Specials Bolster Auto Sales: Area Customers Seem to Respond to ...
Car salesman Dan Ruff at work yesterday at Templetor Oldsmobile. a new-ear dealer in the Tyson,Ûªs Corner area.</br></br>The long weekendÛªs George WashingtonÛªs birthday automobile specials helped revive flagging sales in an industry troubled by imports, gasoline prices and inflation, dealers said.</br></br>Area auto dealers, still wincing at the memory of last FebruaryÛªs snow which buried one of the season's biggest sales, decked out their dealerships with holiday decorations and promotions. and the customers seemed to respond.</br></br>Û÷Saturday was the best day weÛªve had since last summer,Û said Steve Templeton, ' ice president of Templeton Û¢ ddsmobilo. Û÷It perked everybodyÛªs spirits up.Û he said. Yesterday would-be buyers .wandered through the showroom in a steady stream, shopping there apd in a warehouse set aside lor a special ÛÏwarehouse sale.Û</br></br>At Dick Herriman's Ford, a countrv music radio station disc jockey handed out plastic roses and invited people to come on down, which 200 to 300 did over the weekend, according to Herriman. ÛÏToday's been good shopping,Û said Herriman. who said it looked as if the dealershipÛªs weekend volume might equal holiday volume in 1978.