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Dealer Cuts Mean Deals on Chrysler, GM Cars

Closing dealership networks have just weeks to move massive inventory

By the Associated Press

Posted May 18, 2009 9:32 AM CDT

(AP) – At 789 Chrysler lots across America sit 44,000 potential bargains, cars and trucks that are stuck between shellshocked dealers and a troubled company that no longer wants their services. The dealers have just a few weeks to sell the Chryslers, Dodges, and Jeeps or... Read full story »

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