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Chevy plans new global crossover, but not for U.S.
… on the same platform as the defunct Saturn Vue . The Captiva Sport, built in Mexico ..... Chevrolet an entry into a growing small SUV segment and delivers the flexibility ..... statement. GM said the Trax "exhibits its SUV toughness and capability in a small …
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How military personnel can pose a credit challenge
… liaison for a large dealership group close to Camp Pendleton in San Diego before becoming general manager of that group's Saturn store. Another blow to a soldier's credit comes when he or she buys a new vehicle, gets deployed and then voluntarily …
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From Saturn orphan to business incubator
When Saturn flourished in Spring Hill, Tenn., it ..... But when General Motors decided to kill Saturn in 2009, the Northfield office building ..... Brewer, the former planning director at Saturn who worked at Spring Hill for 25 years …
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Piech risks overreaching with Audi's Ducati purchase
… Ford unloaded Volvo, Jaguar and Land Rover to become leaner. General Motors Co. shuttered the Hummer, Pontiac and Saturn brands and sold Saab as part of its bankruptcy reorganization. "With heavy trucks, and now motorcycles, they may be …
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Dealer's 'huge!' commercials get into people's heads
… And the TV spots are boosting Fuccillo's service business. He has expanded beyond the walls of the defunct 12-bay Saturn store that he acquired for his sole Florida store to construct a 30-bay service shop next door. He also divulges another …
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Training, menu plan boost service contracts
… how did we do more used cars [even though we sold fewer units in 2011]? That's on a per-store basis. We had two Saturn stores before [in New Hampshire], one in Manchester and one in Nashua. What's your extended service contract penetration …
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COMMENTARY: Why I think Kuzak influenced more at Ford than Lutz did at GM
… Exhibit A: the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky . The Solstice was an ego-stroking ..... so, hey, let's give one to Saturn , even if it fits the Saturn brand ..... right. Every penny spent on the Saturn Sky would have been better used on the …
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GM spruces up its 3 full-sized crossovers
… crossovers are built on GM's Lambda platform, which went into production in late 2006 as the basis of the Acadia and Saturn Outlook . Sales generally have continued to rise even as the vehicles have aged. In 2011, Acadia sales rose 16 percent to …
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'GM must be run by a car guy'
… Chevrolet with the Peugeot/Citroen model lineups. Once upon a time, GM wore comparable blinders when it claimed that Saturn would be an import fighter and not competition to Chevrolet. Wrong. With reference to Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally …
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Dealers aim higher to fill jobs
… independent dealers have pay plans aimed at attracting top candidates. One of them was Wadlinger's first employer, Saturn of Carlisle Pike in Mechanicsburg, Pa. She says she took a job there in 2006 because it paid a salary. "Being a young …
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GM Wooing its 'Orphans' (3/19/12)
… Battle plan GM's strategy for keeping Saturn Pontiac and Hummer drivers in the ..... them. We're talking about people saturn 's body acts and three brands GM ..... trade in figures GM retain 31% of Saturn owners last year. 39% of Pontiac …
Battle plan GM's strategy for keeping Saturn Pontiac and Hummer drivers in the family. That's next. Hello and welcome to auto news now I'm just to Snyder Tom quarterback is on assignment. They call them orphans and GM has two point seven million of them. We're talking about people -- saturn's body acts and -- three brands GM eliminated during its restructuring in 2009. And 2010. As Automotive News reporter Michael highest ratesyou can see from these trade in figures GM retain 31% of Saturn owners last year. 39% of Pontiac owners and 37%. Of Hummer owners. For Saturn the retention rate is even higher than it was in 2007. Keeping Saturn buyers critical. -- just says GM is steering Saturn customers to more than 400 select dealers. Hoping customer and retailer will build.things a little differently so one dealer we talked to introduces. New Saturn customers of the service manager for example on and that's one way. They just wanna make him feel more comfortable -- more -
How a Honda dealership excels at selling service contracts
… 2010 we did 3,417 new and 1,836 used. So how did we do more used cars? That's on a per-store basis. We had two Saturn stores before [in New Hampshire], one in Manchester and one in Nashua. What's your extended service-contract penetration …
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Dealer has a fairy-tale career in the shadows of Disney
… probably better for them when they shut Saturn , Hummer and Pontiac. You were NADA ..... challenges are. You owned a couple of Saturn stores in the late 2000s. What drew you to the Saturn business model, and do you practice …
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GM wooing its orphan owners
… designated as authorized Saturn service providers in 2009 ..... a higher percentage of Saturn customers now than it ..... Last year 31 percent of Saturn owners who traded in their ..... programs, for instance, a Saturn Outlook owner now might get a …
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A veteran auto dealer at 26: He stepped in, stepped up
… Automotive have to GM then? We had seven Saturn dealerships, we had multiple Chevrolet ..... How did you adjust to the demise of Saturn ? We worked on replacing franchises ..... said they were going to wind down Saturn . We also had two Chevrolet stores …
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After steep slide, franchise and store numbers stabilize
… canceled the franchise agreements of thousands of dealers. Thinning the herd further was the elimination of the Mercury, Saturn , Pontiac and Hummer brands. Over the years, most of the franchise losses were at the expense of the Detroit 3. As they …
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The quake: 1 year later (3/9/12)
… Dotson many of the brands we've owned or and disappeared. Austin Healey triumph Plymouth Pontiac Oldsmobile Mercury Saturn and now apparently Look in this historical automotive brands are discarded. Or simply disappear. It's nice when a manufacturer …
owned or -- and disappeared. Austin Healey triumph Plymouth Pontiac Oldsmobile Mercury Saturn and now apparently -- Look in this -- historical automotive brands are discarded. Or simply disappear. It's nice when a manufacturer can -
Fiat, other Chrysler brands to certify non-Chrysler used vehicles
… sells. One of the few previous programs that offered certification to other brands' used cars and trucks was offered by Saturn which, like Fiat, had very small sales and no pool of its own used vehicles in its early days.
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What Opel needs is a premium product
… alliance with Peugeot ("Not the way to soar with eagles," Feb. 27). As for Peugeot, it should have grabbed the Saturn brand from General Motors to re-enter the North American market. Yes, GM has had successful alliances with the likes …
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Saab dealers rush to retool as bankruptcy unfolds
… least December of 2009, when crisis-hit General Motors Co. announced it might kill the Swedish brand as it did with Saturn , Hummer and Pontiac. GM eventually sold it to Dutch sports-car maker Spyker Cars NV, today called Swedish Automobile …
