Jim Henry

Three top dealership groups were involved in Q4 transactions, with five stores trading hands.

Four dealership groups expanded their presence with import and domestic stores across four states in third- and fourth-quarter acquisitions.

Two of the transactions included groups ranked on  top dealerships list. One selling dealer plans to stay and help train the dealership's new owner.

Long-Lewis Automotive Group sold three dealerships in Alabama and Mississippi and bought one Alabama store this spring and summer.

Two of the largest privately owned U.S. auto retailers expanded with second- and third-quarter acquisitions, while a pair of Northeast dealership groups also grew in existing markets.

A handful of growing dealership groups, along with a former chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association, expanded their store holdings with first-, second- and third-quarter acquisitions.

KSA Industries, the owner of the Tennessee Titans football team, has sold its three dealerships, all in Texas.

Three auto retailers ranked on ' top 150 dealership groups list completed first- and second-quarter acquisitions, while a regional group bolstered its presence in Ohio in February.

Two auto retailers in top 150 dealership groups, including publicly traded Sonic Automotive, completed second-quarter transactions, while a pair of growing regional groups also expanded.

Two auto retailers on the top 150 dealership groups list made first- and second-quarter acquisitions, while a business that is part of a company best known for owning the Minnesota Twins also made a first-quarter purchase.

Domestic and import dealerships in Massachusetts, Virginia, Wisconsin and Indiana traded hands in three first-quarter deals and a third-quarter 2022 transaction.

Two dealership groups expanded in new markets, a dealer added a second Honda store, and a new partnership duo acquired its first store in transactions in the last half of 2022 and second quarter of this year.

The late Cal Worthington's iconic Ford dealership in California and a dealership partly owned by a former race car driver in Wisconsin were among four transactions that closed in the fourth quarter and first quarter.

Dealerships selling Ford, Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram, Chevrolet-GMC and Mazda vehicles traded hands in third-quarter and fourth-quarter transactions across four states.

Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram, General Motors and Mercedes-Benz dealerships were sold in fourth-quarter transactions in three states. Two of the transactions involved Canadian dealership groups — Alpha Auto Group and Foundation Automotive Corp. — buying U.S. stores.