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Taking shape: Jose Dedeurwaerder (right), president of American Motors Corp., tours the partly completed AMC plant in Brampton with Dennis Montone, director of the manufacturing program for the new X-58 model.
Taking shape: Jose Dedeurwaerder (right), president of American Motors Corp., tours the partly completed AMC plant in Brampton with Dennis Montone, director of the manufacturing program for the new X-58 model.

Taking shape: Jose Dedeurwaerder (right), president of American Motors Corp., tours the partly completed AMC plant in Brampton with Dennis Montone, director of the manufacturing program for the new X-58 model.

Date10/3/1985
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  • Taking shape: Jose Dedeurwaerder (right), president of American Motors Corp., tours the partly completed AMC plant in Brampton with Dennis Montone, director of the manufacturing program for the new X-58 model.
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A Blue Jay fan from Detroit?, American Motors Corp. president Jose Dedeurwaerder doffed his Tigers cap and donned a Toronto Blue Jays cap yesterday to go to the ball game, after confirming the carmaker plans a new $764 million new plant in Brampton.
A Blue Jay fan from Detroit?, American Motors Corp. president Jose Dedeurwaerder doffed his Tigers cap and donned a Toronto Blue Jays cap yesterday to go to the ball game, after confirming the carmaker plans a new $764 million new plant in Brampton.
Bock, Tony
6/11/1984
A Blue Jay fan from Detroit?, American Motors Corp. President Jose Dedeurwaerder doffed his Tigers cap and donned a Toronto Blue Jays cap yesterday to go to the ball game, after confirming the carmaker plans a new $764 million new plant in Brampton.
A Blue Jay fan from Detroit?, American Motors Corp. President Jose Dedeurwaerder doffed his Tigers cap and donned a Toronto Blue Jays cap yesterday to go to the ball game, after confirming the carmaker plans a new $764 million new plant in Brampton.
Bock, Tony
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Keeping options open: Leaning on a jeep his company built, William Carroll, president of American Motors (Canada) Inc., says all the reports about a huge Quebec automotive operation by AMC mystify him. But he's open to any offers.
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McConnell, Colin
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AMC blows its top: The '85 convertible Renault Alliance was unveiled yesterday, a larger-engined model AMC president Maurice Fertey thinks will help boost company sales. It has a 1.7 litre engine that will also be standard in Encore GS and Alliance Limite
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Stuparyk, Michael
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End of the line? Herbert Thompson, who quit a General Motors assembly line to build his own business selling motor homes, fears he might have to close down
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McConnell, Colin
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Waiting and hoping: AMC Canada president Maurice Fertey says he will know by the end of April whether the Brampton plant will build a new line of cars. The model could replace the Eagle, shown with Fertey, and create possibly hundreds of new jobs. The Bra
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Peter McMullen: Despite car industry's woes, analyst still favors General Motors stock.
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Slaughter, Mike
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Tradesman: Electrician Andrew Paterson, top, faces an uncertain future in his government job, but Gary Laver feels secure with General Motors.
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Eglinton, Rick
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Subcompact Sedan: American Motors Canada president Maurice Fertey unveiled its new Alliance yesterday. It boasts the best fuel economy of any gasoline-fueled car built in North America - 4.5 litres per 100 kilometres, or 62 miles per gallon, on the highwa
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Beaty, Keith
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Enthusiastic car dealer Gord Townrow points to copy of American Motor's new warrantly pasted on window of a 1972 model
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Lennon, Frank
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