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Article: Circus-Like Car Auctions Play Key Role in Used-Car Market.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- April 20, 2001
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By Matt Nauman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 20--Automakers spend millions of dollars to make you think of cars as extensions of your personality, whether it be rugged, refined or racy. You might give your car a nickname, or, after a few years of daily companionship, might even come to think of it as a member of the family.
About 10 minutes at the Bay Cities Auto Auction in Hayward will dash those sentimental thoughts -- forever.
Here, quite simply, cars are commodities. So are pickups, minivans, sport-utility vehicles and even a fire truck that passed through an auction lane on a recent Wednesday ...
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