GM to close approx. 40% of it's Canadian Dealers!

[PeteLeathersac]

The bad news continues..

http://en.autos.sympatico.msn.ca/news/canadian-press-car-article.aspx?cp-documentid=19904683

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~ Pete

[BJCHEV396]

Sad times Pete. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsdown.gif

[Hylton]

Here's the Eastern Canada list:

BEAUCAGE CHEVROLET CADILLAC 4339 boul. Bourque Sherbrooke
Belanger Pontiac Buick GMC Inc at 1492 Youville Dr, Orleans, ON
Bill Spencer Chevrolet Ltd 1090 Elgin Street West, Cobourg, ON
BILL SPENCER CHEVROLET LTD. HWY #2 WEST, COBOURG, ON,
Bill Storey Pontiac Buick GMC at 1515 Lansdowne W, Peterborough
Birchwood Pontiac Buick GMC 3965 Portage Ave. Winnipeg Manitoba
Border Pontiac Buick GMC 4318 Portage Rd South Niagara Falls On.
Brodeur Brothers Chevrolet Po Box 100 Stn Main St Adolphe MB
Brodeur Chev - 372 Main St, St Adolphe, MB
Budds Saturn Saab 2400 South Service Road West Oakville On
Demers Chevrolet Inc. 868 Maloney BLVD Gatineau QC
Dennis Murphy Pontiac Buick GMC LTD - 2200 Eagle Street North Cambridge
Devon Chevrolet Oldsmobile Ltd 7 Saskatchewan Avenue West Devon,
Don Howson Toronto Chevrolet - 2135 Sheppard Avenue East Toronto
DYSON & ARMSTRONG INC. • 555, CRAIG, RICHMOND, QC
Eastern GMC Pontiac Buick Ltd. 63 Beech Hill Road Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Frowler Pontiac Buick GMC Ltd 3900 Victoria Ave. West, BRANDON, MB,
Gary Cooper Chevrolet LTD South David Rd Elora On.
GILLIS SERVICE GARAGE LTD Pontiac Buick GMC 14 MAIN STREET, ELIE, MB
Gus Brown Pontiac Buick GMC LTD 10 Vanedward Drive Port Perry, ON
Hatheway Pontiac Buick GMC LTD 1945 Miramichi Ave. Bathurst NB
Hawley Pontiac Buick GMC 225 DUNDAS STREET EAST, MISSISSAUGA On.
Jerome Taylor Pontiac Buick GMC Inc1155 Provincial Road Windsor, ON N
John Logan Chevrolet; 241 Queen Street East; Brampton
Lamoureux Pontiac Buick (Fax)396 Rue Main Ouest Coaticook
Larocque Pontiac Buick GMC 825 boulevard Saint-Joseph Drummondville
Marvin Starr 3132 Eglinton Ave East Toronto,
Meadow Mills Pontiac Buick GMC 6600 Turner Valley Road Mississauga
Old Mill Pontiac Buick Toronto Ontario, Dundas
Park Pontiac Buick GMC Ltd 1459 Regent Avenue West Winnipeg, MB
PARKWOOD AUTO LTD. Pontiac Buick GMC 33 MAIN STREET, ERICKSON, MB,
Pearce Motors Ltd at 130 Simcoe St, Tillsonburg
Pine View Pontiac Buick LYD 3790 Highway #7 Vaughan
Plaza Chevrolet Pontiac Buick GMC - 240 Val-d'Amour Rd, Campbellton, NB
Plaza Pontiac Buick GMC 3400 Dufferin Street Toronto
Richardson Chevrolet. Regional Road 25 South, Milton, Ontario
Rick McCall Pontiac Buick GMC 144 Queensway East Simcoe, On
Robinson Pontiac Buick GMC located at 875 Woodlawn Road West, Guelph Ontairo
Rosenort Motors (1979) Ltd 205E General Delivery, Rosenort Winnipeg
ROSENORT MOTORS Chevrolet HWY #205, ROSENORT, MB
Royal Chevrolet-Cadillac Inc 633340 Hwy 10 Orangeville
Saturn Isuzu of Brampton 8046 Dixie Road Brampton, ON
Sheridan Chevrolet Cadillac Ltd 1800 Kingston Road Pickering On,
Thibault Pontiac Buick GMC 1761 rue Sherbrooke Magog
Thrasher Sales Chevrolet Ltd 251 Simcoe Street Amherstburg, ON
Tillsonburg Chevrolet 130 Simcoe Street Tillsonburg, ON
Turpin Pontiac Buick GMC LTD 2500 Palladium Dr. Ottawa, On

[300deluxeL79]

closing, north of the big smoke....
richmond hill pontiac
ab cox pontiac aurora
slessor pontiac newmarket
colonial chev newmarket

wait'll the economy comes back, i can see the service dept. delays/lineups with the dealers spread so thin. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsdown.gif

[BJCHEV396]

Really drives it home when you see the list.Turpin Pontiac in Ottawa is a third generation family run dealer.

[Hylton]

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Really drives it home when you see the list.Turpin Pontiac in Ottawa is a third generation family run dealer.

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Yeah - that's crazy!

[PeteLeathersac]

Here's some Western Dealers noted below that are on the list...sorry if they double up a few that've already been noted above..

