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Dealer Census - 2012
… 56 52 4 Mazda 632 635 (3) Mitsubishi 382 394 (12) Infiniti 197 196 1 Nissan 1,067 1,063 4 Nissan Motor 1,264 1,259 5 Saab – 188 – Subaru 621 620 1 Suzuki N/A 246 – Lexus 232 229 3 Toyota 1,233 1,233 – Scion† 1,002 998 4 Toyota Motor …
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Industry's stable store count masks changes at brands
… 1, down 69 from 31,445 a year earlier. The stable totals obscure shifts among brands, most notably the elimination of Saab , Suzuki and Maybach. The exit of those three brands from the United States eliminated 465 franchises. A franchise is an agreement …
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Canada light-vehicle sales by make, Feb. and YTD
… 0 * 1 0.0 0.0% 0.0 0.0% 0.0 Saab 0.0 * 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 ..... 0 * 1 0.0 0.0% 0.0 0.0% 0.0 Saab 0.0 * 6 0.0 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0 ..... 3% 0.1% 23% *Estimate 1 Excludes Saab and Volvo 2 Reflects Japanese brands sold …
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Canada light-vehicle sales by nameplate, Feb. and YTD
… 257 * 11,693 -12% 9-3 (I) 0.0 * 1 - 0.0 * 4 - 9-5 (I) 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 * 2 - Total Saab car (I) 0.0 * 1 - 0.0 * 6 - SAAB CARS N.A.‡ 0.0 * 1 - 0.0 * 6 - BRZ (I) * 47 0.0 - * 88 0.0 - Impreza (I) * 532 * 845 …
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Volvo promotes China manufacturing head Danielson to regional chief
… 11 billion into the company globally by 2016. Danielson joined Volvo in June 2006 after having spent most of his career at Saab and General Motors. He was plant manager at Volvo's plant in Torslanda, Sweden, for four years before taking his position …
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North America car and truck production by plant, January
… 465 6% Chevrolet Captiva Sport (T) 2,994 4,051 -26% 57,118 42,798 34% Chevrolet HHR (C) 0 0 – 0 29,460 – Saab 9-4X (T) 0 0 – 0 485 – Ramos Arizpe (Mexico) 2 7,679 9,715 -21% 147,295 158,208 -7% Total Ramos Arizpe …
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North America car and truck production by model, January
… 445 34,965 -4% Total GMC 37,575 40,019 -6% 539,404 539,184 0% Opel Ampera 6 609 -99% 6,631 2,605 155% Saab 9-4X (Mex. trk.) 0 0 – 0 485 – Total U.S. car 30,240 53,007 -43% 840,700 721,501 17% Total Canada car …
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How to succeed by adding brands
… average today. GM killed Hummer, Pontiac and Saturn in 2010, and Saab , which it sold to a Dutch carmaker, Spyker, has since shut ..... last-place finishers in the survey, which began in 2009 -- Saab , Suzuki, Hummer and Isuzu -- have all gone away. Doug Murtha …
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Certified used-vehicle sales, Jan.
… 243 * 7,082 16% 5.5% 16% 5.5% NISSAN NORTH AMERICA * 9,083 * 8,017 * 9,083 * 8,017 13% 6.0% 13% 6.0% SAAB SPYKER AUTOMOBILE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% 0.0% 0% 0.0% SUBARU * 2,455 * 1,671 * 2,455 * 1,671 47% 1.6 …
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Study finds fewer dealerships, higher sales per store
… dealerships in 2012, dropping 10, followed by Michigan, down nine. Saab 's demise resulted in 59 stand-alone stores closing. Frith said most of Georgia's dealership losses were a result of Saab 's shutdown.
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Land Rover, Kia, Audi were Europe 2012 winners
… 13.1 percent share based on sales of the Opel, Vauxhall and Saab brands. Last year, PSA was No. 2 with an 11.9 percent market ..... 3 with an 8.2 percent share. GM, which since 1995 ditched Saab but added Chevrolet, ranked fourth last year with an 8 percent …
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U.S. dealership count edges up again; more gains seen
… 380 as of Jan. 1, 2012. This 8 percent net increase is due largely to the addition of 2,277 RAM franchises, offset by 187 Saab franchise closures. "If sales stabilize around 15 million, we expect the overall dealership count to remain relatively flat …
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At first, seller's regret; now he moves ahead
… former employees now working for the public retailer. And Penske sold him back his Cherry Hills Classic Cars, then a Jaguar- Saab store, and his Classic Chevrolet store. Hessert considered investing in other businesses -- a plastic molding company and …
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Saab , hometown bank on long shot revival under Chinese investor
STOCKHOLM (Bloomberg) -- Saab Automobile is raising fresh hopes in ..... than a year after it went bankrupt. Saab 's new parent, owned by a Chinese renewable ..... powered vehicles are intended to help fund Saab 's conversion into an electric-car …
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Saab hometown with 32% youth out of work prays for China
Saab hometown with 32% youth out of work prays for China
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Suzuki, hybrids and crazy concepts go missing
… the things NOT here 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 …
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Honda casts wide net in ad agency review
… for years worked on the BMW Mini and on Volkswagen, and the Martin Agency in the past has worked on more luxury brands such as Saab and Maserati. Media agencies competing include independent Horizon, Publicis Groupe's MediaVest and Omnicom's PHD. Another …
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Chevy's tag line recalls Saab's
To the Editor: Regarding "Chevy picks 'Find New Roads' as tag line in global push," autonews.com, Jan. 8: Chevrolet's new slogan is quite similar to a slogan used by Saab a few years ago, "Find Your Own Road."
