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Article: Used-car group is recruiting rejected dealerships.(NEWS)

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August 24, 2009
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Byline: Bradford Wernle

Several former Chrysler executives and dealers are helping recruit rejected Chrysler and General Motors dealerships to establish a used-car chain called AutoStar Superstore.

The plan is to open the first five stores Oct. 1 one each in Albuquerque, N.M.; Portland, Ore.; Las Vegas; St. George, Utah; and Pittsburg, Texas says George Lovato Jr., chairman of AutoStar Dealer Network in Albuquerque. Lovato is the founder of Rent Rite Car Rental Systems Inc., the eighth-largest car rental company in the country.

AutoStar Dealer Network plans to open five stores a month for the first three months and then increase to 10 a month, ...

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