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		<title>Wild-Ass Rumor Of The Day: Brilliance Buying Dealers, Saturn Brand For US Launch?</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wild-ass-rumor-of-the-day-brilliance-buying-dealers-saturn-brand-for-us-launch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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The long-rumored Chinese invasion may be coming sooner than we expected. Automotive World reports that Chinese automaker Brilliance has signed letters of intent with 36 US dealers in preparation for a US market launch. According to the report, Brilliance intends to launch products in the US as soon as it acquires 100 dealers. Apparently Brilliance&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Wrong With This Picture: Mahindra MIA Edition</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-mahindra-mia-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3WTP]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Appalachia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compact pickups]]></category>
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Autoblog ran this picture purporting to show the locations of future dealers of Mahindra and Mahindra pickup trucks. This piqued our interest because we&#8217;ve been curious to see how the Indian firm&#8217;s plans to bring diesel-only compact pickups and SUVs to the US market would play out for some time. Over a year ago Mahindra [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Car Dealers Still Using Cheap Tricks</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/car-dealers-still-using-cheap-tricks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dealer News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hubbard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[punters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[selling used cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Docherty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tough times]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=335496</guid>
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You might have thunk that car dealers would stop being skunks, what with the economy going thunk and the end of cash for clunk. But noooooooo. If anything, tough times have seen an increase amount of the same old story, same old song and dance down at the car lot. &#8220;You pay what we pay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>81 Saab Dealers Slashed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Horner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dealer News]]></category>
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Automotive News [sub] has  more bad news for Saab dealers and customers. Saab&#8217;s prospective new  owners have put the hit out on 81 of Saab&#8217;s current 218 US  dealerships. If all goes according to plan, a measly 137 US Saab dealers will  remain. Saab&#8217;s thin and uneven sales and service network has been an issue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VeeDub Going Retail</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/veedub-going-retail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bertel Schmitt</dc:creator>
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While other brands are busy closing down dealers, Volkswagen is buying them. They buy the big ones, to be exact. The smaller ones have been eliminated ever since yours truly has been working for VW.

In the USA, Volkswagen Group of America signed an agreement to buy the not so swank Potamkin family&#8217;s dealership in Manhattan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chrysler Dealers Appeal to Marchionne in GMAC Dispute</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-dealers-appeal-to-marchionne-in-gmac-dispute/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-dealers-appeal-to-marchionne-in-gmac-dispute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dealer News]]></category>
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&#8220;I don&#8217;t see anyone bleeding to death,&#8221; Sergio Marchionne told reporters and analysts a week ago, when asked what he thought of Chrysler&#8217;s current dealer body. He might be about to change his tune. The US Treasury will stop guaranteeing GMAC&#8217;s floorplan loans to Chrysler Group dealers on the 21st of this month, and the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>GM Opening New Dealerships</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-opening-new-dealerships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dealer News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Committee To Restore Dealer Rights]]></category>
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GM spokesfolks tell Automotive News [sub] The General is “in the process of re-establishing select points in certain markets around the country as part of our ongoing analysis of our dealer consolidation efforts.” Don&#8217;t hurt yourself thinking too hard about that though, because it&#8217;s one of those &#8220;we must destroy the village to save the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motown Analyst David Cole: GM Dealer Cuts Are Stupid</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/motown-analyst-david-cole-gm-dealer-cuts-are-stupid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/motown-analyst-david-cole-gm-dealer-cuts-are-stupid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dealer News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Well he would say that, wouldn&#8217;t he? For one thing, David Cole is a Big Three scion, the son of  former GM president Ed Cole. For another, Cole&#8217;s &#8220;Center for Automotive Research&#8221; (CAR) is funded by unspecified automobile manufacturers (guess who) and equally secret &#8220;labor organizations&#8221; (guess who).  You may remember CAR as the organization [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Under Congressional Pressure, GM Hints At Dealer Restoration</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/under-congressional-pressure-gm-hints-at-dealer-restoration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/under-congressional-pressure-gm-hints-at-dealer-restoration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cull]]></category>
