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I got a letter in the mail telling me that my local Pontiac dealer was no longer selling Pontiacs. This is the place I bought my Vibe and Michele's G5. Here's a link to the news article from the local paper: http://www.dailygazette.com/ne...aler/This is just more of GM's corporate nonsense at work. Let's realign all the divisions even if means losing your best selling franchise in the area. I could undertand this if Wedekind wasn't moving cars, but they really do outsell all the other area dealers. Now I have to deal with a huge franchise in Albany if I need warranty work. It's just sad.

The main one by the airport-the one that's been here since as long as I can remember-decided they weren't going to sell Pontiacs anymore but rather just the Linc-Merc-Isuzus. At the end of this month, they're going to just sell Volvo ?! We have a new Pontiac-Buick-GMC dealer in town (very inconvenient and a bad spot) and one closer to us where we bought them ($$ oil change!)

New York State no doubt has very strong auto franchise laws that protect dealers. I suspect that this dealer looked at the money GM was offering to buy back the franchise and decided it was a better financial alternative than continuing to sell new cars.

Yeah, American brand car dealerships are disappearing at a fast rate around here. The dealership I bought my Vibe from folded a year after I bought it. And they were in business for over 50 years!!! Fortunately there is another Pontiac dealer less than 5 miles from my house.

Curious coincidence, or what?One of the oldest pure Pontiac dealers in Indianapolis, the Tom Wood dealership on East Washington St. in Indianapolis had a $1.5 million fire last night (Saturday) shortly after closing.The conspiracy theorist in me wonders if just maybe, MAYBE he got a letter from GM informing him that they were jerking the franchise??

I lost my awesome Pontiac dealer that I bought my Vibe from in mid-07, and went to my backup dealer a few times (love them too!) and they closed this spring.So the only even remotely close Pontiac dealer left is the scummy one.. Diane

Quote, originally posted by Ol’ Timer »Yeah, American brand car dealerships are disappearing at a fast rate around here. The dealership I bought my Vibe from folded a year after I bought it. And they were in business for over 50 years!!! Fortunately there is another Pontiac dealer less than 5 miles from my house.Hope the new dealership treats you decently.I drive an hour to my dealership, and trust me, they are worth the drive. I live near great adventure, but drive to red bank to go to Rassas pontiac. if they ever go out, idk what i'll do. if you're in a bind, and you don't mind the drive, i highly recommend them.

The Pontiac dealer where I got my Vibe last September (Davis Pontiac in Richboro, PA) had been in business since Pontiac was launched in 1926. Despite that, they closed a couple of months later and "merged" with a Buick-GMC dealer a little farther away - I guess current GM policy is that there are no more stand-alone Pontiac dealers.