Larry Morgan started out in the fixed ops world – he owned more than 600 Tires Plus stores. Morgan sold those stores to Bridgestone in the year 2000, hit golf balls for three days, and got b... Read more
The Diehl Auto Group acquired a Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram dealership in Salem, Ohio in June of this year. It is the group’s fifth Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram store, though not all are operated und... Read more
The Starling Automotive Group of Florida just acquired a Chevrolet store in South Carolina. Make that another Chevrolet store. The Group now owns four Chevy franchises. The stores will compl... Read more
Doggett Auto Group LLC recently acquired the Lone Star Ford dealership in Houston from Sonic Automotive Group. Doggett Auto Group is a new legal entity, part of Doggett Equipment Services Gr... Read more
When Jeff Spreen acquired an Acura dealership in Riverside, CA, it was against the advice of his peers. They told him to “run away,” Spreen tells Automotive Buy Sell Report. But he saw stren... Read more
Cherie Watters, chief financial officer and chief operating officer of the O’Gara Coach auto group in Beverly Hills, CA, has thought about owning her own dealership for decades. She still th... Read more
When Todd Caputo took over running Sun Chevrolet from his dad in 1994, the dealership was doing a small amount of retail business, and a lot of fleet. It wasn’t that profitable. Caputo, who... Read more
In 2006, the year Freedom Auto Group was established, its employees collected canned goods to give to area food kitchens. That was satisfying, but the Group – and its employees – wanted to d... Read more
