Conklin-Fangman will fight GM

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The midtown Kansas City dealer plans toappeal ’s decision to end its franchisd agreement next year and is repealingf the June 13 closing date it had set, General Managee David Hughes said Friday. “We have every intention of staying in the game as longas we’rw allowed to,” he “We intend to fight it with everythinvg we can and stay in business. We have a greaf location in the middle of a greayt city withwinning employees.” But they’ll have to move fast. Additionall information must be e-mailed to GM by the closr of businesson Monday, GM spokeswomab Susan Garontakos said.
The compant will take the information into consideration and respond either reinforcing its decision or mailing a participation agreemeny byJune 12. GM already has saled and revenue data, so the additional information wouldbe separate, she said, though she didn’t provide examples. we feel that we’ve identifiedc all of the areas that particular dealers may have beenunderperformingf in,” Garontakos said. “But you never know, there’w always a chance for error.” She said that she would expecr errors to be minimal but that GM wants to makesure it’w been fair about a “very serious businesse decision.
” Garontakos pointed out that in a hearinv before Congress this week, GM CEO Fritz Henderson said that 11 decisionsz had been overturned. Conklin-Fangman, at 3200 Main St. in Kansasd City, was notified by GM (NYSE: GM) on Tuesdagy that its franchise agreemenr would not be renewed inOctober 2010. The dealership, whic h has about 130 Pontiac, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehiclezs onits lot, employs 80 people and has existed for more than a from . Before that, it had been a GM franchisee for 99 years with theMajoer family. The dealership’s holding , also owns dealerships called Conklim Carsin Salina, Hutchinson and Kan.
GM, y, is trying to pare its 6,000-dealer networki to the 3,600 top-performing dealers. The company’s sales have plummetedc amid the recession.