Chrysler to dealers: “You can either help us or burn us all down”

Chrysler to dealers: “You can either help us or burn us all down”
Chrysler LogoWithin a matter of two weeks the top executives of Chrysler LLC made their second appeal to dealers urging them to order 15,000 more vehicles by, February 9, Monday. The message is clear: there are only two ways to see this and it was aptly spoken by Chrysler co-President Jim Press, “You can either help us or burn us all down.”

It was reported that about 70 percent of the dealerships complied with the appeal to buy 78,000 cars allotted for this month. The first appeal was made in January 24 at the National Automobile Dealers Association convention in New Orleans.
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Type707Type707 - 2/7/2009 4:39:47 PM
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Haha...wait I get the matches...you get 500 gallons of gasoline!...damn chrysler.


PlanBPlanB - 2/6/2009 1:50:32 PM
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LOL, you ain't kidding. But make sure you move all the Jeeps off the lot before you do. You can leave all the Compasses though...not a real Jeep.


downtoearthdowntoearth - 2/6/2009 2:45:55 PM
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Let Chrysler go bankrupt and be taken over. Just go to chrysler.com and watch their portfolio of cars - every model is miles behind the competition with its ancient engine, poor safety record, communist styling, shabby handling and famine of technologically advanced systems. When Chrysler began offering their cars in Europe, they automatically started to compete with crappiest Korean/Chinese manufacturers. Just let the ruthless laws of economy kill this company, INFERIOR to competition. Sadly, since there's no justice in this world, top managers of Chrysler and those idiots from Daimler-Benz who lost their chance, will never be punished. Mostly blue collars will suffer.


bfghemicudabfghemicuda - 2/6/2009 8:04:46 PM
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downtoearth...I went to Chrysler.com and saw a viper that broke the speed record at neurmberg, I saw a Challenger that eventhough its 2 tons handels excellent with a great ride, seats five, has a racing package that most dont, I saw a new Ram 1/2 ton truck that puts out 390 Hp and over 400 fpt with a 5 link rear suspention that gets 20 mpg, I saw a Charger that is a muscular 4 door sedan that is available with a v6 and gets 26 mpg, and All of Chryslers vehicles have a great track record of safety ,etc. And for your information the only thing Diamler did was suck chrysler dry and is one of the main reasons chrysler is strugling. "famine of technology" I KNOW NOT Its obvious you have no credability on this subject.


bfghemicudabfghemicuda - 2/7/2009 6:13:57 PM
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Bimmermike46 Again NO Credability


Designer1Designer1 - 2/6/2009 3:26:29 PM
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This is beyond stupidity. Asking the dealers to order cars, and then what? your cars SUCK and no customer is buying them, so how are you going to be saved if the dealers buy your shit but then no one would buy them from the dealers?

I say to Jim Press and those like him, go back to school and learn to be a good person because people like you have destroyed America.


fatandsassyfatandsassy - 2/6/2009 4:47:46 PM
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I like the on e pictured in the article


jonmartinjonmartin - 2/6/2009 9:54:29 PM
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Well I got my matches Good Riddance.....POS Disposable,Rental cars...


veyron1001veyron1001 - 2/7/2009 1:19:05 AM
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I would prefer laser guided missiles on every dealer. But that is just me.


KthornKthorn - 2/7/2009 1:49:13 AM
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It seems Chrysler is taking a page out of Treasury Secretary Paulsons play book by creating a sense of urgency (when there is none on the part of the dealers, they all have about a 90 day supply) in an attempt to gain leverage (which the big 3 don't have) and spooking the dealers into bailing them out. At this point shipping these cars achieves nothing more than transferring the factory's debt load onto the dealers, who collectively lack the influence the big three have with Congress. The only way something like this would make sense to a dealer is if Chrysler offered some sort of floorplan assistance. Otherwise, survival of the fittest. There always seems to be a few import franchises for sale in just about every city. If the factory goes under, then the dealers would have more than one option than to go down with them.


r_driver04r_driver04 - 2/9/2009 2:09:49 PM
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If that's not the biggest trap if there ever was one. Are they gonna offer 10K rebates and 0% for 72 months to people with sub standard beacon scores? So long Chrysler, it hasn't been nice knowing you.


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