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An arbitrator ordered reinstatement for Livonia Chrysler Jeep but sided with Chrysler on the closure of Taylor, Mich.,-based Century Dodge.

Tags: Arbitrator, Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, Chrysler Jeep, Chrysler Jeep Dealer, Closure, Dodge, Jeep, Metro Detroit, Michigan, Reinstatement, Taylor, Wins

Rejected-dealer leader Jack Fitzgerald lost a bid for reinstatement of his four Chrysler stores in Maryland when an arbitrator held that they didn’t fit the company’s plan of consolidating its four brands into each dealership.

Tags: Arbitration, Arbitrator, Bid, Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, Dealer Advocate, Jack Fitzgerald, Lost, Maryland, Reinstatement

Chrysler Group dealer Tom Vann embraced the Internet as a sales tool nearly 15 years ago, when the technology was still a novelty. He’s sure glad he did.

Tags: Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, Chrysler Group, Internet Sales, Internet Tool, Sales Tool, Tom Vann, Web Sales, Web turns Main St.

Chrysler Group may challenge the constitutionality of the dealer-arbitration bill signed by President Barack Obama, CEO Sergio Marchionne said today. The legislation would require General Motors Co.

Tags: Arbitration, Barack Obama, Ceo, Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, Chrysler Group, Constitutionality, General Motors, General Motors Co., Legislation, Sergio Marchionne

John Bozzella, Chrysler Group’s top Washington lobbyist and its chief negotiator in settlement talks with dealers, has resigned effective Dec. 31 after 11 months on the job.

Tags: Chief Negotiator, Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, Chrysler Group, Dealer Talks, Job, Settlement Talks, Washington Lobbyist

John Bozzella, Chrysler Group’s chief negotiator in settlement talks with dealers who resigned this week, will take a job at the automaker’s former owner, Cerberus Capital Management LP.

Tags: Automaker, Capital Management, Cerberus Capital, Cerberus Capital Management Lp, Chief Negotiator, Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, Chrysler Group, Dealer Talks, Job, John Bozzella, Settlement Talks

John Bozzella, Chrysler Group’s chief negotiator in settlement talks with dealers, is taking a job at the automaker’s former owner Cerberus Capital Management LP following his resignation this week.

Tags: Automaker, Bargainer, Capital Management, Cerberus Capital, Chief Negotiator, Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, Chrysler Group, Dealer Talks, Job, Resignation, Settlement Talks

General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group said they plan to institute binding arbitration for rejected dealerships in an attempt to settle talks with dealer groups.

Tags: Attempt, Binding Arbitration, Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, Chrysler Group, Dealer Groups, General Motors, General Motors Co., Gm, Gm Dealer, Nada

GMAC Financial Services should extend a six-month program of interim floorplan financing for Chrysler Group dealerships to help keep many of them from going out of business, a Michigan congresswoman says. Rep. Candice Miller, R-Mich.

Tags: Candice Miller, Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, Chrysler Dealerships, Chrysler Financial, Chrysler Group, Congresswoman, Floorplans, Gmac, GMAC Financial Services, Going Out Of Business, Lawmaker, Michigan

General Motors Co.’s and Chrysler Group’s dealer cuts will erode the companies’ market share in small- and mid-sized markets, auto industry researcher David Cole said last week.

Tags: Auto Industry, Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, Chrysler Group, David Cole, Feds, General Motors, General Motors Co., Market Share, Researcher, Sized Markets

General Motors Co.’s and Chrysler Group’s dealer cuts will erode the companies’ market share in small- and mid-sized markets, auto industry researcher David Cole said last week.

Tags: Auto Industry, Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, Chrysler Group, David Cole, General Motors, General Motors Co., Market Share, Researcher, Sized Markets

General Motors Co.’s and Chrysler Group’s dealer cuts will erode the companies’ market share in small- and mid-sized markets, auto industry researcher David Cole said last week.

Tags: Auto Industry, Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, Chrysler Group, David Cole, General Motors, General Motors Co., Market Share, Researcher, Sized Markets

General Motors Co.and#8217;s and Chrysler Groupand#8217;s dealer cuts will erode the companiesand#8217; market share in small- and mid-sized markets, auto industry researcher David Cole said this week.

Tags: Auto Industry, Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, David Cole, Feds, General Motors, General Motors Co., Market Share, Researcher, Sized Markets

General Motors Co.’s and Chrysler Group’s dealer cuts will erode the companies’ market share in small- and mid-sized markets, auto industry researcher David Cole said this week.

