NEW YORK - Two northeast Georgia dealerships - one in Cleveland and one in Clayton - are among the 789 Chrysler said Thursday, in a motion filed in a bankruptcy court, that it wants to closed but the one in Cleveland has been closed for several months.
The company said its network is antiquated and has too many stores competing with each other. As a result, its dealerships in Cleveland and Clayton are among those on the chopping block.
Other Georgia dealerships included on Chrysler's closing list are Augusta, Calhoun, Claxton, Dalton, Decatur, Jackson, Milledgeville, two in Newnan, Savannah and Thomaston.
The automaker has about 3,200 dealers but says that's too many. It wants to have stronger, more profitable dealers with better facilities.
The dealers likely will have a right to appeal to get off the list. The move could have a devastating impact on cities across the U.S., costing jobs and tax revenue.
Meanwhile, GM is still keeping quiet on a Reuters report that it plans to eliminate 2,000 of its dealerships.
(AccessNorthGa.com's Ken Stanford contributed to this story.)
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