The company's recent fine followed a separate nine-month investigation by prosecutors into the imposition of restrictions and excessive sales targets on independent dealers.
Not so with cars ordered directly from Avtovaz or from independent dealers, which often arrive with windshields smashed, wiring pulled out or tires slashed.
Mr Nasser has also started to revolutionise distribution, buying independent dealers in cities such as San Diego and then merging them into company-run superstores.
The lingering downturn is slimming the ranks of smaller and less sound regional and independent broker-dealers.
Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs now stand alone as Wall Street's independent broker-dealers, and many don't think they can last too long without a bank deal.
Crestron sells its products through a small army of 15, 000 independent partners and dealers tiny home-theater vendors to major home builders backed by an internal sales, customer-support and marketing staff in 57 offices spanning 45 countries.
While no one tracks the number of regional or independent broker-dealers that have gone out of business, analysts who track the industry say that at least a dozen have closed their doors due to insufficient capital or issues with complex investments like private placement in just the last six months.
Plenty of Oldsmobiles are still on the road today, and continue to receive service through GM dealers and the independent aftermarket industry.
Volkswagen sells the Beetle, Beetle Convertible, Eos, Golf, Golf R, GTI, Jetta, Jetta SportWagen, Passat, CC, Tiguan, Touareg and Routan vehicles through approximately 600 independent U.S. dealers.
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Nasdaq has been seeking for some time to become independent from the National Association of Securities Dealers, which regulates the exchange, but the SEC has yet to make a decision.
Ford is currently in negotiations with potential dealers with a goal to establish an independent dealer network for the model that will offer a new level of personalized service not currently offered by rivals.
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David Morgan, independent precious-metals analyst with Silver-Investor.com, also cited typical buying by dealers at the start of each year.
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The independent consultants are scheduled to meet April 20 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the National Association of Securities Dealers and the New York State attorney general.
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