Fletcher Jones Motorcars breaks car sale record...
Fletcher Jones Motorcars breaks car sale record
Fletcher Jones Motorcars broke a 100-year-old record for vehicles
sold during a calendar year.
The Mercedes Benz dealership logged 5,160 sales of new cars during
the year. No other dealership in the country had ever sold 5,000 cars
in a single calendar year.
“We are delighted to have been recognized for setting a new
standard,” General Manager Garth Blumenthal said. “Our mission has
always been to offer the finest quality automobiles in the world
while providing the highest level of service.”
Fletcher Jones rang up $463 million in sales for the year.
Established in 2001, Fletcher Jones is the nation’s No. 1 Mercedes
dealer and the No. 1 dealer in Newport-Mesa.
The dealership counts 180,000 square feet of showroom space and
includes a cappuccino bar, television lounge, work stations with
telephones and computer hookups, a retail shop and putting green.
The dealer has 400 employees and offers service from 77 service
bays.
Costa Mesa-based ICN has growth of 18.7% in 2002
ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc. grew revenue 18.7% in 2002, from $620.8
million to $737.1 million the previous year, the company reported
Thursday.
ICN’s fourth quarter revenue, which it also reported, was
essentially flat, as the company put the lid on simmering problems
with spin-off Ribapharm Inc. by ousting that company’s board of
directors in January.
The company reported revenue for the quarter ending Dec. 31 of
$199.6 million, compared with the $194.2 million the company earned
the in the same quarter of 2001.
Despite the slight increase in revenue, ICN reported a net loss
for the quarter of $100.7 million, or $1.20 per share. In the prior
fourth quarter, the company was profitable, with 40 cents a share of
income.
ICN, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange, closed Friday at
$9.39, up 0.86% on the day.
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