge On Trimming Dealerships: WSJ

Berks Dealer in Meeting on Auto Industry Bailout
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Auto Dealerships Stalling
QUINCY | Bruce Thomas washed cars at his father's General Motors dealership in this small town in the Florida Panhandle at age 12, changed oil in high school, and sold his first Pontiac during college.His commitment to a famed American industry, part business and part romance, never waned.

GM's plan to cut quarter of all dealerships likely bad news for Genesee County
GRAND BLANC, Michigan -- A number of car dealerships in Genesee County will likely close under a General Motors plan to rid itself of 1,750 dealers within the next four years. GM's announcement Tuesday that it will focus on just...

As Dealerships Sink, Towns Suffer
Nationwide, 750 dealerships have already closed this year and 150 more are expected to shut down by year's end, putting nearly 40,000 employees out of work.

US Auto Sales Plunge In November, Tri-state Fares Better
Recession forcing dealerships to rely on used cars and service to drive business.

Local auto dealers want quick action as sales continue to tank
By BOB COX? With two months of the lowest new-car and new-truck sales in decades behind them, auto dealers, workers and even retirees hope that Congress will act quickly and authorize government loans for General Motors, Ford and Chrysler. The already fragile state of consumer confidence was further shaken last month as talk of bankruptcy and bailouts dominated the news, and it?s not just GM ...

Boston's auto show turns green
Don't be fuelish - check out the latest "green" cars at the New England International Auto Show, which opens today at the Boston Convention & Exhibition...

Auto sales plunge; industry on the ropes
Sales numbers released Tuesday confirm the U.S. auto industry has hit the roughest stretch of road in at least two decades, with the effects being felt from the Motor City to Mountain View. More economic crisis | More auto news

Local auto industry supports Big 3 bailout
Dallas-area automotive industry representatives and North Texas city leaders gathered at a Carrollton auto dealership Tuesday to express support for the proposed $25 billion congressional bailout of the auto industry.

US auto sales plummet
US auto sales plunged 37 percent in November to their worst level in more than 26 years.

Local dealership reacts to auto industry loan plan
Car dealerships don't expect to find a check in the mail if the government goes ahead with a loan to the U.S. automakers. Without it, however, they say their businesses, employees, and ultimately their customers would suffer.

Nov. US auto sales sink to worst level since 1982
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. auto sales plunged 37 percent in November to their worst level in more than 26 years, dashing expectations that this dismal year for vehicle demand had found a bottom, and adding more ammunition to the Detroit automakers' case for a congressional lifeline.

Nov. auto sales sink to worst level since 1982
U.S. auto sales plunged 37 percent in November to their worst level in more than 26 years, dashing expectations that this dismal year for vehicle demand had found a bottom, and adding more ammunition to the Detroit automakers' case for a congressional lifeline. Every major automaker reported a year-over-year sales decline of more than 30 percent on Tuesday. The Detroit carmakers were among the ...

Nov. auto sales sink to worst level since 1982
U.S. auto sales plunged 37 percent in November to their worst level in more than 26 years, dashing expectations that this dismal year for vehicle demand had found a bottom, and adding more ammunition to the Detroit automakers' case for a congressional...

BUSINESS: With industry struggling, local auto dealers say sales are shifting
Inside the glass walls of David Chevrolet in Niagara Falls it?s difficult to tell the American auto industry is in trouble.The showroom cars still have that freshly waxed shine, customers still come in and out the front door and the salesmen still wear their ironed button-down shirts with ties.

November U.S. auto sales drop to 26-year low
Kim Snider, 35, of Caledonia, checks out a 2009 Ford Flex on Tuesday at Fox Ford Mazda at 3560 28th Street. U.S. auto sales at General Motors and Chrysler plunged more than 40 percent in November, while Ford's sales dropped 31 percent, battered by an economic storm that has sent consumer demand for new vehicles to the lowest level in more than 26 years. ? Read the story

Nov. auto sales sink to worst level since 1982
By DAN STRUMPF and BREE FOWLER U.S. auto sales plunged 37 percent in November to their worst level in more than 26 years, dashing expectations that this dismal year for vehicle demand had found a bottom, and adding more ammunition to the Detroit automakers' case for a congressional lifeline. Every major automaker reported a year-over-year sales decline of more than 30 percent on Tuesday. The ...

As Dealerships Sink, Towns Suffer
Detroit's financial crash is like a chain-reaction collision for the entire country, because so many businesses, communities and workers depend on car and truck sales for their livelihoods, Ben Tracy reports.

Kormos cites Welland car dealers in case for auto sector intervention
TORONTO Welland New Democrat MPP Peter Kormos stood in the legislature Tuesday to underscore the need for government intervention in the auto sector. [...]