By Alysha Webb, Editor and Publisher You would have to be willfully ignorant not to know that there’s a new breed of investors in the dealership buy sell world. Family funds and especially p... Read more
By Ira Silver, CPA, CGMA, Principal, MBAF LLC Car manufacturers can insist on dealership renovations and upgrades to be consistent with their branding and marketing strategies. While franchi... Read more
Preparing to sell your dealership to private equity, fighting the OEs over image programs, and China
You’re a dealer without an heir apparent. You’re ready to enjoy the fruits of your labors. You keep hearing about a new kind of shopper in the dealership buy sell marketplace. You’re interes... Read more
By Don Ray, Portfolio Reinsurance People often underestimate the impact on the buy sell process of the structure of the F&I products sold at the dealership. Total profits and expenses co... Read more
I just read that investment bank CLSA downgraded Tesla’s stock two notches to Underperform. That slap wasn’t based on its dealership model, however. Rather, it was based on a belief that the... Read more
By Paul McGovern, CPA, Managing Partner, Downey & Company You may be reading about how hot the buy sell business is right now, but many of those deals involve large dealership groups. Me... Read more
