Profiles of selected dealerships
A few months ago, Bowers Automotive Group acquired a Volkswagen franchise in Dalton, Georgia. He’s not sure if the Group paid a good price for the store, Bowers Group President Brad Cobb tel... Read more
Carrie Way, the new owner of Crest Automotive Group, has been working in dealerships for much of her life. As a teenager, she worked in her father’s dealership greeting clients as they drove... Read more
As the daughter of H. Carter Myers III, Liza Borches has been in or around auto dealerships her entire life. Her father, a former chairman of the National Automotive Dealers Association, was... Read more
A couple of years ago, Jeff Spreen was talking to brokers about acquiring another dealership in the Inland Empire region in Southern California. One of them asked him what Spreen thought abo... Read more
By Alysha Webb, Editor and Publisher The Rusnak Auto Group in June opened a huge new Mercedes-Benz dealership in Arcadia, in the San Gabriel Valley northeast of Los Angeles. The showcase fac... Read more
Until 2011, the Beyer Family Automotive Group was focused on selling and servicing fleet vehicles. Then it acquired several dealerships that were more heavily into retail sales. That forced... Read more
Elm Creek Autogroup recently acquired the Bounds Autoplex in Livingston, Tex. It was the first multi-franchise acquisition for Elm Creek, based in Plano, Tex. But it may not be the last. “Ou... Read more
A customer stands in the two-story atrium in the showroom at DeLuca Toyota. He eyes the curving walkway above the light-flooded room and begins to sway back and forth. “’Are you okay?’ I ask... Read more
