Comments on: Nardelli’s Email to Employees

By: happy-cynic

happy-cynic — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:16:46 +0000

A lot of great points in this one..

As one of my friends said. “How many companies does a CEO wreck, before you take the keys away from him

By: toxicroach

toxicroach — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:41:57 +0000

Metcalf & 435 isn’t what I would call ideal location for a dodge dealer. Little more upscale in Overland Park.

By: capeplates

capeplates — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:49:57 +0000

Nissan wouldn’t touch Chrysler with a barge pole. They’re out to make money not pour it down the sink. Chrysler are on the brink!

By: alfabert

alfabert — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:28:42 +0000

It was McCarthy Dodge that closed, at I-435 and Metcalf. Ideal location, less than ideal product.

By: holydonut

holydonut — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:21:26 +0000

Liger: For some reason I’m picturing Sunflower Dodge as the dealership that you’re talking about. That guy “Hap Hazard” was awesome.

By: Liger

Liger — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:02:49 +0000

A big Dodge dealership closed in Kansas City this past month. The dealership had an extremely high traffic location, and was an ideal place for a car dealership (probably the best location in the city). It had changed ownership 3 times in the past 5 years.

By: Robert Schwartz

Robert Schwartz — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:32:02 +0000

you forgot the two year backlog of Aspens.

By: motownr

motownr — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:21:47 +0000

Waiting for the “Exciting News!” conference call to start…but this will thin the dealer herd in a big way.

In Detroit, it’s a leasing market, and many current Chrysler lessees can and will simply swap into a lease with GM/F/T when their lease comes due.

Well…given the GMAC is also a Cerberus holding, maybe not GM :)

By: Banned User

Banned User — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:57:08 +0000

No more leases at Chrysler dealerships.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121701005398185331.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news

By: jwltch

jwltch — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:52:46 +0000

FINANCEGUY -

I look for this to happen more. Sadly. Has anyone seen this happen near them? I haven’t yet in Central IL, but given that one dealer in town is GMC-Cadillac only, and mostly carried SUVs, I can’t believe that the future is promising. Is there any published information about dealer health these days?

By: blautens

blautens — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:35:07 +0000

I also was pleased to see our Dodge Journey receive a positive review from
USA Today’s James Healy.

Bahahaha! That’s like the Bush administration getting positive reviews from Karl Rove….

By: indi500fan

indi500fan — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:15:41 +0000

Home Depot stores have improved a lot since Bob left. Almost as fast as they went down the tubes when he took over.

It shows that there is life after MBAs.

By: FINANCEGUY

FINANCEGUY — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:14:41 +0000

One major Dodge dealer in Richmond Va announced
it was shutting down yesterday and rumour is a
big Jeep player is in serious trouble

By: Landcrusher

Landcrusher — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:02:24 +0000

Alex,

Was that a real prediction, or more of one of those “it could happen” sort of stories?

By: Robert Farago

Robert Farago — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:48:34 +0000

ash78

Sorted.

By: ash78

ash78 — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:44:03 +0000

n/m

By: Alex Rodriguez

Alex Rodriguez — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:42:03 +0000

Well that’s one TTAC prediction down in flames: The TTAC prediction that Chrysler was going to declare Chapter 11 in the dead of night, while everyone was on forced vacation.

Well, now there’s 1 week until the next TTAC prediction date: August 2. August 2 was supposed to be the rumored date that Chrysler goes C11.

Trust me, I’m not holding my breath.

By: jaje

jaje — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:32:29 +0000

I just found out that Hastings, NE is the site of the invention of Kool-Aid. But I’d put up that claim against Detroit, MI anyday!