Word: chevrolet
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Necessity forces creativity, in Grossman's view. Necessity was the ultimate energy source that propelled him into leasing. The family auto dealership had branched out so widely in the early 1960s that Chevrolet would not grant it more franchises in greater Minneapolis. But Grossman figured out that he could get as many cars as he wanted, if he leased-not sold-them to large companies...
...million on operations in the third quarter. Still stuck with 330,000 of the 1979 model autos and trucks, GM has started its own incentives of $100 to $400 per vehicle for dealers. Yet no come-ons are needed for small models. People attempting to buy the gas-sipping Chevrolet Citation and other GM "X-cars" have waited six months or more for delivery...
DeLorean alleges that in the early 1960s, Chevrolet had two moles working in Ford's product-planning area. "For a price," he says, they "passed on new product information...
...most serious charge, DeLorean contends that GM knew about the safety problems of the Chevrolet Corvair before production began and failed to remedy them. Claims DeLorean: "Charlie Chayne, vice president of engineering, along with his staff, took a very strong stand against the Corvair as an unsafe car long before it went on sale...
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