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Major Automotive Companies company history timeline

1995

Fidelity Holdings Inc., founded in October 1995 by Bruce and Harold Bendell and Doron Cohen and based in Kew Gardens--another Queens community--was a holding company engaged in two different businesses.

1996

In 1996 Bendell's Major Automotive Group was doing about $180 million a year in business.

The Plastics and Utilities Products Division consisted of a development-stage company acquired in 1996.

Fidelity Holdings began appearing on the NASDAQ OTC Bulletin Board in 1996 and initially traded at $4 to $5 a share.

1997

Major Automotive had sales of $144.5 million and Fidelity Holdings had revenue of $3.86 million in 1997.

2000

Expansion of its auto business raised Fidelity Holdings' revenues to $322.14 million in 2000.

The company sold 5,369 new vehicles in 2000, of which Chevrolet accounted for 42.6 percent.

2001

The terms called for Cogan to become Major Automotive's chairman and chief executive and, with his nominees, to hold four seats on the seven-member board. Its stock dropped as low as 23 cents a share before the company was renamed in May 2001 and issued a reverse one-for-five-share stock split, which raised the price level to about $2 a share.

The telephone calling-card subsidiary, ICS Globe, Inc., was sold to the same company in July 2001 for $240,000.

- By 2001, Chrysler had three marques worldwide: Jeep, Dodge, and Chrysler.

2005

By 2005, 80 percent of global production came from 11 countries, representing a widening of the playing field and a significant growth in global competition.

2008

In the summer of 2008, record fuel prices caused many consumers to sell their large vehicles and buy smaller, more efficient cars.

2009

- In 2009 begins offering its turbocharged EcoBoost line of engines for better fuel economy and more power than a naturally aspirated engine.

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