Dealerships are privately owned their numbers are determined by state law and the dealers ability to expand in his assigned territory. The manufacturer has to approve each location but rest assured they want all they can get. The failure of a badge has little if anything to do with its dealer body, an under preforming dealer will fail on its own actions but an under preforming manufacturer causes the entire chain to fail and it fall's like domino's. The issue has little to do with the number of cars on the lot, inventory was driven by demand but what happened was reduced availability to credit and that was and is the underlying issue.

Will Chrysler fail? I am not sure but I think it is very possible that one of the big three will go down this year.