Most dealership acquisitions occur because someone sees potential to grow that store’s business. In the case of his acquisition of Grand Prize Chevrolet, however, Arnaldo Bomnin was looking... Read more
By Miguel Yelos San Martin, YSM Design In a recent discussion I had with some car dealers, they raised the question whether to add a body shop to their dealership or not. The answer is quite... Read more
By Stephen Dietrich, Greenberg Traurig LLP In looking at the current buy/sell environment it is curious to me that I continue to hear that activity has slowed or that deals are not getting... Read more
By Alysha Webb, Editor & Publisher Dealers are likely looking at the flat or declining sales forecast for this year and figuring out how they will make up for that loss of new car sales... Read more
By Fred O’Halloran, MD Johnson Inc. What is my store worth? This question is asked regularly by many dealers to many professionals including CPAs, attorneys, business brokers, bankers, and f... Read more
By Linda Barnette, MD Johnson, Inc. After my Buy/Sell panel during the China Automobile Dealers Association annual conference in the south China city of Zhuhai last month, the owner of a Chi... Read more
By Ira Silver, CPA, CGMA A few months ago, I wrote a speculative column on what the relative tax/economic plans of the two major party candidates could have on the Auto Industry in general,... Read more
By Alysha Webb, Editor and Publisher Florida is one of the hottest dealership markets in the country. Finding a dealership to buy there isn’t easy. Jeff Johnson and Bill Doraty wanted to do... Read more
