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Maybe I read it wrong--they aren't closing BUT:

Ellis Brooks Chevrolet dumping GM line
Andrew S. Ross
Friday, November 21, 2008

Not only does San Francisco's Chrysler Jeep dealership close, now you can't buy a new Chevy from Ellis Brooks Chevrolet on Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco's Auto Row. If you haven't heard, Ellis Brooks said last week that it won't be selling any more new GM vehicles after Dec. 15. If you want a used one, however, you'll still be in luck. And they'll still do some leasing.

But Ellis Brooks, which started out as a used car dealer in 1939, may not be gone forever. General Manager John Brooks said he hopes to get back into the new-car business some time next year. But it wouldn't be with GM, whose management he has some choice words for. CEO Rick Waggoner "needs to be removed. He's destroying America's greatest company." In its next iteration, said Brooks, grandson of the company's founder, Ellis, the dealership will sell imports.

Some of the dealership's woes reflected the bad economic times. Brooks said business was down 60 to 70 percent this year. On the bright side, Brooks has said he would make every effort to move the showroom's remaining new-car inventory at "very attractive prices to clear our floors." And Christmas is right around the corner. "No reasonable offer will be refused," Brooks said.

Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...type=printable