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Fewer teens are getting their driver’s licenses More seniors are holding onto theirs By Ronald D. White Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — In an era of expensive gasoline and a threadbare economy, fewer young people are getting driver’s licenses and more older people are holding on to them as long as possible. The data reflect big behavioral, technological and economic shifts, said Michael Sivak, research professor at the University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute. “The availability of virtual contact through electronic means has reduced the need for actual contact among young people,” said Sivak, who holds a doctorate in psychology. Parents worry that texting imperils driving skills, but Sivak’s research appears to indicate that teenagers think traffic congestion and high fuel costs are the real nightmares, taking up time and money that could other-
wise be spent on electronic communication. Sivak’s data run from the beginning of 1983 through 2008, when the global recession had been underway for a year. Home values were falling fast from a peak in 2006. And in the second half of 2008, mobile phone users were texting an average of 357 times a month while making just 204 voice calls a month, according to the Nielsen Mobile Report. The other big event late in that 25-year period began in 2007, when the average price of a gallon of gasoline reached seasonal highs in the second half of the year, Energy Department statistics show. That led to a record high average of $4.114 a gallon nationally in summer 2008. Between 1983 and 2008, Sivak said the percentage of 16-yearolds obtaining driver’s licenses around the nation fell from 46.2 percent to 31.1 percent. The percentage of 17-year-olds with
In the 60 to 64 age range, the percentage with driver’s licenses increased from 83.8 percent to 95.9 percent. For those 65 to 69, license holders increased from 79.2 percent to 94 percent. For those 70 and older, the percentage with licenses grew from 55 percent to 78.4 percent. licenses fell from 68.9 percent to 50 percent. For 18-year-olds, the drop was from 80.4 percent to 65.4 percent. The declines were progressively smaller as the age range climbed. The numbers showed big increases in the number of older Americans holding on to their driver’s licenses. In the 60 to 64 age range, the percentage with driver’s licenses
increased from 83.8 percent to 95.9 percent. For those 65 to 69, license holders increased from 79.2 percent to 94 percent. For those 70 and older, the percentage with licenses grew from 55 percent to 78.4 percent. “The elderly are less likely to give up their mobility now than they were 25 years ago,” Sivak said. The improving health of older
Americans is probably one factor; baby boomer stubbornness compared to other generations might be another. A third factor could be that they were beginning to put off retirement after watching nest eggs shrink from home value losses and the recession, just as record fuel costs were whacking their wallets, Sivak said. Fuel prices appear to be repeating the pattern they set in 2007, maintaining a high toll on drivers. Nationally, the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline fell 1.7 cents in the past week to $3.290, according to the Energy Department’s weekly fuel price survey. That was 33.2 cents a gallon more than a year earlier and 22.9 cents above the record for the week, also set in 2007.
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This product photo provided by the Chrysler Group LLC, shows a partial view of the 2013 Dodge Dart, named after the 1960s small car that gearheads turned into street racers. The Dart is due in showrooms during the first half of next year.
