Dealership buy-sell updates: 2 top dealerships buy, 4 Stellantis stores sell in latest tracked deals

Originally published in Automotive News on October 2nd, 2025

Three top dealership groups bought or sold dealerships in the latest 10 buy-sell deals tracked by Automotive News that happened across 10 states.

Swickard Auto Group on Sept. 24 bought a BMW dealership in Portland, Ore., from public auto retailer Lithia Motors Inc. Swickard Auto, of Las Vegas, ranks No. 30 on Automotive News’ list of the top 150 dealership groups based in the U.S., retailing 27,410 new vehicles in 2024. Lithia, of Medford, Ore., ranks No. 1 on the same list, retailing 369,913 last year.

Another top dealership group, McGovern Automotive Group of Newton, Mass., in May purchased a Chevrolet–Cadillac store in Massachusetts. The group is No. 46 on the top dealership groups list with 22,095 new-vehicle sales in 2024.

Dealership Buy-Sell

This Automotive News feature lists dealership acquisitions as reported by brokers, official announcements and news media.See our list of buy-sells and submit details of your deals here.

Dealerships representing 13 brands changed hands in California, Florida, Iowa, Massachusetts, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin. They closed in December 2024 and May, June, July and September.

Of 10 tracked deals, four selling Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram traded hands: Mullens Automotive Group acquired a Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram store in Oklahoma; Trent Blair, Shanda McManus and Cole Blair bought one in Iowa; Bill Nero bought one in Florida that also sells Fiat; and Chad Richardson bought one in Wisconsin.

A prominent private auto retailer, Sutherlin Automotive Group, in September acquired a California Subaru dealership.

Other brands involved in the tracked deals include Kia, GMC, Toyota and Ford.