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Certified-used sales hit record in 2012
… 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-digit …
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Automakers close out 2012 strong as Dec. volume rises 9%; SAAR reaches 15.38 million
… Pohanka's Washington, D.C.-area dealer group is expanding only a few years after retrenchment. Pohanka closed three Saturn stores and a Chrysler-Dodge dealership as part of the 2009 restructuring of General Motors and Chrysler Group. In 2013 …
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Why 2013 Sales May Lag (1/3/13)Welcome it's great birthday edition and Jennifer bond. Autos sales results are out today Saturn joins us the paid by the numbers report later on now your top news stories. Will star in Washington DC. Where they ruled that …
-- -- and Jennifer bond. Autos sales results are out today -- Saturn joins us the -- paid by the numbers report later on now your top news stories. Will star in Washington DC. Where -
Certified used-vehicle sales, Nov. and YTD
… 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% -50% 0.3% GM Certified * 21,535 * 23,150 * 253,373 * 260,163 …
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Stores Try 'No-Dicker' Sales (12/17/12)… coincided with the introduction of Saturn two decades ago. The National Automobile ..... with plans to challenge Toyota in the hybrid market. The automaker recently announcing ..... feature Nissan's new front wheel drive hybrid system. Which is scheduled to debut …
over to the one price model that coincided with the introduction of Saturn two decades ago. The National Automobile Dealers Association doesn't track the numbers. But one retail consultant tells us between 150. And 200 -
No-dicker stickers win backers in Internet era
… with the rollout of General Motors' Saturn brand. Back then, dealers were trying ..... differentiate themselves, as part of Saturn 's pitch as "a different kind of ..... shopping was not even around in 1990 when Saturn arrived. It is now ubiquitous in …
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NAMAD chief: Minority dealers must help increase their ranks
… portfolio, but a disproportion of us were aligned with Saturn , with Oldsmobile, with Pontiac and with Hummer. So when ..... us to come together and take a guy who perhaps was in a Saturn store but may not have the funds and bring him in. There …
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New El Camino, Nomad? No, it's just paperwork, GM says
… flair of the original. A 2004 concept based on GM's Kappa platform that also was the base for the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky convertibles used the name, but GM never built the new Nomad, much to the disappointment of enthusiasts.
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GM seeks trademarks on El Camino, Nomad
… Nomad enthusiasts hoped for a 2004 concept based on GM's Kappa platform that was the base for the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky convertibles, but the Nomad version was never built.
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GM maps its electric strategy
… at the other is GM's eAssist mild- hybrid technology, which uses a much smaller ..... notes the tepid demand for GM's past hybrid offerings, including hybrid versions of the Chevrolet Malibu and two Saturn nameplates several years ago. The problem …
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Chrysler Recall Blame Game (11/16/12)… later this month. It's the auto maker's vision of an SUV for the year 20/20 five and a successor to the G class ..... seventh since 2009. The other six is as the Pontiac Hummer Saturn Mercury ends are clearly Great Recession victims Suzuki is …
auto show later this month. It's the auto maker's vision of an SUV for the year 20/20 five and a successor to the G class. The concept has no engine. Mercedes sees it being powered -
Supplier group chief De Koker to retire
… billion. Before starting the association, De Koker had spent 23 years with General Motors, where he helped organize Saturn Corp. He also served four-year stints at Magna International Inc. and at the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association …
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Chevy supercharges Test Track at Disney World
… Test Track since its inception, but not under the Chevy banner. The track "car" was variously badged as a Pontiac, Saturn or some other GM make. Disney and GM have added a whiz-bang new element: a design studio where visitors digitally craft …
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What to Expect From D.C. (11/7/12)… mr. Chevy dealer Mike Kelly you have Pennsylvania. Representative Vern Buchanan a rejected dodge dealer from Florida. Saturn retailer John Campbell of California. And finally Pennsylvania incumbent and former Chrysler dealer bill Shuster. Vote …
have Pennsylvania. Representative Vern Buchanan a rejected dodge dealer from Florida. -- Saturn retailer John Campbell of California. And finally Pennsylvania incumbent and former Chrysler dealer bill Shuster. Vote yes on question one appear -- -
7 current and former auto dealers elected to Congress
… rejected during the Chrysler bailout. John Campbell, R-Calif., who sold several dealerships, including one of the first Saturn stores, when elected in 2004. Bill Shuster, R-Pa., who sold his Chrysler dealership when first elected in 2000.
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Days of Eagles and Geos (11/6/12)… reorganization in 2010. GM killed Pontiac. Hummer and Saturn . And among the latest brands to go Ford's Mercury in ..... confirming in a New York Times article. That a Prius plug in hybrid hard that the same port was also destroyed by fire. And …
part of its bankruptcy reorganization in 2010. GM killed Pontiac. Hummer and Saturn . And among the latest brands to go Ford's Mercury in 2011. And this year stuff. A follow up to a story we -
Pushing dealers to upgrade stores fuels a 2-tiered price war
… dealerships and to serve as an expression of faith in the company's future. "There were guys who had just lost Pontiac or Saturn or Hummer, and here comes GM with this big-money program to invest in the remaining brands," says one former executive …
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Longtime Texas dealer runs for U.S. House seat
… His Dodge dealership was rejected during the Chrysler bailout. John Campbell, R-Calif., owned one of the first Saturn dealerships but sold it, along with his other dealerships, when he was elected to Congress in 2004. Bill Shuster, R …
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How manufacturing setbacks, nascent EV market doomed A123
… portfolio for manufacturing of hybrid and plug-in batteries for vehicles ..... would supply batteries for a Saturn Vue Green Line plug-in hybrid . In August 2007, GM said it ..... Chem to make the packs. The Saturn brand was eliminated as part …
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Va. dealer apologizes for arrest of customer
… accuses the store of failing to register the new vehicle. In the suits, Sawyer contends that he traded in his 2008 Saturn Vue for a blue 2012 Traverse but returned the next day to exchange it for a black one, which was $5,600 more. "We made …