Chrysler to reintroduce the Dodge Dart By Tom Krisher
The Associated Press
DETROIT — The Dodge Dart, a 1960s compact car that gearheads turned into street racers, is making a comeback. Chrysler said Tuesday that it will use the Dart name for a new compact car based on Italian technology that it will introduce in the U.S. next year. The Dart, which is expected to get 40 miles per gallon of gas on the highway, is an extremely important car for Chrysler Group LLC, which currently has outdated offerings in the fast-growing compact car market. Young buyers in the United States generally pick compacts as their first new cars, and research shows they’ll stick with a brand if they like their
first vehicle. The new car is based on the Alfa Romeo Giulietta, a compact sold in Europe, but will be wider and longer to handle Americans’ need for more space. Chrysler said in a statement that the four-door sedan will perform well and be efficient. It’s the first car sold by Chrysler dealers that is based on Fiat underpinnings. The Dart, due in showrooms during the first half of next year, will replace the Dodge Caliber, a slow-selling compact SUV that is based on a Spartan design from Chrysler’s lean years before bankruptcy protection. Two other compact SUVs, the Jeep Compass and Patriot, will still be sold. The Dart also is important to Fiat because the Italian company will get another 5 percent stake in
Chrysler once it starts making a car in the U.S. that gets 40 mpg. The Dart will be produced at the Chrysler assembly plant in Belvidere, Ill., where the company is investing $600 million. Chrysler said the Dart, to be formally introduced in January at the Detroit auto show, will offer three choices for a four-cylinder engine. It has a 1.4-liter turbocharged engine that also goes in the high-performance Fiat 500, a 2-liter four and a larger 2.4-liter engine. The Dart comes at a critical time for Chrysler, with strong growth projected in the compact car segment. Compacts could unseat midsize cars this year as the largest U.S. market segment for the first time in at least two decades, according to J.D. Power
and Associates, a marketing information firm. Rebecca Lindland, senior analyst for the IHS Automotive consulting firm, said growth in compacts will continue as the segment attracts young first-time buyers as well as baby boomers who are downsizing their cars. General Motors has taken advantage of the growth with the Chevrolet Cruze, the company’s first decent small car in recent years, she said. The Cruze, which was just introduced last year, is among the top-selling compacts in the nation through November. She said the Dart will have to be really good because competition in the segment is fierce. “You’ve got to have your best game face,” Lindland said. Chrysler nearly ran out of cash
in 2008 and needed a $12.5 billion government bailout to survive bankruptcy protection. In exchange for management expertise and technology, the government gave Fiat SpA control of Chrysler and a 20 percent stake in the company. Under Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne, who now leads both automakers, Chrysler repaid its government loans, and Fiat bought the government’s stock in Chrysler. The government will lose $1.3 billion of its original $12.5 billion bailout. Fiat now controls Chrysler with a 53.3 percent stake in the company. Under a 2009 deal with the government, Fiat got a 20 percent stake after Chrysler exited bankruptcy protection. Fiat gradually raised its stake and gained a majority share in July, when it bought the U.S. Treasury’s remaining shares.
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Rising tolls irk drivers By Daniel C. Vock Stateline.org
WASHINGTON — Tolls along the Eastern seaboard are going up so much, says one official with a trucking trade group, that in four years, a semitrailer making the four-hour trip from Baltimore to New York City could pay as much as $209.25. The price of tolls, in other words, will be more expensive than paying for the driver and fuel.” The Northeast has become a very unfriendly place for business,” said Darrin Roth, the director of highway operations with the American Trucking Associations, “and these higher toll rates make things worse.” Toll rates are climbing on highways, bridges and tunnels across the country. But the Northeast, with its dense concentration of high-priced toll roads, is especially affected. Tolls went up this year in Maryland, Pennsylvania and on the bridges and tunnels connecting New York and New Jersey. And officials are looking at increases in Maine and upstate New York soon. “Times are tough right now,” said Chris Plaushin, director of federal relations for AAA, the club for automobile drivers. “States are looking at any ways they can find revenue, particularly for transportation.” The toll surge is happening even though many of the agencies that run toll facilities are insulated from the fiscal pressures hitting states. The gas tax, for example, is steadily decreasing in buying power as politicians at both the state and federal level resist raising it. But unlike most state highways, toll roads typically do not depend on it. So there are many factors behind what Roth calls the “avalanche of toll increases” in the past few years, and not all are tied directly to the recession. Some states are trying to make up for lost revenue from thinning traffic. But others decided they can no longer afford to put off crucial repairs. And still others — the most controversial of the toll increases — will pay for new construction. This summer, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates three Hudson River crossings, riled up drivers with a massive toll increase proposal. But even after the Port Authority slimmed down its plan and refashioned it to shift some of the burden of the increase from cars to trucks, motorist groups still hate it. AAA filed a lawsuit trying to roll back the toll increases, which would continue to climb through 2015 under the recently adopted plan.
