Doors of Pontiac

J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Despite Higher Customer Satisfaction with the New-Vehicle Sales Process, Automotive Brands, on Average, are Losing 12 Percent of Buyers to Competitors Due to Poor Customer Treatment.
Journal of Transportation; 12/26/2009; 1245 words; ...critical that potential buyers are not pushed out the dealer's door because of a poor customer experience," said Osborn. "Manufacturers...Following in the mass market segment rankings are smart, Buick, Pontiac and Chevrolet, respectively. All seven Ford and GM mass market...

Recession turns Ga. dealer's dream into a nightmare.(Nissan North America)
Automotive News; 12/21/2009; 1819 words; ...Nissan plans to introduce late next year, with larger service doors and powerful lifts capable of raising loaded cargo vans. Fire...store across town. Doll's other operation, Doll Cadillac-Pontiac-Buick-GMC in Americus, Ga., also has no new-vehicle...

Police, court headlines
Dayton Daily News; 12/18/2009; 633 words; ...the purse containing about $17 in cash, Guess said, and the man and an accomplice drove away in a silver, four-door Pontiac Grand Prix north on Dixie Drive. The robbery is the third inside or outside the Walmart this year, he said. -- Amelia...

Police beat
Capital (Annapolis); 12/16/2009; 782 words; ...the man opened the passenger's-side door and demanded money. When the victim refused...traffic stop in Severn. Officers stopped a Pontiac Grand Prix on Citadel Drive about 10...said. A second officer peaked inside the Pontiac and could see traces of the suspected...

The blotter.(Neighbor)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 12/16/2009; 1036 words; ...smashed the rear sliding glass door at a home on Horizon Drive around...small window next to the front door at a home on Dunamon Drive around...painted graffiti on an outside gym door at Liberty Elementary School...charger and damaged a CD in a 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix on the 300 block...