MULTIPLE dealerships across the US are shutting their doors for the final time after the industry suffered a massive hacking issue. The car dealerships are shuttering for several reasons, from million-dollar losses and allegations of mismanagement to intentional cuts to company footprints. Dealerships selling brands like Maserati, Fiat , Ford , and Lincoln cars closed in the past month.
Here is a roundup of our reporting on the dealership closures: 1. FINAL FORD Buddenhagen's Ford in New York shut its doors for the final time in mid-July. The 90-year-old lot previously sold Dodge cars until it switched to Ford vehicles in the mid-1970s.
Read More on Dealerships But the company had recently suffered a tragic loss. After the business' original owners sold the lot to a pair of co-owners, one new manager died after a leukemia diagnosis. "I'll still have a lot of work to do inside, but we will officially be closed after Friday," Hal Roeder, the latest owner, told the local Sullivan County Democrat .
2. HARLEY-DAVIDS-DONE An iconic motorcycle dealer is shutting down after over a century of work. Most read in Motors The San Francisco flagship dealer for the brand shuttered in June after 114 years in business.
Former employees spoke out against what they perceived as mismanaged product supplies in the store. A mechanic for the now-closed dealer said it barely sold products and was "run like a museum. He angrily said the managers were a driving force that ran the dealer "into the grou.