by AnneFleming
20. May 2009 03:01
Transition has come swiftly and sadly to the automotive industry. The past several months, the past 6 days, and the next year, is and will continue to be a shocking time.
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Nearly 1800 dealers will be closing their doors.
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Over 44,000 cars have to be liquidated from these lots. What will this impact be on closing and existing dealers?
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Over 1.6 million years of service & employment at these dealerships will be ending. Can you imagine all the families, the loyal colleagues, including sales people, technicians, receptionists, and the the cleaning folks? All will greive. Some will retire; but most will transtion and reinvent.
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1.8 million Orphaned Owners. The owners and families whom car-in & car-out purchased their vehicle from these dealers. In some cases, generations of families. Now, they will need to locate new dealers. Our READ a DEALER REVIEW is a service to assist these owners locate dealers that have a great relationships with women & families.
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Net of brands is still at flat. Pontiac is OUT. Fiat is IN. Noone is quite sure yet the buying prospect and future of Hummer, Saab and Saturn.
We are in a transitory state. Applying Newton’s Law of motion and velocity to the automobile industry looks like this: currently we are simply at top speed and we will stay in this motion until something gets in the way.
As bankruptcy, closings and uncertainly looms, extremely new standards for fuel efficiencies were announced yesterday by President Obama - 39 mile a gallon and 30 mile for light trucks to be in place effective 2016. So, while we knew our oil dependency was terrific, as witnessed by those of us sitting in the back of our parent's station wagon waiting for hours to get to the gas pump on Sunday after church in the early 70’s, looks like 40 years later we will begin to done something about our little oil dependency problem.
Nothing stays the same, eh? Change is the only constant. And, here is the form of the day; wear your seat belt! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY
Drive Your Bargain,
Anne
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