For 66 years, Papa’s dealerships have been a mainstay in Connecticut. Adding Dodge and Jeep in 1967, and then Chrysler in 1988, Papa’s has become the top selling Chrysler dealership in the New England area and in the state of Connecticut. It’s

Forrest McConnell III is the 2014 National Automobile Dealers Association Chairman succeeding David Westcott. Forrest enters the role this year at a critical time for NADA and the nation’s new-car dealers. The franchise system is under pressure fro

With $5,000 in his pocket, World War II veteran James Lee bought a small Ford dealership in Elm City, NC in 1953. His son John, born six years later, would ride his bike after school to the small dealership that didn’t even have a showroom. He fell

Gary Chaney and his dealership group, Chacon Autos, operate two Suzuki franchises and eight independent used vehicle stores in Dallas and San Antonio, TX. Chacon Autos, with its heavy focus in Buy-Here/Pay-Here operations, offers Dealer magazine read

Like a topnotch batter in his prime, being bold, swinging for the fences and practicing with an eye to performance improvement are what make Planet Honda a winner! Last year, Planet Honda was in the top 30 nationwide in Internet sales with 1,844 new

A second-generation auto dealer, Paul Walser, 57, and his brother Andrew, 44, operate Walser Automotive Group, a 12-franchise enterprise servicing communities in and around Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN. Like many second-generation dealers, whatever t

Ideal Nissan is the Overall Winner of the Spring 2012 Digital Dealer Website Excellence Awards – scoring higher than nearly 3,000 other dealerships and dealership groups nationwide. Co-sponsored by Dealer Communications and Dataium, LLC, the Digita

Chad Martin was a college junior when his dad, Cornelius, was killed in a motorcycle accident. Suddenly, new and unexpected opportunity faced the young man, who after graduation pursued a law degree and other commerce before returning to Bowling Gree

With 35 franchises and 22 stores spread across Indiana, Michigan, and Iowa, Steve Williams, e-commerce director for the Gurley Leep Automotive Family, focuses on people, process, and analytics – traveling every week between dealerships to keep Inte