Louisiana

NICK BUNKLEY

Pony up $1,000, get an Elio t-shirt ... maybe a discounted 3-wheeled car

4:11 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 24, 2013
Elio Motors this month revealed plans to reopen the former GM plant in Shreveport, La., where it will pay 1,500 workers 50 percent more than new hires at GM earn to build $6,800, three-wheeled vehicles that get 84 mpg.... Read More »

 

GM trust to sell former La. plant to maker of high-mileage 3-wheel vehicles

3:19 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 3, 2013
Elio Motors has agreed to purchase a former General Motors assembly plant near Shreveport, La., and will use it to build three-wheeled vehicles that it says will get more than 80 miles on a gallon of gasoline, the company said today.... Read More »

 

Gulf Coast dealers try to salvage weekend sales in wake of hurricane

12:41 pm U.S. ET | Aug. 31, 2012
Hurricane Isaac has dissipated after a week of floods and power outages, and now dealers on the Gulf Coast will try to rebuild sales over the Labor Day weekend. Some dealers had to move their inventory to safe ground as Isaac -- whose winds reached 80 mph at peak strength -- dropped a foot of rain in many areas in Louisiana and caused flooding.... Read More »

 

Dealers hunker down as Louisiana grapples with Isaac

11:05 am U.S. ET | Aug. 29, 2012
Hurricane Isaac was blasting the Gulf Coast today, but some car dealers in the flood-prone areas of Louisiana moved their cars to safety before it arrived. As of this afternoon, Isaac had been downgraded to a tropical storm, but was moving slowly -- increasing the risks of greater floods.... Read More »

 

Gulf Coast dealers move to protect vehicles as Hurricane Isaac nears

4:00 pm U.S. ET | Aug. 28, 2012
As Hurricane Isaac bears down on the Gulf Coast, some car dealers in flood-prone areas of Louisiana are moving their vehicles to safety. The storm, which caused Republican National Convention organizers to cancel many of Monday's events in Tampa, has strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane that forecasts from the National Hurricane Center showed coming ashore in the Mississippi Delta late today, possibly taking direct aim at New Orleans.... Read More »

 

Special Report
Dealer O.C. Welch's big-truck turnaround

Dealer O.C. Welch's big-truck turnaround

After Mercury's demise, South Carolina Ford-Lincoln dealer O.C. Welch had to find a way to replace lost revenue. He decided to load up on Super Duty pickups – and sell them online. Mon., June 17
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