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Where are the customers? Leasing company executive Michael Collins is puzzled why individual car-lease customers aren't battering down his doors these days.
Where are the customers? Leasing company executive Michael Collins is puzzled why individual car-lease customers aren't battering down his doors these days.

Where are the customers? Leasing company executive Michael Collins is puzzled why individual car-lease customers aren't battering down his doors these days.

Date11/18/1990
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  • Where are the customers? Leasing company executive Michael Collins is puzzled why individual car-lease customers aren't battering down his doors these days.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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