Chrysler will help dealers facing closure dispose of their inventory and tools beyond the June 9 deadline, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison said on Thursday after talking to the automaker's president, James Press.
"Mr. Press said that they will certainly continue to help until every part of this transition of this inventory is disposed of and the help will be there after June 9, that was the assurance that was given," she said on the Senate floor.
Hutchison, a Republican, made the announcement after spending much of the day trying to add a provision to a pending war funding bill that would have forced Chrysler help the 789 dealers facing closure get more time to dispose of their inventory of cars, parts and tools.
