Overall Rank for 2014: 29

General manager: Kenneth Colson

Full-time employees: 111

2013 new-vehicle sales: 2,292, up 11%

Cool perk: Social events such as barbecues and bowling nights

Colson on recruiting and retaining college graduates: "We're a career company where we look for people who are ready to begin at entry level and work their way up. We help graduates by providing training programs to gain hands-on experience, receive mentoring, interact with management and much more."

Colson on changes in response to staff requests: "We installed new filtered water stations and gave cool towels to all the techs to help handle the heat."