…Dominguez into the deal likely was part of GM’s strategy to increase its minority-owned dealership numbers. The dealership had been in the Hanigan family for 91 years. The Boucher Group… Continue Reading
Private Car Ownership — A dirty Word in Silicon Valley?
…that consumers have yet to grasp the benefits of electric vehicles, despite what so-called experts say). Instead of ownership, we’ll either share in a lease with friends and family (although… Continue Reading
The Modern Showroom — Thoughts from NADA
…addition to dealer and brand specific content, ABN has family-friendly prime time content provided by 72 different content partners. A customer can sit in a dealership for a week and… Continue Reading
Asbury Acquisition Highlights Growing Trend of Move into Midwest
…be looking to build a platform of dealerships in the Indianapolis market using the Hare brand. Hare began as a wagon-building shop in 1847 and had been in the same family… Continue Reading
TrueCar Settles — Wins — Legal Dispute with Sonic Automotive
…Sonic Automotive). Sonic had decided to call its one price initiative TruePrice. TrueCar immediately filed a lawsuit alleging the name infringed upon its “True” family of brands. It wasn’t much… Continue Reading
IndiGO Acquires BMW Store in CA — UPDATED
…year. Blue acquired the BMW store from the same group he purchased Desert European Cars from in August 2013 — Gene Whisenhunt, Jerry Johnson and the Hickingbotham family. … Continue Reading
Cars.com to Acquire Vehicle Valuation & Appraisal Company
…the CARS family to help accelerate innovative digital solutions for the auto retail space.” ¹CARS Internal Data, Q3 2021 ²NADA Used Car Data for… Continue Reading
Primus Capital Invests in FusionZone
…Competitor Pro, will join the board. Husband and wife team Brett and Karen Sutherlin co-founded the company in 2009 after Brett’s family had sold their 23-store group to AutoNation. Brett… Continue Reading