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Huh, it was a euphemism for so long its actually part of the definition now.
I'm fairly sure it comes from basically financial liquidation / liquid assets.
In the latter stages of a bankruptcy, you often sell off a bunch of assets to get as much liquid cash as possible to pay out as much as you can.
So, if you torture that meaning a bit... you liquidate a person who hasn't paid their debts to the mob or w/e, as a way of permanently settling their accounts.
This guy is arguably stretching the definition / euphemism a bit further... but hey, maybe if that dealership's financials actually can't handle that level of property damage, they may actually go bankrupt and financially liquidate.