Auto Dealers

Business leaders battle over real estate left behind by Payton WellsRestricted Content

June 9, 2008
Cory Schouten
The Malibus and Impalas disappeared from Payton Wells Chevrolet more than 18 months ago, but the controversy over the defunct dealership at 1510 N. Meridian St. is far from being in the rearview mirror for some of the city's top businesspeople and developers. A court battle over the dealership's properties could determine when and how the roughly six acres of prime land are redeveloped.
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Car makers turn up pressure for bigger, but fewer, storesRestricted Content

May 5, 2008
Chris O'Malley
Domestic automakers were already scheming about new ways to chop dealers--cutting costs to service them--as their market share drained to Toyota and other foreign competitors. Now, an economy standing on the brakes could drive another round of dealer consolidations that might not be a good deal for family-owned peddlers of metal.
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Dealer Services Corp. has rival Adesa taking noticeRestricted Content

August 6, 2007
Chris O'Malley
Dealer Services Corp. is an example of what happens when an entrepreneur sells his company to a bigger one and then comes back to haunt it after he is tossed aside. In this case, the spurned entrepreneur, John Fuller, became a thorn to Adesa Inc. a few years after its CEO sent him packing in late 2001.
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Car dealers to offer license platesRestricted Content

February 19, 2007
Peter Schnitzler
Hoosiers wanting to avoid the hassle of waiting in line at the BMV will soon have an option, but will have to pay about $20 to use it. The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles is launching a project to allow automobile dealers across the state to provide title and license-plate registrations.
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Local software maker teams with MicrosoftRestricted Content

February 19, 2007
Peter Schnitzler
Autobase Inc. has inked a partnership with tech heavyweight Microsoft Corp. that might fuel growth for the Indianapolis-based marketing-software maker. The deal will allow Autobase to piggyback its software on Microsoft's as the Seattle company launches products aimed at auto dealers.
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$1.7M invested in failed firm not authorized, sources sayRestricted Content

September 25, 2006
Chris O'Malley
Trade groups that host the Indianapolis Auto Show and represent 600 car dealers in the Legislature stand to lose $1.7 million they loaned to a local debt-collection agency--loans that sources said were made without the knowledge of the groups' boards or membership.
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Political upstart unloads auto dealershipRestricted Content

August 21, 2006
Chris O'Malley
Eric Dickerson, the Republican trying to unseat Julia Carson in the 7th congressional District, plans to sell his north-side Buick dealership to Ed Martin Automotive Group as early as next month. But the dealership could become a campaign liability even if it's sold.
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