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Local Auto Dealers Lose Franchise
Timberline Dodge
will fight back
(AP) -- Two Portland area auto deal
ers will lose their Chrysler franchises as
part of the automaker’s plans to cut 800
dealers nationwide in an effort to make
Chrysler more competitive.
Timberline Dodge, located across
Sandy Boulevard from KATU in north
east Portland, got the news Thursday.
The dealership has been in operation
for over 80 years.
Alex Laws said his grandfather
started the business in 1938 and he
intends to fight the closure by using an
appeals process. "We don't go away
easy. I plan to fight this," Laws told
KATU News.
He said it will be business as usual
and the doors will remain open while
he navigates the appeals process.
Before Alex, Art Laws, the guy in
the "Eat My Hat" images, ran the deal
ership. Alex Laws said he informed
department heads Thursday morning
when the list of closures was released
from Chrysler.
M ean w h ile, R obb W alther at
Lanphere Enterprises, which com
prises several dealerships across mul
tiple brands of cars and motorcycles,
said their firm was not on the list. He
expressed surprise that the Timberline
dealership made the list.
H ow ever, he cau tio n ed that
Lanphere and other dealers were not
out of the woods yet, since Chrysler
will be selling all their assets into an
other company under their bankruptcy
plan, and there is no guarantee they
will be on a forthcoming "approved"
list of dealers.
No timetable for that list has yet
been released.
The other local dealership slated for
closure is Gresham Chrysler - Jeep in
Gresham.
GM is also eliminating about 1,100
dealers nationwide in a restructuring
plan. But so far, any local dealers that
might be impacted have not been an
nounced.
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