Andy
01-14-2010, 09:42 PM
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/woodsescalade000_opt.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/tiger-woods-gm-owned-cadillac-escalade/) Tiger Woods GM-owned Cadillac Escalade, post crash - Click above for high-res image gallery
According to a report from USA Today (via San Francisco Chronicle), Tiger Woods no longer gets free cars from General Motors (http://www.autoblog.com/make/gm/). No worries, we're pretty sure Tiger can afford to pay for his own ride anyway.
The news, attributed to Buick (http://www.autoblog.com/make/buick) spokesperson Dayna Hart, comes as a number of companies like Tag Heuer and Accenture have canceled advertising contracts with the star golfer. GM, though, indicates that the free car agreement was scheduled to end on December 31st and therefore isn't necessarily a result of Woods' November 27th accident outside his Florida home that led to his admission of marital infidelity.
Woods hasn't been a spokesperson for GM since the golfer's contract ended in 2008 (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/24/tough-times-gm-ends-endorsement-deal-with-tiger-woods/), but the automaker had reportedly agreed to let Woods keep his Buick and Cadillac vehicles for an additional year. As previously reported, the 2009 Cadillac Escalade (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/escalade) Woods was driving will be repaired and sold (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/08/tiger-woods-escalade-owned-by-gm-will-be-fixed-and-eventually/).
Gallery: Tiger Woods GM-owned Cadillac Escalade (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/tiger-woods-gm-owned-cadillac-escalade/low/)
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[Source: USA Today (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/01/gm-tiger-woods-doesnt-get-to-drive-free-cadillacs-anymore/1) via San Francisco Chronicle (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi%3Ff%3D/n/a/2010/01/13/financial/f073547S01.DTL%26tsp%3D1)]Report: General Motors no longer provides Tiger Woods with free cars (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/14/report-general-motors-no-longer-provides-tiger-woods-with-free/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/woodsescalade000_opt.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/tiger-woods-gm-owned-cadillac-escalade/) Tiger Woods GM-owned Cadillac Escalade, post crash - Click above for high-res image gallery
According to a report from USA Today (via San Francisco Chronicle), Tiger Woods no longer gets free cars from General Motors (http://www.autoblog.com/make/gm/). No worries, we're pretty sure Tiger can afford to pay for his own ride anyway.
The news, attributed to Buick (http://www.autoblog.com/make/buick) spokesperson Dayna Hart, comes as a number of companies like Tag Heuer and Accenture have canceled advertising contracts with the star golfer. GM, though, indicates that the free car agreement was scheduled to end on December 31st and therefore isn't necessarily a result of Woods' November 27th accident outside his Florida home that led to his admission of marital infidelity.
Woods hasn't been a spokesperson for GM since the golfer's contract ended in 2008 (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/24/tough-times-gm-ends-endorsement-deal-with-tiger-woods/), but the automaker had reportedly agreed to let Woods keep his Buick and Cadillac vehicles for an additional year. As previously reported, the 2009 Cadillac Escalade (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/escalade) Woods was driving will be repaired and sold (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/08/tiger-woods-escalade-owned-by-gm-will-be-fixed-and-eventually/).
Gallery: Tiger Woods GM-owned Cadillac Escalade (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/tiger-woods-gm-owned-cadillac-escalade/low/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/woodsescalade000_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/tiger-woods-gm-owned-cadillac-escalade/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/woodsescalade001_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/tiger-woods-gm-owned-cadillac-escalade/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/woodsescalade002_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/tiger-woods-gm-owned-cadillac-escalade/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/woodsescalade003_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/tiger-woods-gm-owned-cadillac-escalade/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/woodsescalade004_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/tiger-woods-gm-owned-cadillac-escalade/low/)
[Source: USA Today (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/01/gm-tiger-woods-doesnt-get-to-drive-free-cadillacs-anymore/1) via San Francisco Chronicle (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi%3Ff%3D/n/a/2010/01/13/financial/f073547S01.DTL%26tsp%3D1)]Report: General Motors no longer provides Tiger Woods with free cars (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/14/report-general-motors-no-longer-provides-tiger-woods-with-free/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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