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Article: Chrysler closings to hit Peninsula hard
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- May 15, 2009
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Chrysler Motors announced the elimination of 789 of its 3,200
dealerships in the United States -- including three San Mateo County
dealerships -- as part of a wrenching plan by the automaker to dodge
oblivion.
Chrysler placed three Peninsula dealerships in Burlingame and
Redwood City on the shutdown list, according to a filing in the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court. However, one of the Redwood City dealerships on
the list closed in 2008.
The filing showed 31 dealerships in the state on the closure
list.
"We are well-capitalized, have a good location and a profitable
store," said Hunter Elkins, a spokesman for Redwood City's Boardwalk
Auto Center, whose Chrysler store is Boardwalk Chrysler Plymouth ...