Tags: Auto Industry, Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, Chrysler Group, David Cole, Feds, General Motors, General Motors Co., Market Share, Researcher, Sized Markets

Chrysler Group’s first talks with dealer groups over a possible compromise on store closings broke up without any agreement but left dealers and lawmakers feeling encouraged.

Tags: Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, Chrysler Group, Compromise, Dealer Groups, Dealer Talks, Lawmakers, Store Closings

Chrysler Group’s first talks with dealer groups over a possible compromise on store closings broke up without any agreement but left dealers and lawmakers feeling encouraged.

Tags: Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, Chrysler Group, Compromise, Dealer Groups, Dealer Talks, Lawmakers, Store Closings

General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group will meet with dealer groups this Wednesday to begin talks on a possible alternative to the companies’ handling of 2,100 dealership closings, congressional aides said. Scheduling of the Sept.

Tags: Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, Chrysler Dealers, Chrysler Group, Congressional Aides, Dealer Groups, General Motors, Gm, Nada

The dealership terminations by General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group will be audited by the inspector general for the U.S. Treasury Department’s financial bailout, the inspector said in congressional testimony.

Tags: Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, Chrysler Group, Congressional Testimony, Financial Bailout, General Motors, Gm, Gm Dealer, Inspector General, Terminations, Treasury Department, U S Treasury, U S Treasury Department

The dealership terminations by General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group will be audited by the inspector general for the U.S. Treasury Department’s financial bailout, the inspector said in congressional testimony.

Tags: Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, Chrysler Group, Congressional Testimony, Financial Bailout, General Motors, General Motors Co., Gm, Gm Dealer, Inspector General, Terminations, Treasury Department, U S Treasury, U S Treasury Department, U.S. Treasury Department, United States

The House’s No. 2 Democrat said lawmakers may try to revive stalled legislation to reverse dealer terminations if General Motors Co., Chrysler Group and dealer groups don’t sit down soon to begin negotiating a settlement. Also Tuesday, Sen.

Tags: Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, Chrysler Group, Dealer Groups, Democrat, Gain Steam, General Motors, Gm, Gm Dealer, Lawmakers, Legislation, Sit, Terminations

The House’s No. 2 Democrat said lawmakers may try to revive stalled legislation to reverse dealer terminations if General Motors Co., Chrysler Group and dealer groups don’t sit down soon to begin negotiating a settlement. Also Tuesday, Sen.

Tags: Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, Chrysler Group, Dealer Groups, Democrat, Gain Steam, General Motors, General Motors Co., Lawmakers, Legislation, Sit, Terminations

The House’s No. 2 Democrat said lawmakers may try to revive stalled legislation to reverse dealer terminations if General Motors Co., Chrysler Group and dealer groups don’t sit down soon to begin negotiating a settlement. Also today, Sen.

Tags: Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, Chrysler Group, Dealer Groups, Democrat, Gain Steam, General Motors, General Motors Co., Gm, Gm Dealer, Lawmakers, Legislation, Sit, Terminations

The House’s No. 2 Democrat said lawmakers may try to revive stalled legislation to reverse dealer terminations if General Motors Co., Chrysler Group and dealer groups don’t sit down soon to begin negotiating a settlement. Also today, Sen.

Tags: Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, Chrysler Group, Dealer Groups, Democrat, Gain Steam, General Motors, General Motors Co., Gm, Gm Dealer, Lawmakers, Legislation, Sit, Terminations

Customers have been flocking to Shuman Chrysler-Jeep for cash-for-clunkers deals. Thirty-three have their new cars, and their trade-ins are sitting at the back of the dealership in Walled Lake, Mich.

Tags: Cash Customers, Chrysler, Chrysler Dealer, Government Cash, Jeep, Michigan, New Cars, Shuman Chrysler Jeep, Trade Ins, Walled Lake

On July 25, Philadelphia Chrysler dealer Dave Kelleher did something he hadn’t done in ages. A customer was bargaining hard on a 2009 Dodge Grand Caravan, Kelleher recalls. The customer wanted the vehicle for $1,500 below invoice.

Tags: Chrysler, Chrysler Car, Chrysler Dealer, Chrysler Dealers, Dodge, Dodge Grand Caravan, Grand Caravan, Kelleher, Philadelphia