Top dealers buy stores, time: Largest 125 groups adjust to new-car sales slump; Ark. partners buy to grow

摘要

Steve Landers Sr. was opening a car dealership in Waxahachie, Texas, when he learned that his 3-year-old partnership was No. 31 on Automotive News' list of the Top 125 U.S. Dealership Groups, based on new retail units. "It's our second here in Dallas," he said during a phone interview last week. "We've done a lot of buying during the recession."