Archive for the ‘Industry News’ Category

Ga. state senator bids for flagship Heard store

Monday, November 17th, 2008
A Georgia state senator has filed a bid for the flagship store of bankrupt dealership group Bill Heard Enterprises Inc. On Friday, Nov. 14, Sen. Emanuel Jones bid $12.5 million for the store in Columbus, Ga.

A Pure Gem

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Most of us tend to build a car for a few years and get bored of it rather quickly. Then there are a rarer set of people that cherish their cars from the day they pick it up, to a decade later. Kris Cousens is one of those people, having picked up his ’83 Mazda RX-7 GSL a little over 11 years ago. That’s right, 11 years – some of us haven’t even been driving for 11 years and Cousens has been bui...

Suppliers’ lockout of workers enters 2nd week in Canada

Monday, November 17th, 2008
A lockout of workers by a Canadian supplier of aluminum parts to General Motors and Ford Motor Co. is entering its second week, a labor leader says.

Chrysler dealers go to D.C., ask for industry bridge loan

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Thirty-three Chrysler LLC dealers from 25 states converged on Washington today to lobby lawmakers for a bridge loan to get the domestic industry through its crisis.

GM will delay dealer incentive payments

Monday, November 17th, 2008
General Motors will delay incentive payments to dealers next week in an effort to save cash. The payments for dealer cash, customer cash and other incentives will be delayed from Nov. 28 until Dec.