No. 8 retailer Staluppi hunts for acquisitions

The public auto retailers aren't the only large dealership groups shopping again for stores. Privately held Staluppi Auto Group is, too. Staluppi, headquartered in North Palm Beach, Fla., is poised for growth. The group of 21 dealerships last year jumped a notch to the eighth-largest dealership group based on 39,286 new retail unit sales. Read More »

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5-year-olds taught DCH boss to handle auto slump
Susan Scarola is the first non-Chinese and first person from outside the ownership family to lead DCH Auto Group. Scarola, 59, was named CEO in 2007 after more than 20 ye ...
Lee Auto Malls finds opportunities in downturn
John Isaacson, 48, is CEO of Lee Auto Malls, the largest dealership group in Maine, with nine locations. The family-owned company, which employs about 280 people, holds T ...
Ex-AutoNation exec savors single-store life
Jim Evans grew up in the auto retail business, then spent seven years as an executive with AutoNation Inc. While there he also was chairman of the American International ...
Toyota will do right thing with recall, dealer council chief says
The new year has greeted Toyota with the same ugly problems that plagued the automaker throughout much of the latter part of 2009 -- safety recalls. Toyota Motor Corp. re ...
Penske Auto cuts costs, stays 'opportunistic'
Penske Automotive Group Inc., the nation's second-largest dealership group, cut $100 million last year from its budget of $1.32 billion in selling, general and administra ...
Group 1 CEO: No cause for sales optimism
Group 1 Automotive Inc., the No. 4 U.S. dealership group, reported a small operating profit in the fourth quarter of 2008, largely on the strength of service and parts in ...
Mercedes megadealer is bullish on luxury
In a bad sales year such as 2008, megadealer Fletcher Jones Jr. says the luxury market is the place to be. The automotive group that bears Jones' name ranks No. 25 on thi ...
Sheehy: 'We are not in business for nostalgia'
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In downturn, Sonic looks beyond new cars
Sonic Automotive Inc., the No. 3 U.S. dealership group, is buying rather than renting real estate for its dealerships. Sonic President Scott Smith, son of company CEO and ...
AutoNation chief sees tough '08, better '09
Net earnings at AutoNation Inc., the nation's largest dealership group, fell nearly one-third in the fourth quarter of 2007. The CEO of the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., company ...
Big Texas dealer returns to some domestic brands
Ramsay Gillman owns 13 auto dealerships in Texas. His Gillman Cos., of Houston, ranked No. 53 on last year's Automotive News list of the top 125 U.S. dealership gr ...