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Article: Chrysler store closings: Dead Ames; With 2 stores cut, automaker will be out of Iowa town.(NEWS)
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- Automotive News
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- June 1, 2009
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Byline: Bradford Wernle
The Benson and Willey families in Ames, Iowa, have enjoyed a friendly rivalry for decades. Benson Motors has sold Dodge for about 30 years, while the Willey family has sold Jeep in the area since 1981.
They are the only Chrysler LLC dealerships in Ames, a friendly, prosperous town of 50,000 in the center of Iowa corn country and the home of Iowa State University.
But soon Ames will have no Chrysler stores.
About 10 a.m. on May 14, both families received United Parcel Service envelopes notifying them that Chrysler was rejecting their dealerships in its post-bankruptcy future.
Both dealers acknowledge ...