Sonic: Lieb's exit eased deal with M-B: Dealership group revamps stores to factory standards

摘要

Last fall's ouster of Mercedes-Benz USA boss Ernst Lieb cleared the way for the luxury automaker to set-tie a legal spat with Sonic Automotive Inc. over dealership design standards. Sonic President Scott Smith told Automotive News last week that Lieb's departure was key to the settlement and that Sonic is now happy to be doing Autohaus makeovers for its seven Mercedes stores. On Feb. 24, Sonic and Mercedes jointly announced they had settled the dispute surrounding Sonde's 2008 lawsuit against Mercedes.