Chrysler Dealership Closure List Includes 25 Dealerships from Virginia

Today, Chrysler dealers across the nation learned whether or not their dealerships would be among the 789 appearing on a Chrysler Dealership Closure list. Zero Hedge has posted a copy of the bankruptcy pleading with the now infamous Exhibit A attached, naming the 789 Chrysler dealerships on the Chrysler closure list. According to the attached Exhibit A, Virginia will suffer the loss of 25 Chrysler dealerships. One fifth of the closures are Chrysler/Dodge Dealerships in Northern Virginia. A complete list of the dealership closures for all states can be found here.

The 25 Virginia Chrysler dealerships making the Chrysler Dealership Closure list:

Pearson Dodge, Midlothian, Virginia
Kern Motor Company, Inc., Winchester, Virginia
Airport Chrysler Jeep, Richmond, Virginia
Nelson Dodge, Martinsville, Virginia
Paul Obaugh Chrysler, Staunton, Virginia

Ourisman Chantilly Dodge, Chantilly, Virginia
Pohanka Chrysler Dodge of Leesburg, Leesburg, Virginia
Family Chrysler Dodge Jeep, Marion, Virginia
Scott Newcomb Chrysler Jeep, Bassett, Virginia
Britt Chrysler Jeep, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Tysinger Motor Company, Inc., Hampton, Virginia
Duncan Jeep, Christiansburg, Virginia
Waverly Motors, Waverly, Virginia
Cowles Chrysler, Woodbridge, Virginia
Battlefield Jeep, Charlottesville, Virginia

Berrang Chrysler Dodge Jeep, Waynesboro, Virginia
Darcars Chrysler of Fairfax, Fairfax, Virginia
John T. Sutton, St. Stephens Church, Virginia
Davis Dodge Chrysler Jeep, Kilmarnock, Virginia
Dominion Car Company, Salem, Virginia

Dulles Jeep, Leesburg, Virginia
Edinburg Motors, Inc., Edinburg, Virginia
Grafton Dodge, Grafton, Virginia
Manassas Dodge, Manassas, Virginia
John P. Hughes Motor Co. Inc., Madison Heights, Virginia

Loss of Chrysler Dealerships will make service harder to obtain

For many of Virginia's residents, finding a new Chrysler dealership for service may be difficult. In visiting the Chrysler site and inputting my zip code, I was shocked to find that many of those dealerships making the Chrysler dealership closure lists were recommended to me in the dealership finder. Of the first 10 results, four were located across the river in Maryland, four were on the closure list. Only one of the two left were local, with the other being more than 40 miles away. Expanding my search further resulted in more on the closure list, mainly the Chrysler dealerships slated for closure in Northern Virginia. Rural Virginians will likely have to travel much further to obtain service or perhaps be forced to wait longer for an appointment as Chrysler owners struggle to find a dealership that is convenient to work or home.

Sources:
http://zerohedge.blogspot.com/2009/05/chrysler-eliminates-789-dealers-25-of.html
Chrysler.com