They had one beautiful red roadster, $16k. Unfortunately, this isn't new so the big discounts don't really apply. The vanilla/black leather interior is beautiful. The black interior in mine feels like sitting in a trash can.
They still have a Western Snowplow franchise, but that can't add up to a whole lot of business. What really sucks is that crappy lots like Royal Gate Chrysler get to stay open.
Local closure list, nine total:
Chrysler plans to cut nearly 800 dealers - St. Louis Business Journal:
St Louis is also losing two Chrysler truck and van factories.
Local article about Reuther's closure:
05/22/2009 - Reuthers never thought they'd be on hit list from Chrysler - STLtoday.com
After reviewing Chrysler's criteria, she still has trouble understanding the decision. Chrysler set 100 cars a year as the minimum sales threshold, and Reuther sells more than that. It gets high scores for customer satisfaction and customer loyalty.
The legal challenge looks like a long shot, so, in all likelihood, the Reuthers will be left to ponder the irony of their fate. They ran a profitable business in an unprofitable industry. Profitable businesses pay taxes, which the government is using to bail out Chrysler. Rather than being beneficiaries of that bailout, however, they are being left on the side of the road.
So, that's that. Sad day, except for the fun I had driving aimlessly around the county this afternoon.