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Record used car prices pressure dealers
used car prices at record highs, auto dealers are trying harder to get customers to trade in their old cars for new ones. AutoNation , the largest U.S. new car dealer chain, plans to hang tags from the mirrors of late-model, fuel-efficient cars brought
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Gas prices revive car buyers' interest in hybrids
during these challenging times at the pump." Most car buyers won't make dramatic changes until gas prices pass $4 a gallon nationally, predicts Mike Jackson, CEO of AutoNation , the country's largest new car dealership chain.
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For the wealthy, a return to luxury spending
GT2 RS sports cars — priced at $245,000. More than 25% were snapped up by U.S. buyers. Some marketers, such as AutoNation , sense fresh opportunity among newly affluent consumers and aspirational buyers. The nation's largest auto retailer will
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'High-end' Ford Focus shows new strategy
its new Elantra compact. Consumers are now "willing to pay for the innovation and content," says Mike Jackson, CEO of AutoNation , the largest U.S. new-car dealer chain. Gone are the days of supercheap, no-frills — and unprofitable — sedans
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Fiat reintroduces itself to U.S. with 500 model
and the company began awarding them last fall. With the effect of the recession on dealers, there was plenty of interest. AutoNation , the country's largest car dealership chain and already a Chrysler dealer, will have six Fiat locations. CEO Mike Jackson
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Detroit auto show proves how important small cars will be
total disconnect" between what the government is mandating and what customers want to buy, says Mike Jackson, CEO of AutoNation , the country's largest car-dealer chain. Small cars won't sell unless gas prices rise, he says. The fastest way to
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SUV trade-in values plunge as gas prices keep climbing
in SUVs. "There are far more truck-based SUVs being traded in than customers to buy them," says Mike Jackson, CEO of AutoNation , the largest U.S. new car dealer chain. As a result, he says he thinks more affluent buyers may be hanging on to their
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Cash for clunkers filing time for dealers extended again
reimbursement for the cars they sold — which, in most cases, customers have already taken home and consider theirs. Dealer chain AutoNation says it is owed $45 million by the government for 12,100 clunker transactions — but isn't worried. "We have no doubt
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Cash for clunkers filing time extended
reimbursement for the cars they sold — which, in most cases, customers have already taken home and consider theirs. Dealer chain AutoNation says it is owed $45 million by the government for 12,100 clunker transactions — but isn't worried. "We have no doubt
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As 'Cash for Clunkers' Winds Down, More Dealers Pull Out Early
Clunkers applications before the government's deadline. AutoNation , the country's largest dealership chain, stopped making have, you want to make sure you are buttoned up," said AutoNation spokesman Marc Cannon. The National Auto Dealers Association
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Shut Out: Consumers Fuming Over Cash for Clunker Shortfall
morning and we plan on selling," Marc Cannon, spokesman for AutoNation , the country's largest automotive retailer said. "The clunkers." Cash for Clunkers a "Huge Success" Cannon said AutoNation has said all along that $1 billion wasn't going to be enough
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Today's Quotes: 'Professor Gates and I bring different perspectives to these issues...'
should put more money into it. It's a great stimulus to the economy ." -- Michael Jackson, chief executive of AutoNation Inc ., to the Wall Street Journal. "One mother told a soldier who asked her to go back home 'I'm not going anywhere
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Stocks of restaurants, financial services, retailers bounce back
from consumers. More surprising has been the rally in independent car retailers, such as Group 1 Automotive gpi and AutoNation an , which are up 322% and 284% from their 52-week lows. Many of these stocks were beaten up as investors assumed bad
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