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  • ...takeover of AMC. Many Chrysler-Plymouth dealerships also added Jeep. Some dealerships sold all five makes, or sometimes all except Eagle. Chrysler Corporation ha {{auto-company-stub}}
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  • Simply put, "dealer holdback" is money that an auto manufacturer pays a dealership to stock their inventory. Dealers are given money to offset their inventory costs because most dealerships must borrow funds to pay for the cars that they have on their lot. The deal
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  • ...he initials of the three company founders: Barney '''Everitt''' - a custom auto body builder from Detroit, Willaim '''Metzger''' - formerly of [[Cadillac]] ...the [[Studebaker]] Corporation to sell E-M-F's though [[Studebaker]] wagon dealerships.
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  • ...laced below Buick, but above Viking which was to be sold in [[Oldsmobile]] dealerships. The Marquette "arrived" in dealer showrooms on June 1, 1929. {{Vintage-auto-stub}}
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  • ...new, import-fighting [[Saturn|Saturn]] division to form Saturn-Saab-Isuzu dealerships. The [[Geo]] brand was introduced in Canada in (model year) 1992, offered a {{Modern-auto-stub}}
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  • ...s in hot pursuit with the Cadillac Escalade EXT. But when they arrived at dealerships, the Blackwood stalled while the EXT soared.
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  • ...it would cut over half of its Canadian jobs and close 40% of its Canadian dealerships by 2014 in response to its parent company's dire financial straits.<ref>[ht == 2008 Canadian Auto Workers bargaining==
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  • ===Obligation to Privately Owned Individual Franchise Dealerships=== ...uthorized party. Thousands of family-owned, [profitable], well-capitalized dealerships were forced to forfeit their franchise rights to a neighboring dealer-compe
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  • ...ong to a wholesale warehouse club like Costco or BJs, consider using their auto buying programs as well to get guaranteed hassel-free invoice + negotiated ...If you live in an area with high [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] demand or very few dealerships, you more than likely have to wait longer for delivery. But if you’re wil
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  • ...er, ballooning labor costs (the company had never had an official [[United Auto Workers]] (UAW) strike and Studebaker workers and retirees were among the h ...urley]], the company became the American importer for [[Mercedes-Benz]], [[Auto Union]] and [[DKW]] automobiles and many Studebaker dealers sold those bran
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  • ...res and trim.<ref>{{cite book | last = Gartman | first = David | title = Auto opium: a social history of American automobile design | publisher = Taylor ...nience of complex service and repair, especially in areas where exotic car dealerships were few and far between. Many of both classes were also interested in such
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  • ...ull-size]] [[crossover SUV]] which debuted at the [[New York International Auto Show]]. The Outlook is based on the new [[GM Lambda platform]], which it s * Auto-Dimming Rearview Mirror with Compass
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  • |Transmission =4 speed GM 700R4 auto ...e Syclone was the quickest stock pickup truck being produced in the world. Auto magazines compared its acceleration favorably to a variety of sports cars i
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  • ...bought from the high-performance parts department at car [[Car dealership|dealerships]]. Generally, most car performance enthusiasts buy aftermarket headers made [[Category:Auto parts]]
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  • * For the 2009 [[Detroit Auto Show]], Scion has unveiled another limited edition "Release Series" xB dubb ...There is an option for a 4-speed [[automatic transmission]]. Toyota/scion dealerships offered a number of factory installed (warrantied) options, which included
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  • In 1955, he worked with the Chappe brothers to be amongst the pioneers of auto glass fibre construction and produced a small coupe, based on 4CV mechanica ...allowed Alpines to be sold and maintained in France by normal [[Renault]] dealerships. Real top level success started in 1968 with outright wins in the Coupe des
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  • ==Auto Racing and the Indianapolis 500 (1932-1939)== After 1943 Tucker moved back to Michigan intending to start his own auto company, the Tucker Car Corporation.
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  • ...gh the sporty compacts were a commercial success for most automakers, some auto executives, however, principally Ford's [[Lee Iacocca]], believed that spor ...wstuffworks.com/1965-1966-ford-mustang2.htm "The 1965 Ford Mustang" by the Auto Editors of ''Consumer Guide'', 2007-02-04], retrieved on 2009-12-13.</ref>
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  • ...y had plenty to bring to the table. Its initial debut was at SEMA's Import Auto Salon in Pomona in 1999. The ZX2 S/R was the first product jointly develope ...were no longer sold except to fleets, the Ford ZX2 was still available at dealerships until 2003.
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  • ...are two engine options: a 2.4 litre Ecotec DI four pot mated to a 6-speed Auto producing 182 hp and 174 lb-ft of torque and returning 21 mpg city and 30 m ...Equinox is expected to be redesigned for the 2010 model year, arriving in dealerships in May 2009. It will get a new 2.4-liter, direct-injection 4-cylinder engi
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  • ...g Convertible is poised to reign supreme when it becomes available in U.S. dealerships in the second quarter of 2007 and in global volume markets in the second ha ...3.5-liter V-6 engine coupled with a new six-speed automatic transaxle with Auto Stick.
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  • :The Monaro sports coupe is launched at the [[Auto show|Sydney Motor Show]] ...Show and crossover sports hatch SSX [[Concept Cars|concept]] launched at [[Auto show|Sydney Motor Show]]
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  • GM is the majority shareholder in GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. of South Korea, and has product, powertrain and purchasing ...ACDelco brands through GM Service and Parts Operations, which supplies GM dealerships and distributors worldwide. GM engines and transmissions are marketed throu
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  • ...orts Association''' (generally referred to as '''IMSA''') is an American [[auto racing]] sanctioning body based in Braselton, Georgia. It was started by Jo ...trumental in founding the SCCA [[Trans-Am]] series and the SCCA/[[Canadian Auto Sport Clubs|CASC]] [[Can-Am]] series.<ref name="IMSAblog Apr 06"/>
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  • ...zovsky]] arranged to resell the cars to the public through his ''LogoVAZ'' dealerships. In 1993 he started a campaign to collect funds for the ''people's automobi ...n a new car platform and equip a new plant for its production [http://lada-auto.ru/cgi-bin/xml1.pl?step=view_one_news&bind1=61]
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  • ...eed automatic transmission was standard with the 302, the V6 had a 3-speed auto. ...mbo was extremely rare; supposedly only 500 Cougars were built with the I4/Auto combination).
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  • ...road kilometres (2 million miles) by the time vehicles begin appearing in dealerships. *Auto-reverse sun roof: an advanced sensing system that automatically engages and
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