The late Steve McQueen’s beloved Moonlight Cream ’51 Chevy ragtop will be offered at no reserve at the Auctions America Fort Lauderdale event March 22-24. See this car biz news and more in today’s executive briefing.
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+ Volkswagen AG is overhauling its Puebla, Mexico plant to supply the USA with the next generation of Golf and GTI hatchbacks. More here at Yahoo! Finance.
+ Chip Ganassi Racing scored its fifth Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona win in 10 years with drivers Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, Charlie Kimball, and Juan Pablo Montoya. More here at Racer.
+ Steve McQueen’s 1951 Chevrolet Styleline Deluxe convertible, now owned by Pawn Stars TV personality Rick Harrison, will be offered by Auctions America in Fort Lauderdale March 22-24. More here at the The Wall Street Journal.
+ Saab’s Chinese parent company is attempting a revival of the Trollhattan assembly facility with a production run of 9-3 sedans and convertibles in August. More here at Bloomberg.com.
+ After seven months, Opel sales chief Alfred Rieck has resigned, with Vauxhall managing director Duncan Aldred moving into the position. More here at Inautonews.com.
+ Hyundai and Kia Motors have set aside a combined $412 million to cover reimbursements for false fuel mileage claims. More here at Autoblog,com.
+ The Roy Brizio-built Model T Ford track roadster of John Mumford won the AMBR (America’s Most Beautiful Roadster) Award at the 2013 Grand National Roadster Show at the LA County Fairplex. More here at Bangshift.com.
+ The office manager at a Chrysler-Jeep-Ford dealer in Des Moines was sentenced to 41 months in prison for embezzling $1.4 million over a 14-year period. More here at F&I Showroom.
+ Joe Gibbs racing has signed driver Kyle Busch to a long-term contract extension that includes a Camping World Trucks program. More here at National Speed Sport News.
For the previous Executive Briefing from Jan. 25, click here.
Is that McQueen Chevy the one he drove in his last film? He was a bounty hunter in it.
Right you are, here’s the wikipedia entry on the film http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunter_(1980_film)
Zombies are supposed to be easy to kill, but Saab keeps on coming.
I heard that there were a thousand or so sitting on the docks in New Jersey that they couldn’t sell. Apparently, they were finally auctioned off. Don’t know who got them but I suspect it was for scrap instead of parts.
Oh, man. That’s cruel. LOL We have a couple hardcore Saab zealots here and you are making them bash their heads against the wall.