mikebna

The largest Ford Dealership in our area has closed it's newest store. It was built less than two years ago in Bullheadcity, AZ close to Laughlin,NV. The employees were either laid off or sent to work miles away from where they now live probably without compensation for the extra travel!

Seems as though it had huge losses and the owner may even lose the property due to the economy.

It's too bad because I had started taking my Saleen there for service because I had been lied to too many times by the one here in Kingman, AZ.


Have any of you guys seen any of this happening in your areas?





mike

Jess Albright

There has been a few dealers in my area that either closed up shop or claimed bankruptcy and got bought out by a franchise dealer.
Expect to see this a lot more in the near future, GM alone says they will be closing 25 to 30% of their dealers. I would expect Ford and Chrysler to follow suit.

eviligloo

Just saw a local ford dealer close up shop recently out here (Miller Brothers Ford). I don't think they ever did well, though....so it wasn't a surprise.

wingman75

The dealer I bought mine from (Al Long Ford) converted to a used car only dealership in Warren Michigan.

david01130

Swanson Ford and Anderson Chevrolet closed near me.

ctann

Swanson Ford (Los Gatos) closed down several years ago, well before the latest financial crisis - before GT500s were even in production. Steve Swanson saw the writing on the wall, and got out while the getting-out was good. Bet he's patting himself on the back about now.

Chris.

Jazzer The Cat

San Rafael Ford closed after about 10,000 years of service. The windows still have the painted writing saying "Always open!"

Jazzer

ctann

That I did not know. Here's a link to a news article. I was actually going to plug Novato Ford in my last entry, looks like their competition just went down by one... After Swanson Ford shut down, it took me ages to find another Bay Area Ford dealership I trusted (Fremont, "Friendly", Capitol, you can keep them all...). I hope that Novato and San Francisco Ford (owned by the same guy) can stay in business...

Chris.

esanger

My local dealer isn't showing any signs of closing, but given the level of service I have gotten from them in the past I could care less if they close (no offense to those that would lose their jobs, but they treat their customers like crud)..

1slow67

Woody is building another building over by Autozone on Hughes. So the definately aren't showing signs.