Bill Heard Chevrolet shutting down 13 dealerships in Ga. & AL.

[napi21]

Bill Heard Chevrolet is yet another victim along with about 2,700 staff who is being hit hard with the economy crisis and raising fuel bills.

Bill Heard are a huge car dealership and are located in Nevada, Texas, Tennessee, Florida, Alabama and Georgia and have announced on Tuesday that they are closing down thirteen locations across the country, Huntsville, Alabama is included in one of the thirteen that will close. A Chevrolet representative was unable to confirm how many job losses these closures will cause.

The statement by Bill Heard representative “Rising fuel prices, a product portfolio of mostly heavy trucks and sport utility vehicles, economic recession, unfavorable local market conditions for vehicle sales, the crisis in the banking and financing sectors, and other factors all combined to create a business environment in which the company simply did not have the resources needed to continue to operate.”

If you have your car already on the Bill Heard Chevrolet lot to be services or fixed they will finish all work before they close down.

http://www.100mortgages.org/20080925/bill-heard-chevrolet-closing-down-rising-fuel-takes-its-toll/

I know they're blaming this on high fuel prices, and that's a contributing factor, but I think it has a lot more to do with people not having any money, and they can't get a loan either! I really feel bad for the people who worked at these dealerships. Most of them have been there for a very long time.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Drove my Chevie to the levie, but the levie was dry . . . .

[madrchsod]

2. this was posted yesterday and it was brought out that--

he`s been sued by everyone and gm pulled their financing from many of his dealerships.

[napi21]

3. I didn't know that. I heard it for the 1st time this morning on CNN.

It caught my eye because one of his dealerships is just down the road from our house! Do you remember, generally, what they were g=being sued for? Corrupt practices? Altering actual car milesge? Illegal lending practices? The CNN report didn't reference THAT at all!