Article: Dealers Look For Car Bargains At Auto Action: What.

Byline: Kyle Arnold

Aug. 18--McALLEN -- The noise is overwhelming, the exhaust fumes are almost intoxicating and people are crammed shoulder to shoulder.

It all creates the frenzy of a mob trying to get a piece of whatever rolls through next. It's a Monday night in McAllen, as more than 100 car dealers -- most from Mexico, but many from local dealerships -- crowd around the selling lanes at McAllen Auto Auction for a look at the cars they may sell on their lots soon. At three different podiums, professional auctioneers Joe Bond, Michael Blackmore and Jim Matson shout bids over loudspeakers at a hectic pace. "Twenty-one, 21, 21, we got 21, how ...

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