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Randy Marion buys new North Carolina store
Randy Marion Automotive Group on Sept. 22 purchased the former Ashe County Ford in West Jefferson, N.C., from Jeff and Amy Dollar, the auto retailer’s COO DJ Heller said.
The Mooresville, N.C., group renamed the store Randy Marion Ford of West Jefferson.
“We’re pleased with the way it’s going,” Heller told Automotive News. “The town’s been great to react and welcome us and we’re excited for more growth in that area.”
The store is located in West Jefferson, N.C., near the Tennessee and Virginia borders.
Amy and Jeff Dollar in 2007 bought into the store with family and purchased the store outright in 2010, according to Jeff Dollar’s LinkedIn page.
Heller said Randy Marion Automotive expects a busy first quarter with the hopes of multiple acquisitions in the Southeast closing.
GM minority dealer development program candidate buys Texas store
Eduardo Solana on July 14 purchased Lubke’s GM Cars and Trucks, a Chevrolet-Buick-GMC dealership in Brady, Texas, according to buy-sell firm Tim Lamb Group of Columbus, Ohio.
The dealership was renamed Solana Motors. Brady is in the central part of the state.
Dick Pryor, director of the Texas & South Central region for Tim Lamb Group, who represented the seller in the transaction, said Solana was a General Motors minority dealer development program candidate. Pryor told Automotive News that Solana’s father has a Chevrolet dealership in Mexico and that Solana sought to own his own store and “wanted to come to the States.”
Sue Lubke’s late husband, Ray Lubke, bought the GM dealership in Brady, Texas, in 1990, according to his obituary. He died in November 2018 and Sue Lubke took over the store, Pryor said. The family also operated a Chevrolet dealership in Eden, Texas, which closed. Eden, Texas, is west of Brady, Texas.
