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New Sonic president has a plan in hand

As the heir apparent at Sonic Automotive Inc., Scott Smith said he will follow the road map that made his father a billionaire: Buy more dealerships, focus on luxury and import brands, and standardize dealership processes.
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Monday, 18 September 2006
Just as bulldozers begin grading the site of Nissan's new U.S. headquarters in Franklin, Tenn., the automaker's real estate agents have unloaded its previous home in Gardena, Calif. Read more at: http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060918/SUB/60915059/1128/rss02&rssfeed=rss02.

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