Jerry Seiner Auto Group has acquired Ocean Honda of San Juan Capistrano from Victory Automotive Group. The renamed Jerry Seiner Honda is the Utah group’s first California store. +
AutoNation has acquired Groove Ford and Groove Mazda of suburban Denver from Summit Automotive Partners, completing the selloff of Summit’s Colorado Groove stores that started last year. +
Auto Dealership Partners has won an $18 million judgment against Ford Motor Co. after accusing the factory of engaging in “deceit and fraud” by blocking the purchase of a Benton, Ark., franchise. +
Shortly following a multimillion-dollar penalty leveled by the FTC, AutoCanada Inc. is actively seeking a buyer for its 10 Illinois dealerships and hopes to close the deal by the end of 2025. +
U.S. auto dealers sold 697 franchises in an all-time record of 438 transactions last year, according to Kerrigan Advisors’ year-end Blue Sky Report, a 10% increase from 2023. +
Carvana has acquired Jerry Seiner Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram of Casa Grande, Ariz., marking the online retailer and dealer disruptor’s first foray into the new vehicle business. +
Herb Chambers has sold his network of Massachusetts and Rhode Island dealerships and collision centers to Asbury Automotive Group in a blockbuster, $1.34 billion deal that puts Asbury in the New England market for the first time. +
Veteran M&A advisor Andy Gill tells CBT News readers that, depending on their brand and location, some dealers who have not considered selling may draw offers too generous to refuse. +
Waning dealership profitability could have a cooling effect on a dealer M&A market that was red-hot in 2024. Alysha Webb talks with experts and offers her latest forecast for Auto Remarketing. +
Honda, Nissan and Mitsubishi have entered discussions that could lead to a three-way merger that would form the world’s third-largest automaker. A new U.S. president could complicate the deal. +
