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Stair-step incentives are back
… covers all models. In broad strokes, Chevrolet and Buick- GMC dealers will get $100 per vehicle for every sale from 100 to ..... where the factory sets their sales bogey. Many Chevy and Buick- GMC dealers complain that their stores' sales objectives aren …
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Batey takes charge of GM's U.S. sales
… difference under the new structure: The heads of sales and service for GM's brand divisions -- Chevrolet, Cadillac and Buick- GMC -- will report directly to Batey, rather than to Reuss. The changes take effect June 1. The moves come as GM's U.S …
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Suppliers ride the mpg wave
… and drag on the engine. ZF's electric power steering plant in Florence, Ky., supplies General Motors vehicles such as the GMC Terrain and Chevrolet Equinox, Cruze, Volt and Malibu. ZF says it is expanding the plant to meet growing demand. Turbos sell …
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N.C. dealership bringing 'lost souls' back in the fold
… I've sold the car, and I'll never own another one again,'" said Dowell, parts manager at Everett Chevrolet-Buick- GMC in Hickory, N.C. Since Dowell and service manager Jenkins were hired in 2010 to remake Everett's fixed-operations business …
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Ford to replace U.S. models fastest through 2016, report says
… according to Bank of America estimates. GM will update vehicles accounting for 52 percent of its volume in the 2014 model year, with vehicles including the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups and Cadillac CTS and Chevy Impala sedans.
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Fiat Strada could find a niche in U.S.
… but with 110,705 sales in 2011, isn't setting the world on fire. There are of course still a few Rangers, Dakotas, GMC Canyons and S10 successor Chevy Colorados driving off dealer lots, but not many. Yet the Strada isn't really like those other …
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Stocks stay lean, but trucks run high, cars low
… cylinder versions of the Chevrolet Equinox. But GM has built up more than a 120-day supply of the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups before it halts production late this year to prepare for replacement models. Similarly, Chrysler Group's …
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Shaw Automotive makes the Web work
… the Internet." Shaw has been in the retail auto business since 1969. He owns seven dealerships that sell Buick, Chevrolet, GMC , Honda, Kia, Subaru and Toyota vehicles in Colorado, Louisiana and Texas. He sold Saabs until the automaker went out of …
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Cadillac infotainment plan includes experts, free iPads
… tech-support elements could spread to Chevrolet, Buick and GMC , which have rolled out new infotainment systems over the last ..... infotainment systems. Robert Morris III, a Cadillac and Buick- GMC dealer near Cleveland, already has picked his CUE specialist …
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Cadillac plans broad dealer, consumer support to launch infotainment system
… fielding CUE inquiries. Harland says some of those same tech-support elements eventually could be used at Chevrolet, Buick and GMC , which have rolled out new infotainment systems over the last year. "When I get a new iPad, I don't learn everything there …
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Toyota Transpacific Trek (5/7/12)
… to arrive next year. So to make sure dealers will have enough GMC Sierras in Chevy Silverado is on hand. GM is building up a surplus ..... plants due to be Arlington. Also makes the Cadillac Escalade. GMC you Chevy Tahoe and suburban. Next gen versions of those big …
to arrive next year. So to make sure dealers will have enough GMC Sierras in Chevy Silverado is on hand. GM is building up a surplus. Average day supply. 101. In three days as ofThe plants due to be -- Arlington. Also makes the Cadillac Escalade. GMC you Chevy Tahoe and suburban. Next gen versions of those big suvs. Do in showrooms by spring of next -- That is -
For Landers, auto dealing is a family affair
… in 1989 when they bought what was then Newbills Oldsmobile- GMC , the store where Steve had washed cars as teenager. By 1995 ..... Dodge-Chrysler-Jeep-Eagle store and a Buick-Pontiac- GMC store. That's the year that Bob Landers retired and Steve …
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Difficult times yield big rewards for dealer group
… Motors would survive the recession, RLJ McLarty Landers added a dozen dealerships. Among those additions: one Chevrolet, one GMC , two Ford and two Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep stores. It also added Chrysler and Dodge to an existing Jeep store. The partners …
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GM's pickup plans divide dealerships
… pickups in stock at his two Chevrolet and two GMC stores. Normally he prefers a three-month ..... That extra slug of Chevy Silverados and GMC Sierras is reality for many General Motors ..... NeSmith, who owns two Chevrolet-Buick- GMC stores in Georgia, is taking the opposite …
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U.S. sales gains cool, SAAR stays hot as 'headwinds' persist
… 179,658 units, which was only 1,614 units more than Toyota group. -- General Motors volume dropped 8 percent in April. GMC was the only brand above water, up 5 percent, while Chevrolet lost 8 percent, Buick 16 percent and Cadillac 25 percent.
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GM's sales drop 8% as fleet sales fall
… sales of the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra full-sized pickups. Cars down Car ..... sales of the Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain were offset by the phasing out of the Chevrolet HHR wagon. The GMC brand, with a 5 percent gain, was …
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GMC + RV = mountain of sales
Drivers passing by Greg Holman's GMC dealership outside Cincinnati likely can ..... aspect of Holman Motors. The dozens of GMC trucks at the dealership are among a sea ..... Grand Rapids, Mich. He holds his own with GMC truck sales, too: Last year, Holman …
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Judge: Axed Nissan dealership had time to improve but didn't
… it terminated the dealership. Superior's lawsuit had been filed jointly by Walter Schwartz and Superior Pontiac-Buick- GMC Inc., doing business as Superior Nissan. An appeal is likely, dealer lawyer Jonathan Kaplansky of suburban Detroit said …
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GM names Dell exec to lead infotainment, OnStar
… GM has rolled out new infotainment systems across its brands, including MyLink for Chevrolet and IntelliLink for Buick and GMC . By June, Cadillac will launch its new infotainment system, Cadillac User experience, or CUE, when the new XTS sedan hits …
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Small towns, big problem
… and used vehicles annually to a countywide population of about 60,000 people. His three dealerships sell Chevrolet, Buick, GMC , Subaru, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram vehicles. It's not just numbers that are needed. Dealerships also need the right …
