Florida team adds GM retail store Starling Automotive Group obtained its sixth Basic Motors dealership when in purchased a Florida Buick-GMC retail outlet late in the fourth quarter of 2021. Starling Automotive on Dec. 13 bought Carl’s Buick-GMC in Stuart from retiring seller Carl Fischer, reported Andrew Starling, one of the group’s supplier principals. The
Hudson Automotive grows in South Carolina Increasing Hudson Automotive Group acquired its 3rd Toyota dealership in 2021 when it obtained Dave Edwards Toyota in Spartanburg, S.C., on Dec. 13. Hudson Automotive bought the dealership from Dave Edwards, Hudson Automotive CEO David Hudson said in an e mail. Edwards retired, in accordance to a video concept
But according to the complaint, a Ford representative on Oct. 25 told Kitty Van Bortel that Henderson Ford had entered into a new purchase agreement to sell the store to West Herr Automotive Group and that the automaker would not exercise a right of first refusal. The Van Bortels allege in their complaint that that
CDK Global Inc. agreed to drop its legal challenge to a state law in Arizona that gives auto retailers more control of data inside dealership management systems, saying the company instead will focus on its software products. U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow last week signed an order dismissing CDK’s claims in the case following
The U.S. auto industry is poised to conduct bold — if involuntary — experiments this month in marketing and inventory management: how to execute the traditional year-end sell-off that consumers have been conditioned to expect when you have very little on hand to sell. December is typically one of the best months for vehicle sales
“The dealers bought in to it pretty quickly,” Jeff Kommor, the automaker’s head of U.S. sales, told Automotive News. “They committed to the tablet usage, one for every salesperson.” The effort is part of a larger push by Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares to address the sales experience at dealerships, which had been a weak point