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• Automotive shop seeking to please new customers - Redlands Daily Facts
• Billion Automotive buys Chezik-Bell Honda - Cedar Rapids Gazette
• Penske Automotive Group, Inc. - Financial and Strategic Analysis ... - PR Inside
• Automotive Equipment - Baltimore Sun
• Peter Brown promoted to publisher of Automotive News - Automotive News

Automotive shop seeking to please new customers - Redlands Daily Facts Posted: 30 Nov 2009 09:34 PM PST AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES Where: 611 Tennessee St., Redlands Opened: Nov. 1 Owner: Becky Winter Services/products: Auto repair, service and diagnostics, including rebuilding engines and transmissions, changing timing belts, brakes, tuneups, maintenance, oil changes while customers wait. There is a courtesy shuttle and a bathroom customers can use. Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday Information: (909) 792-2777 Other: Automotive Technologies opened in place of another auto repair shop and is taking new clients in addition to the business's former patrons, according to manager Chris Winter. The two mechanics each have 25 years of experience, Winter said. The business is having its grand opening sale, 40 percent off labor. The office/waiting area has tables, lamps and framed pictures from Winter's Off Park Avenue store. The Winters, who are brother and sister, are lifetime Redlands residents. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

Billion Automotive buys Chezik-Bell Honda - Cedar Rapids Gazette Posted: 30 Nov 2009 05:52 PM PST Billion Automotive buys Chezik-Bell Honda Posted on Nov 30, 2009 by Admin. Billion Automotive, a South Dakota-based family dealership, has acquired Chezik-Bell Honda in Iowa City. The dealership at 2641 Mormon Trek Blvd., now known as Billion Honda of Iowa City, was acquired Nov. 23, dealership Vice President Dave Billion said. The acquisition is the first Honda dealership for Billion Automotive and its second in Iowa. The company has 14 new car franchises in 11 locations. Billion said all dealership employees except a small number of managers remained on with the dealership after the purchase was finalized. Duke Owens, a former regional vice president for Lithia Motors in the western United States, was named general manager of Billion Honda. "We're very happy to be in the Iowa City market, and especially with a leading franchise such as Honda," Billion said. Billion Automotive dates back to 1935, when its first dealership, an Oldsmobile franchise, opened in Sioux Falls, S.D. The headquarters remains in Sioux Falls. Dave Billion is the son of the founder. He operates the chain of dealerships with his son David Billion, who is president of the Iowa City franchise. Keeping customers satisfied and empowering employees to satisfy customers have been the keys to Billion Automotive's success, Dave Billion said. "We empower our employees to treat people the way they would want to be treated if they went into a business," he said. Billion Automotive offers a wide range of auto nameplates. The company has a strong Internet presence and advertises delivery to customers in a large multistate area. Chezik-Bell Honda was founded in 1987 by John Chezik and former Chicago Bears star Gale Sayers. It operated as Chezik-Sayers Honda until 2004, when the name was changed to Chezik-Bell for owners John Chezik and Jon Bell. Iowa Automotive Holdings LC, a company owned by Chezik and Bell, acquired the former Carousel Ford Lincoln Mercury in Iowa City in 2007, and continue to operate that business. A call to the company's representative was not immediately returned. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

Penske Automotive Group, Inc. - Financial and Strategic Analysis ... - PR Inside Posted: 30 Nov 2009 04:48 PM PST 2009-12-01 01:40:54 - Penske Automotive Group, Inc. - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review - a new market research report on companiesandmarkets.com www.companiesandmarkets.com/Summary-Company-Profile/penske-autom .. Penske Automotive Group, Inc. - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review Summary The ""Penske Automotive Group, Inc. - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review"" is an in-depth business, strategic and financial analysis of Penske Automotive Group, Inc. The report provides a comprehensive insight into the company, including business structure and operations, executive biographies and key competitors. The hallmark of the report is the detailed strategic analysis of the company. This highlights its strengths and weaknesses and the opportunities and threats it faces going forward. Penske Automotive Group (PAG), a subsidiary of Penske Corporation, is engaged in operating franchisee stores of world class brands, both in the US and outside US. The company sells vehicles of several brands, namely, Acura, Audi, Porsche, Nissan, Lexus, Toyota and others. It also offers maintenance and repair services and facilitates the placement of third-party finance and insurance products, replacement and aftermarket automotive products and third-party extended service contracts. The company is also engaged in the exclusive distributorship of the smart fortwo. And More inside the report .. Recent Developments Oct 31, 2009: Penske Automotive Posts Increased Income For Q309 Sep 30, 2009: Penske Automotive Terminates Discussion With GM To Acquire Saturn Scope - Provides key company information for business intelligence needs - The company's strengths and weaknesses and areas of development or decline are analyzed. Financial, strategic and operational factors are considered. - The opportunities open to the company are considered and its growth potential assessed. Competitive or technological threats are highlighted. - The report contains critical company information – business structure and operations, the company history, major products and services, key competitors, key employees and executive biographies, different locations and important subsidiaries. - The report provides detailed financial ratios for the past five years as well as interim ratios for the last four quarters. - Financial ratios include profitability, margins and returns, liquidity and leverage, financial position and efficiency ratios. Reasons to buy - A quick ""one-stop-shop"" to understand the company. - Enhance business/sales activities by understanding customers' businesses better. - Get detailed information and financial & strategic analysis on companies operating in your industry. - Identify prospective partners and suppliers – with key data on their businesses and locations. - Capitalize on competitors' weaknesses and target the market opportunities available to them. - Compare your company's financial trends with those of your peers / competitors. - Scout for potential acquisition targets, with detailed insight into the companies' strategic, financial and operational performance. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

Automotive Equipment - Baltimore Sun Posted: 30 Nov 2009 02:39 PM PST Baltimore Sun, 501 N. Calvert Street, P.O. Box 1377, Baltimore, MD 21278 This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

Peter Brown promoted to publisher of Automotive News - Automotive News Posted: 30 Nov 2009 01:06 PM PST You have requested a page that requires registration. Registration is free and easy. Registrants to AutoNews.com can read Reuters stories and can sign up for our daily and weekly e-mail newsletters. As a paid subscriber, you can access the current week's issue, the Data center and archives for no additional charge. Please sign-in or register. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

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