By Alex Gary
Wolf Automotive, a Belvidere mainstay since 1924, will close at the end of August.
The business was started by C.J. "Doc" Wolf and continued by Bill Wolf and now run by John Wolf. For 86 of those years the business was a General Motors dealership selling Chevrolet.
In 2009 though, in the depths of the Great Recession both General Motors and Chrysler were forced to reorganize in bankruptcy court. ….
In Belvidere, Chrysler took Dodge from Belvidere Motors and gave it to Jack Wolf Auto Mall, which is owned by John Wolf's uncle.
In Wolf Automotive's case, General Motors pulled the Chevrolet franchise and didn't reassign it, leaving Bachrodt the only Chevrolet dealer in Boone and Winnebago counties.
The effects were devastating. Belvidere Motors and Strandquist have long since closed and now Wolf Automotive will be added to the list.
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