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Ashley Motors ad

February 27, 2010

Allan De La Plante’s recent Shutter Speed tale brought out some memories of Ashley Motors, a car dealership in Toronto back in the Sixties and Seventies. I was pretty sure I had seen an ad or two for the store in the archives, so I went digging. I found the program for the Mac’s Continental [...]

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Not so crazy man loses his mind at Ontario VW dealership

December 10, 2008

Over the years, I’ve heard of some pretty odd freak outs at dealerships but this one takes the cake.
On Monday evening, just before midnight, the night cleaners at Roseland Volkswagen in Burlington go a big surprise when a man driving a 2007 Mazda pick up truck slammed into 3 new cars parked outside the front [...]

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Doors close on 13th largest US dealer group

September 25, 2008

13 car dealerships in 6 states
2700 employees
2007 revenues: $2.13 Billion
Number 13 on the Automotive News Top 125 U.S. dealer groups.
The doors are closed.
There was a time when working for a large dealer group was safe. There was a time when the top selling Chevrolet store (or group of stores) would have been untouchable. These are [...]

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Missouri car dealer offers a killer incentive

May 22, 2008

Car dealers all over are always looking for that special hook that will drive new business into the store. A new and used car dealer in Missouri has taken things to a whole new level by offering customers $250 in free gas or a gift certificate for a semi automatic hand gun. That’s right, you [...]

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