In Florida, state law requires the Florida Turnpike Enterprise to raise tolls by next summer. For car drivers paying cash, the cost of entering New York City on one of the Port Authority’s bridges or tunnels will go from $8 before the increase to $15 when it is fully implemented. The maximum rate for a semitrailer will reach $105. But it is not just the magnitude of the increases that upsets the advocates for drivers and truckers. Instead, they claim that the money that motorists pay will go to subsidize projects that have nothing to do with transportation. The controversy stems from the Port Authority’s vast mandate. It controls some of the most crucial routes into New York City by air, land or sea. It also owns the World Trade Center, where a new office tower is being built to replace the towers destroyed in the 2001 terrorist attacks. “Before the increase, they were raising money to cover the costs of their toll facilities,” said Roth, from the trucking association. “They increased the toll rate to pay for a whole bunch of things unrelated to those toll facilities, primarily to pay for construction for the new World Trade Center.” “In the case of New York,” added Plaushin of AAA, “it seems pretty clear the justification for the toll increase is not to benefit the system users, it is to benefit real estate (developers). And it was not done in a transparent way.” The group filed the lawsuit after the Port Authority refused to release more details about how the new toll revenues would be spent. A Port Authority spokesman declined to comment, citing the ongoing litigation with AAA. But an earlier Port Authority announcement said the proceeds from the toll increases would pay for a new bridge, repair suspender ropes on the George Washington Bridge and make improvements at the airports and on its commuter rail lines. The Illinois Tollway Authority, which runs a network of roads in northern Illinois, also approved major toll increases this August. Tolls nearly doubled on some stretches of road, from 40 cents to 75 cents. The revenue is expected to raise $8 billion in 15 years, to go toward a major highway construction program. Much of the effort is focused on improving the agency’s existing roads over the next 15 years. The toll increase will help fund some
new construction in Illinois, as well. Most noteworthy is the extension of a suburban highway to the west side of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, which is currently only accessible from the east. When tolls go up in January, it will be the first time most Illinois motorists paid an increase since 1983. Maryland, too, has raised tolls that for certain drivers using some facilities had not been raised in decades. In raising tolls on bridges, tunnels and highways around the state, Maryland officials cited the need to catch up on maintenance — as well as paying for a new toll road called the Intercounty Connector, a segment of which opened in November. Maine drivers could face a toll increase, thanks to one byproduct of the down economy: fewer drivers on the road paying tolls to support the system. This is highly unusual for the state. For six decades, the Maine Turnpike Authority never saw a drop in revenue; the streak ended in 2008. Declining traffic remains a problem. This year’s traffic is down 1 percent from last year, with a corresponding drop in revenue. That is one reason, says agency spokesman Dan Morin, that the turnpike authority is looking at raising tolls by about 25 percent in 2013. The extra $25 million would also help pay for the reconstruction of bridges. There are 176 spans along the 109-mile road, and many are reaching the end of their life. Plus, the agency is preparing to expand an eight-mile stretch of the road from two to three lanes in each direction. The turnpike authority put the widening project on hold, because of the recession, Morin says, but it is still upgrading the bridges in that area so that they will be able to accommodate the wider road. In Florida, state law requires the Florida Turnpike Enterprise to raise tolls by next summer. A 2007 law directed the agency to raise its tolls within five years in order to keep up with inflation, and now that deadline is approaching. The Pennsylvania Turnpike enacted toll increases for the fourth year in a row when it scheduled hikes in 2012. It also approved a plan to hike those rates again in 2013 and 2014. Those increases include money that the turnpike must hand over to the state to help pay for other transportation needs.
