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At Tom Sparks Auto, we care about your total customer satisfaction. If you or a family member are thinking about finding the perfect vehicle that fits your needs, know that I am here to assist you in any way you need.

For instance, many of my customers have concerns over the price and financing rates of vehicles before they visit. I understand that this is important to everyone when car-shopping. You are not alone.

My hopes are that you find the perfect fit with a great price, reliable product, and comfortable payment. I am sure that is your hope as well. Give me a call when you get the chance and I will personally do my best to make this an easy, perfect experience for you.

I’ve been with Tom Sparks Auto for 17 years and I’ve dedicated myself to making shopping for a vehicle with us a hassle-free and very pleasant experience. Our cars and trucks are “best buys”, know that if it isn’t exactly what you are looking for, I have many other vehicles at my fingertips and want to assist you one way or the other. Please give me a call at 815-739-6054 as our inventory changes daily. I want to make sure I am personally here to help you when you arrive.

After our multi-point safety and mechanical inspection, we give the vehicles a full detail so the vehicle is ready and waiting for you to see at any time. However, it is not just the vehicles we sell that make Tom Sparks the smart choice, it is our great reputation for helping people. Please call or email if you or someone you know are in the market for a car truck or van. I’m looking forward to helping in you in the future.

Tim Jennings

www.tomsparks.com

tjennings@tomsparks.com

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Tom Sparks Auto is the premier Used Car Dealership in Dekalb-Sycamore IL. We are located in Dekalb, Illinois but we serve all of Northern IL and Chicago. We even offer FREE transportation to and from Chicago Airports. The cities we serve include Hinckley, Rochelle, Rockford, St Charles, Elgin, Waterman, Shabbona, Malta, and anyone looking for Worry-Free Car Buying in the states of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin! At Tom Sparks Automotive we have many Used Cars to choose from including Buick, Pontiac, GMC, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge, Hyundai and Kia. For more information about Tom Sparks, please visit https://www.tomsparks.com

The brand that put rolling excitement on the road for generations of Americans has come to an end.

 The last Pontiac for the U.S. market was built by General Motors on Wednesday: a white, G6 sedan that rolled off the assembly line in Orion Township around 12:45 p.m.

There was no cake or commemorative banner or senior GM official on hand, and no media were allowed: just a group of “final process” workers to oversee the last 100 G6 models assembled.

Many workers stopped to pose for photos with the last cars as they moved down the assembly line.

It was a subdued goodbye for an 82-year-old brand that debuted under the bright lights of the New York Auto Show in 1926.

GM announced in April that it would phase out Pontiac as part of a bailout orchestrated by the U.S. government.

Unlike the last Oldsmobile, an Alero signed by hundreds of plant workers and donated to the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum in Lansing, the final G6 models will be sold as part of a fleet order.

“It’s sad that a brand that was once as prestigious as Pontiac is leaving the marketplace,” said Tim Jennings, Internet Sales manager of Tom Sparks Auto of DeKalb IL. “However, as usual, we (Tom Sparks Auto) are making the best out of a bad situation. We are committed to our Pontiac driving friends and will continue to sell and service the brand as long as there is a demand for us to do so.” Pontiac was our number 2 seller last year behind Buicks.

For some Pontiac enthusiasts, it’s an inglorious ending for a car line that popularized Silver Streak styling in the 1930s and defined the muscle car era.

The Orion Township plant will be idled and retooled to produce a new small car in 2011.

“We want to survive the next 18 months until we start building GM’s next small car,” said Pat Sweeney, president of UAW Local 5960, the union that represents workers at the factory.

Sweeney said it was a bittersweet time for the plant’s 2,400 employees.

Many of the same workers were building the Oldsmobile Aurora sedan when GM decided to discontinue Olds in December 2000.

In December, the automaker will end production of the Pontiac G3 Wave, a subcompact built in Mexico and sold only in Canada — marking the official end of production for the brand.

Launched in 1926 as a companion to GM’s Oakland division, Pontiac is the third best-selling automobile line of all time in the United States, behind Chevrolet and Ford.

Under GM’s brand hierarchy, it was slotted above Chevrolet and below Oldsmobile, and was favored for years by schoolteachers, the cast of “I Love Lucy,” and other middle-class wage earners.

But it was during the 1960s that the division came into its own, capitalizing on America’s growing thirst for racing and unbridled performance with muscle cars such as the GTO and Firebird.

More than any other GM brand, Pontiac epitomized performance, speed and sex appeal.

“It was the car teenage boys lusted after and teenage girls hoped to be seen in,” said Bob Casey, automotive historian and curator of transportation at The Henry Ford museum in Dearborn.

