Mitsubishi: Desperately Seeking Dealers?

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Automotive News is reporting this morning that while dealers representing other brands are entering into arbitration to begin working again, Mitsubishi Motors North America is hoping to recruit 25 new dealers this year. The company currently has a roster of 424 dealers, down from 575 in 2005.
Mitsubishi’s director of franchise development, Joe Delello, [...]

Dealer Reinstatement: Clogging the System?

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Automotive News is reporting on the latest snafu with the retail auto industry: an arbitration process for dealers to be reinstated. On the surface it sounds like a great idea – after all, there were hundreds of car dealerships forced to close as the automakers that supplied them declared bankruptcy.
The problem is that – [...]