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When auto dealer Gary Grossinger calls himself “the craziest guy in Chicago,” he’s not talking about his low-priced deals. He’s talking about his Taj Mahal dealership.

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Auto dealer George Gorno, a former member of the Ford National Dealer Council and a past director of the National Automobile Dealers Association, died today at 61.

Tags: Auto Dealer, Automobile Dealers Association, Detroit, Detroit Area, Ford, Ford Dealer, Ford National Dealer Council, George Gorno, Gorno, National Automobile Dealers, National Automobile Dealers Association

Nearly two dozen members of the U.S. Senate sought answers today from General Motors and Chrysler on efforts to resolve complaints from dealers who lost business with the car companies.

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Nearly two dozen members of the U.S. Senate sought answers today from General Motors and Chrysler on efforts to resolve complaints from dealers who lost business with the car companies.

Tags: Auto Dealer, car, Car Companies, Chrysler, Dozen Members, General Motors, Senators, U S Senate, United States Senate

Just three months out of bankruptcy, Chrysler Group is preparing for a likely return to consumer leasing, say auto dealer sources briefed on the plan by the company.

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Just three months out of bankruptcy, Chrysler Group is preparing for a likely return to consumer leasing, say auto dealer sources briefed on the plan by the company.

Tags: Auto Dealer, Bankruptcy, Chrysler, Chrysler Group, Consumer Leasing, Leasing Auto, Leasing Sources, Three Months

Penske Automotive Group Inc. today said it posted a 63 percent decline in quarterly profit as the recession hurt consumer demand for new vehicles. The second-largest U.S.

Tags: Auto Dealer, Automotive Group Inc, Decline, New Vehicles, Penske, Penske Automotive Group Inc., Quarterly Profit, Recession, United States

Virginia auto dealer Don Beyer is President Barack Obama’s choice for U.S. ambassador to Switzerland and Lichtenstein. Obama said last week in a statement he planned to nominate Beyer, who owns five Virginia dealerships.

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Ray Cohen, a former Dodge retailer and advocate for dealer causes, died June 7. He was 84.

Tags: Auto Dealer, Dealer Advocate, Dodge, Dodge Dealer, Ray Cohen

Pennsylvania auto dealer Gregory Graham died of a heart attack while torching new vehicles at his struggling dealership, police said last week. Four flaming cars drew firefighters to Graham Colonial Motors at 2 a.m. on Feb. 17.

Tags: Auto Dealer, Cars, Firefighters, Graham Colonial Motors, Gregory Graham, Heart Attack, New Vehicles, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Auto

U.S. auto dealer profits slid to a nearly two-decade low in 2008 and could fall even more this year. According to the National Automobile Dealers Association, the average dealership made a net pretax profit last year of just 1.

Tags: Auto Dealer, Automobile Association, Automobile Dealers Association, Dealer Profits, Decade, National Automobile Dealers, National Automobile Dealers Association, Pretax Profit, U S Auto, United States

In January 2003, federal prosecutors say, auto dealer Jamie Auffenberg told an undercover Internal Revenue Service agent that when Auffenberg went to the U.S. Virgin Islands, he made a point of recruiting people to share meals or go fishing.

Tags: Auto Dealer, Board Member, Federal Prosecutors, Fishing, Fraud Trial, Internal Revenue Service, Jamie Auffenberg, Offshore Tax, Share Meals, Tax Fraud, U.S. Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands

More than 100 auto dealers and state dealer association executives are here this week to lobby for emergency federal loans to automakers — and to safeguard their own interests, their leaders say.

Tags: Association Executives, Auto Dealer, Auto Dealers, Automakers, Congress, Dealer Association, Emergency Loans, Federal Loans

Minneapolis auto dealer Denny Hecker was hospitalized last night after an auto accident in Plymouth, Minn. Hecker, 56, is in fair condition at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbindale, Minn.

Tags: Auto Accident, Auto Dealer, Denny Hecker, Memorial Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, North Memorial Medical Center, Plymouth, Robbindale