Divorce terms
Isuzu will stop selling light vehicles in the U.S. next January. Here are the incentives Isuzu has offered its 201 dealers.
- All dealers can become service dealers. If they agree, Isuzu will pay a signing bonus equal to $1,000 per car sold, based on the average of their last 4 years of sales.
- Dealers who do not agree to become service dealers will be offered the same assistance given to dealers who terminate franchises under their sales and service agreements.
- The company plans to spiff up incentives to help dealers clear inventory.
LOS ANGELES — For the past four years, Terry Maloney has had to drag himself to the podium at Isuzu's annual NADA make meeting, face a grim, even surly dealer body and relay the worst possible news: No new product is coming.
