Ray Skillman bought five car lots in the last 12 months from other dealers who have struggled during the recession. Skillman now ranks among the five largest dealers in the area, and his chain is poised
for even more growth.
The town has agreed to create a tax-increment financing district to help fund infrastructure improvements for Butler Automotive
Group’s proposed development.
If the council gives its blessing, construction could begin this spring on Butler Automotive Group’s five-dealership development
along State Road 37. About 230 jobs could be created.
Butler Automotive Group is proposing a $19 million development along Indiana 37 that could include five auto dealerships and
create about 230 jobs.
An All Things Automotive franchise is replacing Saturn of Fishers. The concept, aimed particularly at displaced Saturn dealers,
involves used-car sales and service bays stocked by Carquest.
Indianapolis car dealer Tom Wood died Thursday morning after battling lung cancer. Wood grew his business from a single dealership
he purchased in 1967.
Freda Lockhart was the first woman to open dealerships for Cadillac and Saturn automobiles.
Dozens of Chrysler and General Motors dealers in Indiana were terminated last year. Now, a dealer trade group wants to
block automakers from preying on termination fears to wrest concessions from surviving dealers.
Former dealer saw the end coming, but says customers are following him to Volkswagen and Subaru.
A Zionsville dealer says the economy is influencing its wealthy buyers, but things would be worse under Rolls-Royce.
Shares of KAR Auction Services Inc. Friday inched above prices set by the vehicle auctioneer in its initial public offering.
Stock in Carmel-based KAR Auction Services Inc. on Friday morning traded below prices set by the vehicle auctioneer in its
initial public offering.
J.D. Byrider, the Indianapolis chain of used-car lots, is courting Saturn dealers to come into the fold as Byrider franchisees.
The federal government’s popular Cash for Clunkers program that ended Monday gave a boost to Kokomo’s Chrysler
plants.
Now comes the hard part for the auto industry – luring customers without big Cash for Clunkers discounts.
The federal ‘Cash for Clunkers’ program has opened a floodgate of car sales that President Obama says is a much-needed
boost for the economy. But retailers may feel the negative effects of America’s collective investment in new cars, predicts
a Purdue Retail Institute researcher.
Palmer Chrysler Jeep Dodge on the west side closed last month as part of Chrysler LLC’s bankruptcy reorganization. But
the dealership would sell the company’s cars once more given the chance.
The owners of car dealerships slated for closure by Chrysler and General Motors face a tough environment for unloading their
real estate, but an expected onslaught of such properties has at least one company preparing to grab a slice of the business.
Car dealers fearful of losing their flagship brands if auto manufacturers crash and burn aren’t getting much help from the
Indiana General Assembly.
Good luck getting people to buy from local vendors or manufacturers.