Stedelbauer and Stampede are a couple names that stand out as I'm pretty sure Stedelbauer was one of two Canadian dealers that had ZL1's pass through their hands (Nurse in Whitby the other but missing on known lists)..
Stampede Pontiac was the dealer who created and sold the Pontiac 'Jury' Post cars..

Sorry you Ottawa guys are losing Turpin...and Belanger too!.

We're losing Bill Storey Pontiac here in Peterboro'...a good family dealership and old Bill himself always a real car guy..

Bill Spencer Cobourg is another good guy dealer that gets the golden handshake..

Bissel Pontiac in Ajax isn't on the list as they shut things down a few weeks back already..

A few months ago I'd heard that Marvin Starr had plans to close up as GM wouldn't finance his floorplan anymore and he'd had too good of an offer for his land?.

I can't help but think of what some of these operations can do now?.
Timing is sure ripe for something out of left field like a major Chinese brand to try and sign up operating facilities w/ large customer bases that've never have considered such a thing before?.

Hard to believe it's all true!.
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~ Pete

AB- 1 Grove Pontiac Buick GMC, 200 St. Matthews Ave. Spruce Grove, AB
AB- 2 Northland Pontiac Buick GMC Ltd - 5100 Shaganappi Trail NW, Calgary, AB
AB- 3 Ponoka Chevrolet Ltd. 6305 Avenue Ponoka, AB
AB- 4 Rempel Chevrolet 4601-49 Street Hardisty, AB
AB- 5 Schwab's Wetaskiwn Chevrolet 4710 - 56 Street Wetaskiwin, AB
AB- 6 Shaganappi Chevrolet Shaganappi & Crowchild Tr Nw Calgary, AB
AB- 7 Southgate Chevrolet - 15100 MacLeod Trail SE, Calgary, AB
AB- 8 Stampede GMC Pontiac Buick; 1110 - 9 Ave SW; Calgary AB
AB- 9 Stedelbauer Chevrolet Inc 13145 97 Street NW Edmonton, AB
AB- 10 Sundre Motors Chevrolet Address: 104 Main Avenue East, Sundre, AB
AB- 11 Three Hills Motors Chevrolet Pontiac Buick GMC 2 Street North Three Hills AB
AB- 12 Devon Chevrolet Oldsmobile Ltd 7 Saskatchewan Avenue West Devon, SK
AB- 13 Murray Chevrolet 7820 Sparrow Crest Leduc AB
AB- 14 Beaverhill GMC pontiac Buick 5031 - 53rd Avenue, Tofield. AB
BC- 15 Barnes Wheaton Pontiac Buick GMC 6280 - 120 Street Surrey, BC
BC- 16 Dennison Chevrolet Ltd 13100 Smallwood Place Richmond BC
BC- 17 Flag Chevrolet, 15250 104th Ave, Surrey, BC
BC- 18 Gold Key Pontiac Langley. 19545 #10 Hwy. Surrey, BC
MB- 19 Birchwood Pontiac Buick GMC 3965 Portage Ave. MB
MB- 20 Brodeur Brothers Chevrolet Po Box 100 Stn Main St Adolphe MB
MB- 21 Brodeur Chev - 372 Main St, St Adolphe, MB
MB- 22 Checkpoint GMC Pontiac Buick LTD 349 King George Highway, Miramichi NB
MB- 23 Frowler Pontiac Buick GMC Ltd 3900 Victoria Ave. West, BRANDON, MB,
MB- 24 Gillis Service Garage LTD Pontiac Buick GMC 14 Main Street, Elie MB
MB- 25 McNaught Landmark Pontiac Buick GMC 333 Main St. Landmark, MB.
MB- 26 Park Pontiac Buick GMC Ltd 1459 Regent Avenue West Winnipeg, MB
MB- 27 Parkwood Auto LTD. Pontiac Buick GMC 3 Mian Street, Erickson, MB

[firez]

We are losing Lee Munro Chevrolet in Paris Ontario and Gary Cullen Pontiac Buick in Brantford Ontario.Lee Munro was always the Chev dealer in this area with a lot full of Corvettes.

[JoeG]

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I can't help but think of what some of these operations can do now?.
Timing is sure ripe for something out of left field like a major Chinese brand to try and sign up operating facilities w/ large customer bases that've never have considered such a thing before?.


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That is gonna be the 2nd shoe to drop.........

My Jeep dealer use to be in walking distance from my home in Brooklyn---NOW I get all my Jeep correspondence from a Dealership in Staten Island---which is over the river and thru the woods..way pass Grandma's house........

[BJCHEV396]

For sure the dealers will keep going under a different brand.Hope it's not ''foreign''.But what choice do they have? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

[Hylton]

Saturn, Saab, Hummer would be a good cluster company since no products compete with each other. One stop shopping for economy, euro luxury and trucks.

[StriperSS]

I was a partsman at Dennison Chev Olds in the early 70's. There's a large Oriental population in Richmond, and domestics cars don't do very well there.

[bruno17]

So sad to see Birchwood Pontiac in Winnipeg on that list. Longtime top salesman Denis Verrier still works there. He ordered and raced my Ram Air iv GTO in NHRA stock eliminator at Bison Dragway for a few years. Great car people being idled at a time when GM needs them most. I still can't believe that America let a few CEO's (Smith and Wagner)tear down a National icon. Can you imagine if they take down Coca Cola next? I'm completely disgusted!!!!!!!!