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Persistent clunk a family trait By Brad Bergholdt McClatchy-Tribune News Service
QUESTION: My problem is with a 2007 Pontiac G6 that I recently bought used from a private owner. It has about 63,000 miles on it, and it’s a base model. I have a clunking noise coming from the steering area around the foot well, only in slow speed and parking maneuvering. Could you please give me some insight into what the problem may be? Thank you. —Sally Smor
ANSWER: Great symptom description, Sally. This is a fairly common concern with this vehicle and its Chevy Malibu and Saturn Aura siblings. Like many vehicles, your G6 employs an intermediate steering shaft, which is situated between the steering column and rack and pinion, or steering, unit. The intermediate shaft contains two small universal joints to allow angular changes and a telescopic joint to protect you in the event of a major front collision. Among the possible causes of steering noises, the one most commonly mentioned for this vehicle is a lack of lubrication in the intermediate shaft’s telescopic joint. GM’s technical service bulletin .0602-32-007G addresses this concern and lists a procedure to remove the intermediate shaft, lubricate the telescopic joint, and reinstall the part. The only problem is the fix doesn’t seem to last very long, and the clunk recurs. I don’t believe a little slop in the telescopic joint poses a safety concern, but the noise can certainly be discomfiting. The prudent course of action is to have the G6 checked for the exact cause of the
Under the hood noise and then determine a solution. Other possible causes of a clunk noise are loose subframe cradle bolts, a loose pinch bolt at the column to intermediate shaft connection, or a loose pinch bolt at the intermediate shaft to steering rack connection. The pinch bolt clamps can also be mispositioned. While these procedures and checks could be performed by any qualified automotive technician, I recommend taking the G6 to the dealer for this situation for two reasons. The dealer is privy to the most recent and hopefully effective repair option, and you want to build the most credible paper case related to this concern. With a number of folks complaining about this issue, there’s a chance GM may come up with a better solution in the future and offer reimbursement for previous repair costs. Keep your repair receipts. I hesitate to mention this, but I would be remiss if I didn’t: Another rare concern that can occur with earlier versions of this vehicle platform, and possibly your model year, is a fault with the electric power steering system. The driver, alerted by a warning chime and a power-steering error message on the radio display, may lose steering assist, which results in very stiff but manageable steering. To repeat, this is a very rare situation, but is under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and it’s worthy of keeping an eye on.
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Japan executives, unions demand lower auto taxes By Yuri Kageyama
The Associated Press
TOKYO — Surrounded by dozens of cardboard boxes packed with 4 million petition signatures, the presidents of major Japanese automakers demanded Monday the end of what they called exorbitant taxes on cars that threaten to hollow out manufacturing and wipe out jobs. The plea from the heads of Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co., Honda Motor Co. as well as representatives from auto unions and dealers — a rare show of combined forces — underlines the industry’s crisis from the March tsunami disaster, the surging yen and stagnant sales. “This goes beyond the problem of a hollowing out of the economy. The industry could be destroyed,” Toyota President Akio Toyoda said after standing with other officials with clenched fists. “Once jobs are lost overseas, it is impossible to recover them.” The officials said they want to retain manufacturing in Japan as much as possible to keep technological development going, as well as protecting jobs. But the odds are stacked against them, they said, partly because of a complex system of taxation on cars estimated to be about twice or triple those in Great Britain and Germany, and a whopping 49 times the U.S. Also battering Japan’s manufacturers has been the strong yen, which eats away at the value of overseas sales. Each time the dollar falls by one yen, the eight major Japanese automakers lose $1 billion. The auto execs appear to have public opinion on their side. They were taking to the government a petition demanding the end of such taxes, signed by more than 4.3 million people in just two months. Japanese car taxes, which are paid each year for ownership in addition to the time of purchase, are so high that over a decade a car owner pays more in taxes than
their original outlay on the vehicle, they said. Reducing the tax burden would potentially add some 920,000 vehicles to annual auto sales in Japan, according to a government estimate. Japan’s annual sales of new autos have shrunk to about 4.25 million vehicles, falling from a peak 7.8 million vehicles in 1990. Japan’s Vice Finance Minister Fumihiko Igarashi said cutting car taxes would involve a reduction in government revenue and be difficult to do “because there is no other form of tax income to make up for it,” Kyodo news agency reported. But in a television interview, he said the government could extend tax breaks for green cars that are set to expire in March. Studies show younger people’s interest in cars has been fading rapidly, especially in urban areas. Rural residents tend to need more than one car per household, but are suffering from the heavy tax burden. The March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan disrupted parts supplies and slowed production, battering the profits at the Japanese automakers. Just as they were starting to recover and make up for lost production, the recent flooding in Thailand has disrupted the supply chain again. Toyoda said Japan needs to recover from the disaster, and help for the auto industry is critical in the recovery. “Please look at all of us who are here today,” he told reporters at a Tokyo hotel. “We want to speed up the recovery so we are all here.” The representatives also asked that tax breaks on green cars, which began in 2008 and are set to end next year, be continued to keep sales of hybrids and electric vehicles going. “The sense of crisis we have is unprecedented,” said Nissan Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga.
