Profiles of selected dealerships
Scott Dahl worked in automotive finance for three decades. Now, he has jumped to the other side of the industry. Dahl and his brother Mark just acquired a dealership in Minnesota. “It was a... Read more
Being a good neighbor can smooth the way for an acquisition. That was the case in Burlington Auto Group’s acquisition of the former Chevrolet 21 dealership in June. The Group owned a Kia sto... Read more
Montana auto dealer John Soares tried to steer his son away from the retail auto business. So, Jacob, his son, dutifully acquired two college degrees, in mechanical engineering and finance a... Read more
The Zeigler Automotive Group has grown from four to 26 stores in the last 18 years. The foundation for that expansion has been talent. “I always have the person to run the business ready bef... Read more
Mario Hernandez, owner of the BVMH Auto Group, recently acquired Honda and Toyota franchises in The Dalles, OR from David Griffith. Even though Griffith knew Hernandez well, he nonetheless d... Read more
New kinds of capital have been entering the dealership M&A world for several years now. Most involve some form of private equity. Open Road Capital LLC is one such group. Its founders sa... Read more
When AJ Hiers was young, his father would take him to a Chevrolet dealership in Melbourne, FL owned by famous Indy 500 winner Jim Rathmann to look at the Corvettes. When the opportunity to a... Read more
Riley Ford Inc, a dealership in Chazy, a town of just over 4,000 in upstate New York. saw sales grow by nearly 16 percent in 2018, far outpacing the overall market. The fact it has won the F... Read more
