GM to eliminate 90 Pennsylvania dealerships - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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That's according to the company'es "wind down" list that GM provided to the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on oversight and investigations made publicx as part of a hearinblast Friday. While GM hasn't made public the specific dealers whos e franchise rights itis terminating, the compan revealed that it has targeted 90 of its car dealerxs in Pennsylvania to be close in the next 12 to 17 months. That's 11 more than the next hardest-hig state, Ohio (79), followed by Illinoid (66), California (65), New York (60) and Michigan (58).
GM planxs to reduce its dealership ranks from morethan 6,000 to an "ideal dealer blue print" of 3,380 Long the biggest auto manufacture r in the United States, GM filed for Chapted 11 bankruptcy protection from creditorz in United States Bankruptcy Courty a little more than two weeks ago. GM is basingf its closures on the dealer performance scores that take intoaccounyt dealers' sales, customer satisfaction, capitalization and While GM's local dealerships to closde have not been made public, the company's plans to reduce its deale r count in Pennsylvania follows Chrysler'd May announcement that it would eliminate 789 dealershipsz nationwide, which include 53 statewide and 12 in western Pennsylvania.
Afte r filing for chapter 11 in May, the bulk of Chrysler's asset recently exited bankruptcy court as part of a new compant now owned by Italianautomaker Fiat.