Dealers lobby Congress for help with GM, Chrysler

WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - Auto dealers lobbied Congress on Wednesday to try and slow plans by General Motors Corp GM.N and Chrysler LLC to cut their ranks.

"A rapid cut of dealers is a bad idea," John McEleney, chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), said in statement.

The industry group is asking members of the House and Senate to intervene with the Obama administration's autos task force on planned reductions.

The task force is driving the restructuring of both companies. (Reporting by John Crawley, editing by Leslie Gevirtz)