Car dealer fights Chrysler over franchise
Editor | Jul 04, 2009 | Comments 0
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. – A poster in Jim Tarbox’s office at his North Kingstown Chrysler Jeep dealership declares: “Challenge: The harder the course, the more rewarding the triumph.” It’s a fitting slogan for Tarbox, whose business is suddenly in peril after Chrysler ended its franchise agreements with his two dealerships in Rhode Island and Massachusetts as part of its bankruptcy and restructuring plan. Tarbox’s family name has been synonymous with car sales in the area for years, but his public pushback has given him national attention. He wept openly in bankruptcy court last month, saying he thought the rejection of his dealerships must have been a mistake. Tarbox has appealed a bankruptcy…
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