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Visitors inspect vehicles displayed at a Toyota Motor Corp. showroom in Tokyo. Toyota says its July-September profit dropped 18.5 percent to $1 billion as it made and sold fewer cars because of parts shortages caused by the March tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan.
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Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito, center, speaks during a joint press conference with presidents of Japan’s major automakers in Tokyo. Others are, from left: Osamu Masuko of Mitsubishi Motors Corp.; Takashi Yamanouchi of Mazda Motor Corp.; Ito; Akio Toyoda of Toyota Motor Corp.; and Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Nissan Motor Co. Toshiyuki Shiga.
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Orlando parking lot installs EV charger Special to On The Move
MIAMI BEACH — Car Charging Group Inc., a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging services, has completed the installation and is now providing EV charging services at Park, Bark and Fly, the largest offsite parking facility near the Orlando International Airport, with more than 2,500 parking spaces. “Park, Bark and Fly is focused on providing its customers with a unique parking experience and
now those customers who drive EVs can charge up while they travel,” said Michael D. Farkas, CEO of Car Charging Group Inc. “Airport parking facilities are an excellent location for EV charging stations and we are excited to partner with Park, Bark and Fly to help meet the all encompassing needs of their customers.” The company will monitor usage and demand and expand its EV charging services at Park, Bark
and Fly as needed. “Our focus from our inception in 2006 has been to provide our customers with an off-site parking experience that exceeded the consumer experience at on-site airport parking lots,” said, Domingo Pietri, supervisor of Park, Bark and Fly. “We are experiencing a growing number of customers parking EVs at our facility and want to provide these customers with the ability to recharge while traveling, waiting
to pick up passengers or conducting other business at OIA.” At Park, Bark and Fly, Car Charging Group has installed a Level II, 240-volt, EV charging station, manufactured by Coulomb Technologies, the leading EV charging solutions company. Park, Bark and Fly customers now have access to the ChargePoint Network, the largest global online network connecting EV drivers to unoccupied charging stations.
Car Charging Group will provide flexible payment options, the ability to make reservations, and tracking of customer usage patterns, energy use, costs and revenues, all via the ChargePoint Network’s cloud-based software service plans for managing EV charging operations. Through the network, EV drivers benefit from ChargePoint mobile apps (iPhone, Blackberry and Android), mapping services and driver support services.
Winterize your car in sunny climes? Not as odd as it sounds By Steven Cole Smith The Orlando Sentinel
ORLANDO — “Snow, slush and ice is on the way! Is your vehicle winter ready?” So says the news release from a tire company — one of many such releases sent out this time of the year. Obviously, here in the Sunshine State, if we get much “snow, slush and ice,” we’ll have bigger problems than wondering if our vehicles are ready for it. But as odd as the idea of “winterizing” your car in Florida may be, there’s still something to it. The annual winterization process serves the duplicate purpose of checking out our car or truck, and replacing those things that need it. No, there’s no need in warm climates for serious winterization — forget the snow tires — but there are
aspects of winterization that are worth your attention. An example: Antifreeze. While the obvious purpose of it is to prevent engine freeze-up, it also provides some significant corrosion protection for your engine and radiator and the rest of the cooling system. Warm fluid from the engine also routes through your vehicle’s heating and defrosting system. Certainly antifreeze has improved over the years, but the new “long life” fluids, which tout change intervals of five years or 100,000 miles, have not been particularly well-received by many mechanics. Besides preventing rust on steel or iron parts, antifreeze keeps aluminum parts from corroding. Antifreeze also picks up various contaminants during its travels through the engine, radiator and heater core, and expecting the same level of protection at
