Profiles of selected dealerships
It was on kayaking trip in South Carolina that the seeds of Jon Gray’s eventual acquisition of a Nissan franchise in Costa Mesa, California, were planted. Gray and his wife, and John Garff,... Read more
Wadette Bradford is a “gearhead”. As a high school student in Tuskegee, Ala., she took an advanced mechanics class as her elective. And in English class? “I would always write my essays abou... Read more
Bill Marsh Automotive Group looks to expand – under the right circumstances. “Expansion has always been part of our strategy,” Bill Marsh Jr. tells Automotive Buy Sell Report. “A lot of grou... Read more
Brad Deery had known the Warthan Brothers for years, and told them that if they were ever interested in selling their Ford dealership in Maquoketa, Iowa, he was interested in buying it. Rece... Read more
When Chuck Piano was forced to sell his share of a Nissan dealership after the death of his partner, he knew it was only a matter of time before he owned another store. It’s in his blood – P... Read more
Rick Jones ran into his former business associates, Ivette Dominguez and Mike Drawe, at Super Bowl XLIX in Arizona in early 2015. Dominguez and Drawe own Alpine Buick GMC in Denver, Colo. Th... Read more
Personal relationships are often an important element of a buy sell. That was the case with the Melloy Auto Group’s recent acquisition of Hanson Honda in Farmington, N.M. Steve Melloy has kn... Read more
By Alysha Webb Cheryl Bedford, the new chairperson of the California New Car Dealers Association, remembers the exact date she moved into the head office of Sunset Auto Center, a Chevrolet B... Read more
