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Chrysler dealers scramble to unload vehicles

Business Jun. 08, 2009 - 05:29AM JST ( 7 )

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TahoochiJun. 08, 2009 - 09:01AM JST

And while he might have been underperforming some of Chrysler’s sales criteria, Walsh claims some of that was the automaker’s fault, pointing to its insistence that he sell more pickup trucks—a vehicle unsuited to the densely populated urban strip he serves across the Hudson River from New York City.

While I sympathize with these dealers and the families/communities that are involved, I just don't think finger-pointing is the classy way to go. And if you are going to point fingers, point correctly, because whether or not Chrysler "insisted" he sell more trucks is beside the point, as he didn't sell enough cars in general to remain off the hit list.

With that said, I think Chrysler's poor management is pretty obvious after hearing this statement:

Chrysler officials were pushing dealers to help save the company by boosting their inventories earlier this year.
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BadseyJun. 08, 2009 - 09:09AM JST

1500 in the year 2000 is alot of sales.

-and Jersey City is right across from Manhattan.
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SebastianFlyteJun. 08, 2009 - 12:27PM JST

American cars are among the worst in the world, so finally they have succumb to the "survival of the fitest" notion that they themselves too often put forward as some kind of business rule.
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sydenhamJun. 08, 2009 - 03:58PM JST

What a train wreck. Sell more pick-ups in Jersey City, they say. And they wonder why they're getting killed by the Japanese.
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usaexpatJun. 08, 2009 - 11:27PM JST

People looking for "fire sale" prices are foolish. If the inventory of a dealer being terminated will be bought by another dealer why would they offer "fire sale" prices? The dealer's comment about being pushed to sell more pickups in Jersey City is a laugh riot. Really that alone sums up how bad Chrysler's management startegies were.
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ensnaturaeJun. 16, 2009 - 09:38PM JST

SebastianFlyte at 12:27 PM JST - 8th June American cars are among the worst in the world, so finally they have succumb to the "survival of the fittest" notion that they themselves too often put forward as some kind of business rule.

What's wrong with that 'survival of the fittest' idea as 'business rule'? Since when did good productive and honest business flourish best as a charity organisation?
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SargeJun. 16, 2009 - 10:03PM JST

I wonder what Lee Iacocca thinks about all this.