Big dealers getting bigger; Republic is biggest of all

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August 28, 2000 - 12:01 am ET
DETROIT - Factory-engineered dealership consolidation and a trend toward publicly owned dealer groups are helping the big auto retailers get even bigger.

Blazing the trail for publicly owned dealerships is Republic Industries (Editor's note: Now AutoNation), headed by H. Wayne Huizenga. It has acquired eight dealership groups and is purchasing 11 more. The 19 groups have a total of 76 dealerships.

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