CALLING OFF-ROADERS ROMANIAN SUV DEALERSHIP SLATED.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer PALMDALE - An unique dealership is expected to join Palmdale's auto mall, selling off-road vehicles off-road vehicle off n → véhicule m tout-terrain from Romania. Auto dealer Mike Taheri is buying 3.1 acres from the city in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Auto Mall to build a Cross Lander dealership, expected to open by December 2006. ``This will be one of the few places where you can buy one,'' said Councilman Mike Dispenza. ``It's a good fit for our area. It's a very affordable vehicle.'' In keeping with similar land transactions at the auto mall, Tehari will not actually pay for the property. Instead, the city would write off the $810,000 sales price through sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. revenue generated by the new business over the next 10 years. The total taxable sales projected from vehicle sales on the property are expected to exceed $7.8 million. Targeted at off-road enthusiasts rather than at SUV owners who seldom need their four-wheel-drive capability, the Cross Lander 244X The Cross Lander 244X is a basic, rugged 4x4 SUV built in Romania and based on the ARO 244. Sales in the United States were expected to begin in 2005, with targets of 6,000 units per year but the launch has been cancelled. sport recreation vehicle is tall and boxy box·y adj. box·i·er, box·i·est Resembling a box, especially in simplicity or rectangularity. box  i·ness n. , described by manufacturer
Auto Romania as a no-frills vehicle.
The vehicle gained U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and certification last December. Manufactured in Campulung, Romania, the vehicles will be equipped with a 4.0-liter V-6 engine and are expected to sell in the low- to mid-$20,000 range, the company said. There are 148 dealerships signed up nationwide, but sales have not started, company officials said. The company calls itself the only international manufacturer aggressively targeting American off-road enthusiasts. Jim Skeen, (661) 267-5743 james.skeen(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (ran in SAC Sac: see Sac and Fox. SAC - 1. An early system on the Datatron 200 series. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. and AV editions only) Auto dealer Mike Taheri is buying 3.1 acres in the Antelope Valley Auto Mall to build a dealership to sell the Romanian-built Cross Lander SUV. The dealership is expected to open by December 2006. |
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