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Certified used-vehicle sales, Jan.
155 * 17,501 * 15,155 16% 11.6% 16% 11.6% GMC * 3,674 * 3,052 * 3,674 * 3,052 20% 2.4% 20% 2.4% Pontiac * 444 * 993 * 444 * 993 -55% 0.3% -55% 0.3% Saturn * 235 * 494 * 235 * 494 -52% 0.2% -52% 0.2% GM Certified
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Chevy restores rwd roar with 415-hp V-8 SS sedan
should please rwd enthusiasts who lamented the loss of the Pontiac G8 , a sedan on the same platform that garnered solid sales and critical praise before Pontiac 's demise in early 2010. GM isn't counting on big
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Chevy shoots for rwd glory with 415-hp, V-8 SS performance sedan
wheel drive enthusiasts who lamented the loss of the Pontiac G8 , a sedan on the same platform that garnered solid sales and critical praise before Pontiac 's demise in early 2010. GM isn't counting on big
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U.S. studying 550,000 Pontiac G6s for bad brake lights
safety regulators are investigating an estimated 550,000 Pontiac G6 cars because the brake lights may malfunction, raising ..... only into cars from model years 2005 through 2008, however. Pontiac is a former brand of General Motors. Consumers say the brake
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Hiring for FandI? You'd better interview
worst enemies, dealership trainer Rebecca Chernek says. Chernek grew up around dealerships. Her father owned John D'Amico Pontiac -Cadillac in Havre De Grace, Md. She started selling cars in the mid-1980s at a Lincoln-Mercury store in Baltimore
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The retail business changes again
Just a few decades ago, if you wanted to buy a Zenith TV, you went to a Zenith store. If you wanted a Robert Hall suit, you went to a Robert Hall store. And if you wanted to buy a Pontiac , you found a Pontiac dealership. That changed. It evolved a bit more last week when AutoNation said it will ...
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GM, in more marketing shifts, names new ad boss for Cadillac, report says
Acadia were introduced to the public. Then, while working on Pontiac , he was a marketing director who oversaw the launch of the ..... product launches, sales and marketing positions in the GMC, Pontiac and Buick sales and marketing organizations," a GM representative
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GM to invest $200 million at its powertrain headquarters
DETROIT -- General Motors is investing $200 millionandnbsp;inandnbsp;its global powertrain center in Pontiac , Mich., part of a plan to consolidate work done elsewhere and accelerate development of new engine technologies. GM said Wednesday it will build a 138,000 square-footandnbsp;expansion at the ...
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Certified-used sales hit record in 2012
selling certified used-vehicle brand, were flat at 330,814. Sales at GM Certified -- including Buick, Chevrolet, GMC, Pontiac and Saturn brands -- fell 4 percent to 275,203. Excluding discontinued brands such as Hummer, these brands had double
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Obituary
elected first vice chairman, unofficially the next year's chairman. He was also the owner of Wells Chevrolet-Buick- Pontiac -Oldsmobile-GMC and Wells Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep in Whiteville, N.C. Wells planned to spend his apprentice year as
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How will GM look under Akerson's global brand push? Brazil gives clues
divided by brands for many years," he said. GM moved away from North American operations being divided around Chevrolet- Pontiac -GMC and Cadillac-Buick-Oldsmobile brands in 1992 as part of a reorganization by then-Chairman Robert Stempel billed
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Suzuki, hybrids and crazy concepts go missing
this year: Suzuki: After bowing out of the U.S. auto market in 2012, Suzuki has joined the ranks of Saab, Mercury, Pontiac and other ghosts of auto shows past. Suzuki also skipped last year's show in a bit of foreshadowing, but now we know it
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Camaro tops Mustang in pony showdown
GM dropped the Camaro and its sister car, the Pontiac Firebird , in 2002, and Chrysler and American Motors left ..... the Barracuda in the late 1960s: the Camaro and Pontiac Firebird , AMC Javelin and Dodge Challenger. And the new
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Certified used-vehicle sales, Nov. and YTD
181,892 * 172,183 -3% 10.8% 6% 10.8% GMC * 3,167 * 3,308 * 37,274 * 36,563 -4% 2.1% 2% 2.2% Pontiac * 486 * 1,119 * 9,322 * 22,518 -57% 0.3% -59% 0.6% Saturn * 265 * 631 * 5,161 * 10,376 -58% 0.2
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NAMAD chief: Minority dealers must help increase their ranks
were like the other dealers in the portfolio, but a disproportion of us were aligned with Saturn, with Oldsmobile, with Pontiac and with Hummer. So when those brands -- just on the GM side -- closed, that meant that our guys had to close, too. We
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New El Camino, Nomad? No, it's just paperwork, GM says
2008 New York auto show, branded as the Pontiac G8 ST. But the idea faded away when Pontiac bit the dust. The original Chevy Nomad ..... platform that also was the base for the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky convertibles used the name
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GM seeks trademarks on El Camino, Nomad
Ute at the 2008 New York auto show branded the Pontiac G8 ST; but after Pontiac 's demise, it was never built. The Nomad sporty ..... s Kappa platform that was the base for the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky convertibles, but the Nomad version
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With FandI, 'You can't hire from your gut'
Dealers often complain about high turnover in the FandI department and elsewhere. But some dealers can be their own worst enemies in that regard, dealership trainer Becky Chernek says. Chernek grew up around the dealership business. Her father owned John D'Amico Pontiac -Cadillac in Havre De Grace, ...
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GM banks on SS 'halo' sedan to pump more mojo into Chevy
American operations said on Thursday. The car gives GM its first rear-wheel-drive sedan since it stopped selling the Pontiac G8 in 2009. When the SS makes it debut, it will be the first time in 17 years Chevy will sell a rear-wheel-drive sedan
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Chrysler Recall Blame Game (11/16/12)
uptick in US auto industry brand mortality after decades of decline. It's the seventh since 2009. The other six is as the Pontiac Hummer Saturn Mercury ends are clearly Great Recession victims Suzuki is a bit harder to categorize. And we're talking a
It's the seventh -- since 2009. The other six is as the Pontiac Hummer Saturn Mercury ends -- are clearly Great Recession victims Suzuki is a bit harder to categorize. And we're talking a lot
