Article: Bedford dealership feels betrayed by GM

As General Motors resumes a path forward after bankruptcy, the automaker is about to unhitch a Bedford dealership that has tagged along for more than half of GM's life.

Murray & Bolling Chevrolet is on the list of more than 1,100 deleted dealerships that GM no longer will supply with new vehicles.

The dealer cuts are in the wake of an auto industry head-on collision with higher gasoline prices, a tough recession and changing consumer loyalties, and are affecting all parts of the country.

GM lost its independence -- it is now majority government-owned with a stock sale planned next year -- and rank as the world's No. 1 automaker. The company lost $30.8 billion in 2008 and $43.3 ...

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