Car Dealer News for 18-Jun-2006
'Local Car Dealer Brings $1.7 Million ?Lemon? Lawsuit (Metropolitan News-Enterprise) Local luxury car dealer Mark Johnston sued DaimlerChrysler in Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday, claiming that his $1.7 million Mercedes AMG CLK-GTR Limited Edition Roadster died the first time he drove it.
'Car Dealer's Suit Alleges Mercedes Roadster Is a Dud (Chicago Tribune) A dealer claims the $1.7-million car is a dud and wants his money back. Mercedes USA denies culpability. It was a sweet ride turned sour: a $1.7-million Mercedes-Benz roadster that died after cruising 10 blocks.
'Owners closing new car dealer (The Jackson Citizen Patriot) Eagle Chevrolet, the only new car dealership in the Leslie area, is going out of business. Sales Manager Nick Caldwell said the dealership's owners decided to close the business last week but the decision came as little surprise because sales have been down for months.
'Action Line: Car dealer should be upfront with correct fee (San Jose Mercury News) Q I purchased my car at a dealership in January and recently received a letter from them saying that I owed them a balance for registration fees.
'Car Dealer's Suit Alleges Mercedes Roadster Is a Dud (Los Angeles Times) A dealer claims the $1.7-million car is a dud and wants his money back. Mercedes USA denies culpability.
'Huntington car dealer indicted on charges of defrauding bank (The Charleston Gazette) A Huntington area car dealer was indicted Thursday on charges of defrauding BB&T out of more than $6 million. Federal grand jurors issued the 38 counts of mail and wire fraud against Frederick G. Davis, 53, of Lesage, owner of Davis Chrysler-Plymouth in Huntington.
'Report: cell phone records link mayor to accused dealer (Boston Globe) At least 13 phone calls were placed from Mayor John Fabrizi's city-issued cell phone to an alleged cocaine dealer between October and December 2004, the Connecticut Post reported Sunday.
'(AFX UK Focus) 2006-06-15 10:24 GMT: DaimlerChrysler being sued by US car dealer over 1.7 mln usd junk car (Interactive Investor) LOS ANGELES (AFX) - An exotic car dealer in the US yesterday said he has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against DaimlerChrysler AG and its subsidiary Mercedes-Benz for a full refund on a malfunctioning rare automobile, calling it "the world's most expensive lemon."
'US car dealer sues DaimlerChrysler over 1.7 million dollar junk car (AFP via Yahoo! News) An exotic car dealer announced he filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against German carmaker DaimlerChrysler AG and its subsidiary Mercedes-Benz for a full refund on a malfunctioning rare automobile, calling it "the world's most expensive lemon."
'Car dealer charged with fraud (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch) HUNTINGTON -- A former Huntington car dealer is facing up to 90 years in federal prison and/or a $2.5 million in fines after he was indicted this week on charges of bank fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.
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