Category Archives: Industry Articles

Rick, Rita Case: Like selling cars, ‘charity is a business’

This article is a reprint from the new series from Automotive News called “Dealers of Distinction.” Laurén Abdel-Razzaq Automotive News — April 25, 2011 – 12:01 am ET Last month, Rick and Rita Case held their fifth annual Concours d’Elegance automobile show and banquet, bringing together some of the biggest names in the car world…

Family-owned dealership offers personal touch

By Patrick McCallister For Hometown News DELAND – In 2009 Kaiser Pontiac Buick GMC got word that it wouldn’t be a General Motors dealership anymore. Kaiser was one of about 1,000 GM dealerships given discontinuation notices as the Detroit automaker shed dealerships during a bankruptcy. But Kaiser fought the discontinuation notice and won. “We got…

Time magazine’s Dealer of the Year, Tom Castriota, shares outlook for 2011 and beyond

By Robert Trigaux, Times Staff Writer In Print: Monday, April 4, 2011 Tom Castriota’s Chevrolet dealerships in Hudson and Port Richey in Pasco County (and another family-owned dealership in Pittsburgh) survived GM’s notorious bankruptcy, federal bailout and dealership purge. And like many other GM dealerships and most other automakers, Castriota is enjoying a good sales…

The financial-reform bill and auto dealerships: newyorker.com

The financial-reform bill and auto dealerships: newyorker.com.