How Bad is the US Auto Industry?

Today I went to get my cars inspected. I drove past the Dodge dealership where I bought my first new car, a Neon. Closed. There was construction going on so it is entirely possible that they were remodeling but it doesn't stop there. On the return trip for the second car I noticed that a Chevy dealership was definitely closed. So for that corridor only the foreign car dealerships remain. Well that's not true. There is a Buick Dealer with what I could see in passing as a lot full of Volkswagen's.