South Holland Motors wins back Dodge franchise in arbitration

By Bob Bong
Southland Savvy

South Holland Motors won its arbitration against Chrysler last week and will be reinstated as a Dodge dealership.

The dealership, which was founded in 1984 as South Holland Dodge, was forced to change its name when Chrysler stripped the dealership of its Dodge franchise as part of a massive reorganization last year when the automaker told hundreds of dealerships they would lose their Dodge and Chrysler franchises.

“We thought we would win,” says owner Pat Fitzgibbon. “We wanted it back; it shouldn’t have been taken away in the first place.”

Fitzgibbon said he believes he is the first Dodge dealer in the Chicago area to win its arbitration case.

Fitzgibbon said new Dodge models will start showing up on the lot at 113 W. 159th St. in the coming weeks.

Besides winning back its Dodge franchise, South Holland Motors has also added Mitsubishi to its product line.

“We started selling the full line of Mitsubishi products on July 1,” says Fitzgibbon. “We are a full serve Mitsubishi dealership. We have sales, service, parts and a collision center.”

For more information, call 708-333-1060 or visit their website at http://www.southhollandmotors.com/.

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