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The recent revelation that congresspeople have been successful in coercing GM to rescind dealer closures in their districts, has the rest of our elected representatives (not to mention GM itself) sitting up and taking notice. In a conference call with Michigan&#8217;s congressional delegation, Fritz Henderson said GM was close to a deal which would restore [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bailout Watch 565: Small Business Adminstration Dealer Bailout Grows</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/bailout-watch-565-small-business-adminstration-dealer-bailout-grows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/bailout-watch-565-small-business-adminstration-dealer-bailout-grows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bailout Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dealer News]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=333570</guid>
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Car dealers are some of the most politically connected people in America. As we reported yesterday, more than a few axed GM store owners demonstrated their political muscles by forcing the nationalized automaker to rescind their franchise terminations. Further back in time, we highlighted the Obama administration&#8217;s &#8220;stealth&#8221; dealer bailout: a car dealer-specific Small Business [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Real Deal: Less Than Zero</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/the-real-deal-less-than-zero/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/the-real-deal-less-than-zero/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Clay Wolfe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dealer News]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=333459</guid>
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The car business literally ceased the day World Trade Center I and II fell back to the Earth. And so the savvy suits at GM created a landmark campaign “Keep America Rolling.&#8221; Generous Motors offered 0% interest for 60 months on EVERYTHING they made. Customers had to forfeit their rebates in exchange for 0% interest [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Car Dealers Exempted From Consumer Financial Protection Act</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/car-dealers-exempted-from-consumer-financial-protection-act/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/car-dealers-exempted-from-consumer-financial-protection-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
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The Detroit News reports that car dealers are trustworthy enough (or, more likely, influential enough) to be exempted from the House Financial Services Committee&#8217;s recently-passed version of the Consumer Financial Protection Act. The bill, intended to prevent another credit crisis through federal regulation, would have made dealers subject to Consumer Financial Protection Agency oversight had [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why Penske Let Saturn Die</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/why-penske-let-saturn-die/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dealer News]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=331624</guid>
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Penske Automotive&#8217;s official explanation for pulling the cord on Saturn was that they couldn&#8217;t get a supply deal. Renault-Samsung figured the risks of supplying a reborn Saturn were high, while the reward was (at best) competition with established Nissan offerings.  But Roger Penske was putting his company out on a limb as well. Penske Automotive [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>AutoNation CEO: Control Your Inventory!</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/autonation-ceo-control-your-inventory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/autonation-ceo-control-your-inventory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dealer News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Cars]]></category>
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AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson has issues with the industry practice of maintaining 50 to 60 days worth of supply of new vehicles. In today&#8217;s Automotive News [sub], Jackson advocates for a 30-day benchmark, blasting the manufacturers for their complacency.
What other business accepts the same benchmark for 50, 60 years and says, ‘That’s fine&#8221;? As soon [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>48</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mark LaNeve To Leave General Motors</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/mark-laneve-to-leave-general-motors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/mark-laneve-to-leave-general-motors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dealer News]]></category>
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Fritz Henderson just confirmed in a conference call that GM&#8217;s VP for US Sales Mark LaNeve will be leaving the company by October 15. An email by Henderson obtained by the Detroit News, makes it clear just how long LaNeve outstayed his welcome. There&#8217;s damning with faint praise and then there&#8217;s this:
Mark has contributed significantly [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>68</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Real Deal: Flip, Flop and Fly?</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/the-real-deal-flip-flop-and-fly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/the-real-deal-flip-flop-and-fly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Wolfe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dealer News]]></category>
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It is the time of the season that used car prices fall off.  I began following the wholesale used car market in 1996.  I distinctly recall a dealer friend of mine, Jerry McKinney, explaining it to me this time of year &#8220;Son you better get your nuts in the nest, winter is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mark LaNeve is Insane</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/mark-laneve-is-insane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