100,000 miles that you get when the antifreeze is new seems a stretch. Change antifreeze every three years or 30,000 miles. At the very least, have your mechanic check the condition of your antifreeze if you insist on stretching out the intervals. There are pH strips available that can help determine what sort of shape the antifreeze is in. A 50-50 mix of antifreeze and distilled water (minerals that may be present in tap water make it risky to use) — typically protects to 34 degrees below zero. That’s plenty. Batteries can also suffer from cold weather. Even a 30-degree drop in temperature can tax an already-weak battery to the point where it won’t start your car. All batteries eventually fail, and it’s better to replace one before it leaves you stranded. Check battery cable connections, too. Marginal connections
might not supply enough electricity to crank your engine in colder weather. This is also a good time to check any type of rubber part. Even a mild drop in temperatures can make aging and already-brittle windshield wiper blades ineffective, especially after a few summers of Florida sun have dried the rubber out. New blades are more pliable and work better. It’s the same thing with rubber hoses and belts — look for cracks or fraying in the belts, or odd discoloration or soft spots in the radiator hoses. All this comes under the category of regular preventative maintenance, but in our mild winter weather, it’s easy to assume everything under the hood is as comfortable as we are. Performance cars in the South are often shod with “summer” tires, which have a tread pattern and rubber compound
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that doesn’t work well up north in the winter. But according to The Tire Rack, a tire retailer, “traction loss appears as ambient temperatures near freezing, even without slush or snow on the road. Lower temperatures reduce a tire’s flexibility and grip. At 32 degrees, the tread rubber on the summer tires found on many performance vehicles become so stiff they offer little traction.” This can be especially critical on wet surfaces. As the temperature drops, keep an eye on tire pressure: Tires lose one pound of pressure for every 10 degrees the temperature drops. If they were properly inflated at 95 degrees, at 45 degrees, they’d be five pounds low. This is more important up north; in the South, it’s less critical in a cold snap where temperatures are back up to customary levels after a day or two.
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850-576-6171
‘07 DODGE Dakota
‘06 DODGE Dakota
‘08 MAZDA CX-7
‘09 NISSAN Rogue
Tilt-Adjustable Steering Wheel, PW, Cruise, PS.
Tilt-Adjustable Steering Wheel, PW, Cruise, PS.
1 Owner
60K Miles. 1 Owner. Leather. Sunroof.
$12,977
850-576-6171
Kraft Nissan
$15,777
850-576-6171
$15,977
Kraft Nissan
850-576-6171
Kraft Nissan
$16,777
850-576-6171
‘07 NISSAN Xterra
‘06 NISSAN 350Z
‘08 TOYOTA RAV4
‘09 NISSAN Frontier
Only 38K Miles. 1 Owner. Certified Pre-Owned.
Only 40K Miles. Like New.
Tilt and Telescopic Steering Wheel, PW, Cruise.
Only 40K Miles. Certified Pre-Owned. 1 Owner.
$16,977
850-576-6171
Kraft Nissan
$16,977
850-576-6171
$18,977
Kraft Nissan
850-576-6171
Kraft Nissan
$19,977
850-576-6171
‘08 INFINITI G35
‘11 FORD Mustang
‘08 INFINITI M35
‘10 NISSAN Armada
Tilt and Telescopic Steering Wheel, PW, Cruise, Spd-Proportional Power Steering.
Tilt-Adjustable Steering Wheel, PW, Cruise.
All The Toys. 1 Owner.
17K Miles. 1 Owner. Every Option Available.
$21,977
850-576-6171
Kraft Nissan
$21,977
850-576-6171
Kraft Nissan
850-576-6171
$24,777
850-576-6171
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Kraft Nissan
‘07 PONTIAC G5
Tilt and Telescopic Steering Wheel, PW, Cruise, Spd-Proportional Power Steering.
Kraft Nissan
850-576-6171
‘01 TOYOTA Camry
‘05 CADILLAC STS
Kraft Nissan
$8,477
Kraft Nissan
$36,377
850-576-6171