Not one, not two, but six Virginia dealers made the cut for this year’s Top 150 Dealership Groups. Recently released by Automotive News, the prestigious list ranks the largest auto retail groups by sales of new vehicles. All told, the top dealers sold nearly 3.8 million new vehicles last year.
Who made the list for Virginia?
No. 16: Ourisman Automotive Group
- President/Owners: Ourisman/Korengold
- Revenue: $3,202,034,263
No. 33: Sheehy Auto Stores
- President: Vincent Sheehy
- Revenue: $2,204,825,000
No. 36: Pohanka Automotive Group
- President: Scott Crabtree
- Revenue: $1,829,407,153
No. 38: Safford Automotive Group
- President: James Gramm
- Revenue: $1,663,675,214
No. 87: Carter Myers Automotive
- President: Liza Borches
- Revenue: $1,021,652,368
No. 117: Rosenthal Automotive Organization
- President: Robert Peterson
- Revenue: $1,014,836,651
In addition to these dealers, others who do business in Virginia made this year’s list. These groups are:
No. 1: Lithia Motors Inc.
- President: Bryan DeBoer
- Revenue: $31,042,383,701
No. 2: AutoNation Inc.
- President: Mike Manley
- Revenue: $26,948,900,000
No. 3: Penske Automotive Group Inc.
- President: Roger Penske
- Revenue: $29,527,413,000
No. 5: Asbury Automotive Group Inc.
- President: David Hult
- Revenue: $14,802,690,000
No. 6: Sonic Automotive Inc.
- President: David Smith
- Revenue: $14,355,500,000
No. 7: Hendrick Automotive Group
- President: Rick Hendrick
- Revenue: $12,800,582,791
No. 19: Victory Automotive Group
(Soon to have groups in Virginia)
- President: Jeffrey Cappo
- Revenue: $2,633,848,179
No. 31: DARCARS Automotive Group
- President: John Darvish
- Revenue: $2,520,787,919
No. 86: Murgado Automotive Group
- President: Mario Murgado
- Revenue: $1,652,588,634
No. 135: Criswell Automotive
- Dealer: Harry Ellsworth Criswell III
- Revenue: $545,896,129
