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the operations of petitioner from 1978 through 1991. Mr. Howard
has been president and general manager of petitioner since 1978.
By 1988, petitioner, primarily through the efforts of Mr. Howard,
had become the number 2 volume sales leader for Pontiac and GMC
trucks in the State of Oklahoma. By 1988, petitioner had also
become the number 1 volume retail sales leader in the State of
Oklahoma for Mazda, Subaru, and Yugo.
The facilities at the automall were approximately twice as
big as were needed for petitioner's operations. Petitioner was
very successful with the vehicle lines represented; however, the
overhead expense from the oversized facilities made the
acquisition of other vehicle lines very important to petitioner.
In 1988 and 1989, Mr. Howard was actively seeking additional
automobile lines from other manufacturers for his automall. Mr.
Howard talked to manufacturers about new dealerships that might
be awarded in the Oklahoma City area.
Mr. Howard was also looking for dealerships whose assets
could be acquired without the necessity of having to enter into
an agreement to lease or purchase the real estate where the
dealership was located. In approximately 1988 or 1989,
petitioner became very interested in the possibility of
representing Dodge, Chrysler-Plymouth, or Jeep-Eagle. Petitioner
could not operate a Jeep-Eagle distributorship without a Jeep-
Eagle franchise.
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