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2. The Herb Chambers Companies - Wikipedia

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   In 1984, Chambers was looking to purchase a Cadillac for personal use and while going through the process of buying the car he became so disgusted with the experience, he made an offer to purchase the dealership on the spot for $1.7 million. Chambers found the dealerships during the mid-1980s needed to improve customer service to sell more cars.

3. Sonic Automotive - Wikipedia

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   In 2002, Sonic acquired the sixteen-location Michigan-based Don Massey Dealerships. This brought the company to 134 total locations, making it the second-largest automotive retailer at the time. The acquisition also brought Sonic to 23 total Cadillac dealerships, representing between 5-7% of the brand's total revenue. [13]

4. Victor Potamkin - Wikipedia

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   In 1947, partnering with Matt Slap, he opened a Lincoln-Mercury dealership in Northeast Philadelphia. [1] The store floundered and after discovering that the large Jewish population in the area avoided purchasing Ford cars due to the anti-Semitism associated with Henry Ford, he persuaded Israel's first president, Chaim Weizman, to accept a Lincoln as a gift in 1948 during a public event in New ...

5. Cadillac - Wikipedia

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   Cadillac was the first volume manufacturer of a fully enclosed car, in 1906. Cadillac participated in the 1908 interchangeability test in the United Kingdom, and was awarded the Dewar Trophy for the most important advancement of the year in the automobile industry. On July 29, 1909, [1] Cadillac was purchased by the General Motors (GM ...

6. List of General Motors factories - Wikipedia

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   Cadillac Amsterdam Street plant: Detroit, Michigan: United States: Cadillacs: 1903: 1920: Cadillac's first volume production plant. Located at 450 Amsterdam Street. Rebuilt in 1904 after a fire destroyed the original plant; replaced by the Clark Street plant in 1921. 5 (Plant 2) 6 (Plant 1) 9 (Pre-1976) Antwerp: Antwerp: Belgium: Opel Astra ...

7. Herb Chambers - Wikipedia

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   Chambers started his automotive business after purchasing an Oldsmobile-Cadillac dealership in New London, Connecticut in 1985. His decision to purchase the business was based on his own poor buying experience at the dealership. [5] As Chambers improved the operations of this first car dealership, he started the Herb Chambers Companies.