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I have no idea why Mark LaNeve still works for General Motors. The former Cadillac man was serving Kool-Aid on the bridge when CEO Rick Wagoner was Richard Nixon channeling Captain Queeg. When Old GM sank into bankruptcy, LaNeve (and Bob Lutz and Fritz Henderson and the whole damn crew) should have gone down with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Full List of Culled Chevy and Cadillac Dealers</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/full-list-of-culled-chevy-and-cadillac-dealers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/full-list-of-culled-chevy-and-cadillac-dealers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
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An anonymous TTAC Tipster has made it possible for me to fulfill my promise to our Best and Brightest. Click here for a pdf list of all Chevrolet and Cadillac dealers slated for closure. Our secret number cruncher created the document by using the information recently provided by another, long-time TTAC source. Thank you both [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>62</slash:comments>
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		<title>Penske Pulls Out Of Saturn Deal</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/penske-pulls-out-of-saturn-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/penske-pulls-out-of-saturn-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
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The Wall Street Journal reports that Roger Penske has pulled out of a deal with GM that would have kept the Saturn brand in business. Per the WSJ report:
The deal called for Penske to initially acquire vehicles from GM but eventually branch out to sell products from Renault SA (RNO.FR) and its Samsung Motors unit, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rejected GM and Chrysler Dealers Launch YouTube Channel</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/rejected-gm-and-chrysler-dealers-launch-youtube-channel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/rejected-gm-and-chrysler-dealers-launch-youtube-channel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
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Make no mistake: GM and Chrysler went into bankruptcy horrendously over-dealered. GM was carrying more than twice Toyota&#8217;s 1500 dealers (with a lot less than twice the market share). The automakers&#8217; needed to cut their franchise network down to size for reasons elucidated here on numerous occasions. The fact that the culled dealers are dogging [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>GM Abandons eBay</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-abandons-ebay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-abandons-ebay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dealer News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Cars]]></category>
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GM&#8217;s grand experiment with Ebay will be over by the end of the month, reports Automotive News [sub]. GM had extended the program once, and was considering continuing it into October. So why didn&#8217;t they? Paging GM spokesfolks&#8230; we have a cleanup on aisle nine&#8230;
The need to roll eBay out nationally isn’t there as it [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>If A GM Dealer Isn&#8217;t On This List, It&#8217;s Dead</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/if-a-gm-dealer-isnt-on-this-list-its-dead/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/if-a-gm-dealer-isnt-on-this-list-its-dead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
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Before I leave TTAC, I will find and publish the list of GM dealers culled during the &#8220;transformation&#8221; from Old GM to New GM. In sworn Congressional testimony, GM&#8217;s CEO Fritz Henderson promised&#8212;begrudgingly&#8212;to provide the list of dead dealers trading to Senator Jay Rockefeller. This on the same occasion that Henderson pledged that New GM [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>47</slash:comments>
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		<title>Axed Chrysler Dealer&#8217;s Smoking Gun</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/axed-chrysler-dealers-smoking-gun/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/axed-chrysler-dealers-smoking-gun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dealer News]]></category>
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Jim Tarbox is not a man who suffers in silence. Since New Chrysler handed his Jeep dealership its walking papers, Tarbox has been a man on a mission. &#8220;I was a top performing dealer,&#8221; Tarbox told me. &#8220;The executives terminated my dealer out of spite.&#8221; Tarbox ain&#8217;t just whistling Dixie. The video above features audio [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nobody Expects The Cash For Clunker Inquisition!</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/nobody-expects-the-cash-for-clunker-inquisition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/nobody-expects-the-cash-for-clunker-inquisition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dealer News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cash for Clunkers: Under Budget but Underachieving</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/cash-for-clunkers-under-budget-but-underachieving/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/cash-for-clunkers-under-budget-but-underachieving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dealer News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Cars]]></category>
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The Freep reports that final cash for clunker numbers show the program coming in under its $3bn budget. $2.877bn was spent on 690,114 deals, according to government data. The bad news? C4C did a mediocre job stimulating the domestic firms; according to the Detroit News. GM, Ford and Chrysler captured just 38.6 percent of all [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>38</slash:comments>
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