Walser blasts GM over dealership merger rules

In a week when General Motors Corp. faced increasing pressure from the White House to change the way it does business, it also came under fire from Minnesota auto dealer Paul Walser. Walser has launched a campaign — including a full-page advocacy ad in the March 30 edition of Automotive News — to convince GM to allow dealerships to consolidate the automaker’s brands into GM supercenters. GM insists that its Cadillac, Chevrolet and Buick-Pontiac-GMC stores operate independently, a strategy Walser calls “patently ridiculous” and “blatantly irresponsible.” Walser also is seeking to build political support for his plan, taking his case to Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and the Obama…

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