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Introduction |
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Getting the Fever |
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Finding a true calling: working with cars and marketing them |
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Learning the Ropes |
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At Kaiser, learning what a good tie-in promotion requires - but not enough power to buck the system |
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Early Successes...and Failures |
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First ignored, then tolerated, product knowledge leads to Chevrolet success; arrogance to a job loss |
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Temporary Insider |
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A chance to work at Chrysler gives experience as the client, but happiness is fleeting |
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A Player on the "Hot" Team |
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A move to Pontiac, where big changes are redefining the car, marketing ideas win power |
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The Royal Treatment |
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How Royal Pontiac made "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday" work, all the way to an NHRA drag racing win |
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Forging the Bonds |
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The final players take their place for the start of the musclecar era, as the GTO is born |
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The Tiger Learns to Roar |
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Firing on all cylinders: GTO marketing ranges from magazines to shoes to breakfast cereal to Tigers to Monkees |
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Shifting Gears |
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Major changes in corporate policies force a rethinking of marketing strategies |
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Judge...and judgement |
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As the GTO reaches its apogee, the author falls victim to corporate politics |
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Dealing Myself Out |
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Adventures at Hurst; how running a dealership is not the same as marketing cars |
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Nothing but Sizzle |
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Take one car, add stripes, a spoiler, a wheel package and paint, and presto! a new model |
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The Consultant |
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Building a business out of performance comparisons |
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Why the Tiger Roared |
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Marketing and brand management in today’s environment, and how the Wide-Track concept would fare today |
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Afterword: Preserving the Legend |
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The importance of the car hobby today |
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Index |
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Art Credits |
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About the Authors |
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