CategoryRetail

Pioneering importer was 'eternal optimist'

In 2004, Kjell Qvale estimated that as a dealer, distributor and importer, he had sold more than a million cars in 55 years.
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MR
By:
Mark Rechtin
November 11, 2013 05:00 AM

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