Article: Group 1 charges DCX with 'coercion'.(News)(Group 1 Automotive Inc.)(Brief article)

Byline: Bradford Wernle

Group 1 Automotive, the nation's fourth-largest dealership group, has sued DaimlerChrysler and its finance companies, alleging discrimination against Group 1's Chrysler group and Mercedes-Benz dealerships.

The civil suit, filed Monday, July 16, in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, claims DaimlerChrysler used "unlawful coercion, retaliation, discrimination and bad-faith conduct'' after Group 1 switched its $300 million floorplan loan from DaimlerChrysler Financial to JPMorgan.

Plaintiffs are Group 1's three Mercedes-Benz and 12 Chrysler dealerships. Houston-based Group 1, headed by CEO Earl Hesterberg, sold 129,198 new retail vehicles in ...

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