Article published October 16, 2009
GM slashes Cadillac dealers
3 will remain in NW Ohio; small-town sites being cut
By GARY T. PAKULSKI
BLADE BUSINESS WRITER
Cadillacs soon will be unavailable in pink and every other color in Bryan and hundreds of other small towns across the nation.
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Dealers affected will be allowed to sell remaining 2009 models and perform routine service on Cadillacs through next October. After that, GM said it will permit them to do warranty work only when customers would be "greatly inconvenienced" by traveling to the nearest remaining dealer.
But axed dealers aren't permitted to order 2010 Cadillac models, the company and dealers said.
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"GM says our town is not the size they want for a Cadillac dealer," said Roger McClain, general manager of Lima Auto Mall in Lima.
Founders of the dealership, which began under a different name, started selling Cadillacs in 1910 and until 1959 handled distribution of the models to dealers in a 30-mile radius, he said.
"It's foolish for GM not to let us buy 2010 models," he said. "I have customers who want to buy them from me."
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GM slashes Cadillac dealers
3 will remain in NW Ohio; small-town sites being cut
By GARY T. PAKULSKI
BLADE BUSINESS WRITER
Cadillacs soon will be unavailable in pink and every other color in Bryan and hundreds of other small towns across the nation.
<snip>
Dealers affected will be allowed to sell remaining 2009 models and perform routine service on Cadillacs through next October. After that, GM said it will permit them to do warranty work only when customers would be "greatly inconvenienced" by traveling to the nearest remaining dealer.
But axed dealers aren't permitted to order 2010 Cadillac models, the company and dealers said.
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"GM says our town is not the size they want for a Cadillac dealer," said Roger McClain, general manager of Lima Auto Mall in Lima.
Founders of the dealership, which began under a different name, started selling Cadillacs in 1910 and until 1959 handled distribution of the models to dealers in a 30-mile radius, he said.
"It's foolish for GM not to let us buy 2010 models," he said. "I have customers who want to buy them from me."
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