Hendrick Automotive and associate add Honda retailer
Hendrick Automotive Group of Charlotte, N.C., expanded its Honda dealership rely to 18 when it purchased LeJeune Honda Automobiles in Jacksonville, N.C., in partnership with Susan Stevenson.
Hendrick mentioned the group and Stevenson purchased the dealership on Dec. 1 from Stevenson’s brother-in-law, Jerry Stevenson. They renamed the shop Stevenson-Hendrick Honda Jacksonville, in accordance with a Dec. 2 Hendrick weblog submit. Jacksonville is east of Charlotte and north of Wilmington.
A Hendrick Automotive spokesman informed Automotive Information that the acquisition marked the group’s first in 2022.
Hendrick mentioned the greater than 48,500-square-foot dealership sits on 7.4 acres and contains 28 service bays.
“Susan is a good good friend and enterprise associate and this dealership is an ideal match for our firm,” Rick Hendrick, chairman of Hendrick Automotive, mentioned in an announcement. “Jerry really cares for his individuals and has accomplished an amazing job of building a tradition of service, which we are going to proceed and construct on.”
That is the fourth auto dealership that Hendrick and Susan Stevenson have partnered on. Others are Honda and Mazda dealerships in Wilmington and a Toyota dealership in Jacksonville, N.C.
Hendrick ranks No. 6 on Automotive Information‘ record of the highest 150 dealership teams based mostly within the U.S., retailing 103,949 new autos in 2021.