Rivals were forced to follow with similar muscle cars, giving Detroit automakers bragging rights over the cars that Japanese rivals were marketing based on fuel economy, quality and reliability.
Pontiac’s U.S. sales peaked in 1984 at almost 850,000 vehicles, roughly four times as many as it sold last year. Over 83 years, Pontiac sold some 41 million cars and trucks, Automotive News estimates.

For some Pontiac fans, the beginning of the end came during the 1970s, when fuel economy concerns forced GM and other automakers to downsize cars.

Foreign competition and a lack of differentiation from other GM models steadily eroded Pontiac’s customer base.

As its U.S. market share steadily dropped from around 50 percent in the 1960s, analysts repeatedly called for GM to trim its bloated lineup and focus on two or three divisions.

As it did with Oldsmobile in the 1990s, GM tried to resurrect Pontiac in recent years with new rear-wheel drive performance models such as the G8 sports sedan and the Solstice roadster.

Venerable names and models like Bonneville, Grand Prix, Firebird and Grand Am were retired.

But it also continued to market vehicles such as the G3, G5 and Torrent that were not much different than Chevy models. And it relied too heavily on fleet customers and struggled to become profitable again.

“Most Pontiacs haven’t been hot in years,” Casey said. “The consumption ladder that GM used for years — a car for every purse and purpose — no longer worked in the U.S. market.”

“Regardless of what GM is doing with Pontiac, one of our best selling cars has always been the Grand Prix and G6,” Jennings said. “We are proud of our history of selling quality pre-owned Pontiacs to the folks in DeKalb, Sycamore and will continue to do so.”

 

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Tom Sparks Auto is the premier Used Car Dealership in Dekalb-Sycamore IL. We are located in Dekalb, Illinois but we serve all of Northern IL and Chicago. We even offer FREE transportation to and from Chicago Airports. The cities we serve include Hinckley, Rochelle, Rockford, St Charles, Elgin, Waterman, Shabbona, Malta, and anyone looking for Worry-Free Car Buying in the states of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin! At Tom Sparks Automotive we have many Used Cars to choose from including Buick, Pontiac, GMC, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge, Hyundai and Kia. For more information about Tom Sparks, please visit https://www.tomsparks.com

Tom Sparks Buick Inc is a former Buick Dealer located in Dekalb, IL. Previously Tom Sparks Buick Inc had offered many New Buick cars in the past, as well as Used Buick cars. Please feel free to Rate and Review the Tom Sparks Buick Inc Dealership so other Buick Car Buyers can have insight on the top Buick Dealerships in and around Dekalb, IL . Also, check out our Google Maps to locate other Dekalb, IL places of business Easy!

 

Just like at Costco and Sam’s Club. We have one of Dekalb countys largest inventory of used cars and trucks. Tom sparks Auto is like a Pre-owned Wholesale Outlet. We have some the following makes Acura, Honda, Hyundai, Infiniti, Isuzu, Kia, Lexus, Mitsubishi, Mazda, Scion, Subaru, Suzuki, and Toyota in stock.

 

 

My name is Tim Jennings, I have 18 years of automotive experience, 15 at Tom Sparks Buick. I have successfully earned the business of 1500 people in the DeKalb area, 3500 people from 243 Illinois communities, plus over 100 people from 20 states.. I strive to do this in a friendly fashion. It is my job to search the Internet and price our vehicles as competitively as possible. I provide cars and trucks of exceptional quality and reasonable cost to our customers. All of our used cars go through a 110-point inspection process. I insure our customers satisfaction through honest sales practices, responsive service and friendly communication at all levels. At Tom Sparks we approach each customer on the Internet and in person with the belief that we are developing a life-long relationship, beneficial to both parties. You can be confident I will be here after each sale to help fill your continuing automotive needs. When you call or visit our dealership in person please ask for me. I have been the Internet manager at Tom Sparks Inc since its inception in 1999. At TomSparks.Com you will start with me.

 

Tom Sparks Auto is the premier Used Car Dealership in Dekalb-Sycamore IL. We are located in Dekalb, Illinois but we serve all of Northern IL and Chicago. We even offer FREE transportation to and from Chicago Airports. The cities we serve include Hinckley, Rochelle, Rockford, St Charles, Elgin, Waterman, Shabbona, Malta, and anyone looking for Worry-Free Car Buying in the states of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin! At Tom Sparks Automotive we have many Used Cars to choose from including Buick, Pontiac, GMC, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge, Hyundai and Kia. For more information about Tom Sparks, please visit https://www.tomsparks.com