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Automotive dealership: ranked by 2004 gross sales
San Diego Business Journal, Sept 12, 2005 by Stacey Bengtson
AUTOMOTIVE DEALERSHIPS
Ranked by 2004 cross sales
Rank Company
(last Address Telephone
year) Web site Fax
1 Drew Ford (619) 464-7777
(1) 8970 La Mesa Blvd., La Mesa 91941 (619) 668-7713
www.drewauto.com
2 Toyota Carlsbad (760) 438-2000
(NR) 5424 Paseo del Norte, Carlsbad 92008 (760) 496-2929
www.toyotacarlsbad.com
3 BMW of San Diego (858) 560-5050
(6) 5090 Kearny Mesa Road, San Diego 92111 (858) 560-5039
www.bmwofsandiego.com
www.bmwofsandiego.com
4 Toyota of Escondido (760) 746-0601
(5) 231 Lincoln Parkway, Escondido 92026 (760) 839-1521
www.toyotaescondido.com
5 Mercedes-Benz of San Diego (858) 569-6900
(2) 4750 Kearny Mesa Road, San Diego 92111 (858) 279-8471
www.mbsd.com
6 Lexus Kearny Mesa (858) 268-8000
(4) 4970 Kearny Mesa Road, San Diego 92111 (858) 279-7312
www.lexuskearnymesa.com
7 Toyota of El Cajon (619) 440-0225
(9) 300 El Cajon Blvd., El Cajon 92020 (619) 579-7156
www.toyotaofelcajon.com
8 Kearny Mesa Toyota Scion (858) 279-8151
(7) 4910 Kearny Mesa Road, San Diego 92111 (858) 279-1253
www.kmtoyota.com
9 Bob Stall Chevrolet (619) 460-1311
(NR) 7601 Alvarado Blvd., La Mesa 91941 1619) 460-1650
www.bobstall.com
10 John Hine Pontiac (619) 297-4251
(13) 1545 Camino del Rio S., San Diego 92108
www.johnhine.com
11 City Chevrolet-Volkswagen (619) 276-6171
(12) 2111 Morena Blvd., San Diego 92110 (619) 276-6194
www.city-chevrolet.com
12 Cush Honda San Diego (619) 563-1095
(14) 5812 Mission Gorge Road, San Diego 92120 (760) 737-3380
www.cush.com
13 Cush Honda Escondido (760) 737-3200
(15) 1700 Auto Park Way N., Escondido 92029 (760) 737-3380
www.cush.com
14 Cush Acura San Diego (858) 541-0200
(16) 5202 Kearny Mesa Road, San Diego 92111 (760) 737-3380
www.cush.com
15 Cush Acorn of Escondido (760) 737-3300
(17) 1502 Auto Park Way N., Escondido 92029 (760) 737-3380
www.cush.com
16 Cash Jaguar (858) 541-0200
(18) 5202 Kearny Mesa Road, San Diego 92111 (760) 737-3380
www.cush.com
17 Cush Mazda (760) 737-3200
(19) 1560 Auto Park Way N., Escondido 92029 (760) 737-3380
www.cush.com
18 Cush Aston Martin (858) 541-0200
(20) 5202 Kearny Mesa Road, San Diego 92111 (760) 737-3380
www.cush.com
Gross
sales: *
* 2004 Employees Percentage 2004
* 2003 as of 8/1/05: gross sales **
Bank $ Millions * Sales staff
(last * % change * Service staff
year) (loss) * Total New-car sales Used-car sales
1 $178.86 101 65 15
(1) $194.56 109
(8) 335
2 $164.2 84 68 17
(NR) $144.5 83
13 269
3 $159.68 54 54 31
(6) $124.62 95
28 192
4 $157.74 70 63 23
(5) $127.78 75
23 283
5 $155.01 35 54 26
(2) $151.91 128
2 241
6 $144.23 39 66 21
(4) $127.8 75
12 138
7 $130.59 40 65 19
(9) $112.74 48
16 137
8 $115.03 71 62 21
(7) $116.11 74
(1) 180
9 $97.8 32 70.6 18.8
(NR) $85.77 30
14 115
10 $78.91 35 47 19
(13) $81.21 52
(2) 213
11 $77.43 27 60 15
(12) $83.71 47
(7) 154
12 $63.48 39 65 15
(14) $69.51 50
(8) 101
13 $61.44 45 66 18
(15) $61.78 35
(.5) 94
14 $42.34 28 59 22
(16) $36.74 34
15 73
15 $35.79 20 62 23
(17) $30.81 14
16 41
16 $29.6 15 43 24
(18) $30.59 43
(3) 74
17 $22.59 16 58 25
(19) $23.46 9
(3) 32
18 $1.2 2 74 7
(20) $4.02 1
(70) 3
Percentage 2004 gross sales ** Number of
Bank vehicles sold:
(last Financing and Parts and * 2004
year) insurance service Body shop * 2003
1 3 14 2 8,134
(1) 9,154
2 2 11 2 7,563
(NR) 6,783
3 2 13 3,091
(6) 2,669
4 3 10 1 6,280
(5) 5,244
5 17 3 2,316
(2) 2,471
6 2 11 3,153
(4) 2,826
7 5 11 5,388
(9) 4,777
8 4 13 4,311
(7) 4,388
9 4.2 5.6 .8 3,601
(NR) 3,171
10 3 25 6 2,350
(13) 3,261
11 1 20 4 2,445
(12) 3,109
12 5 15 2,883
(14) 3,250
13 4 12 2,987
(15) 3,086
14 1 18 1,487
(16) 1,319
15 3 12 1,211
(17) 1,075
16 3 30 571
(18) 629
17 4 13 1,142
(19) 1,232
18 1 18 6
(20) 18
Bank Year
(last Authorized * Owner(s) established
year) dealership(s) * General manager locally
1 Ford, Hyundai, Joe Drew 1927
(1) Volkswagen, Isuzu William Drew
2 Toyota, Scion Judith Jones-Cone 1972
(NR) Bill Bushwell
3 BMW United Auto Group 1971
(6) Corp.
Skip Gartin
4 Toyota Gary Myers and 1978
(5) Rick Billuni
na
5 Mercedes-Benz, Maybach United Auto Group 1957
(2) Corp.
Duane Sanders
6 Lexus United Auto Group 1989
(4) Corp.
Alan Perlin
7 Toyota, Scion Robert Kaminsky 1990
(9) Gary Kaminsky
8 Toyota, Scion United Auto Group 1977
(7) Corp.
Brian Brennan
9 Chevrolet John Stall and Thomas 1959
(NR) Stall
Richard Larson
10 Pontiac, Mazda, Dodge John Hine 1957
(13) Dave Miller
11 Chevrolet, Volkswagen Kenneth Nieman 1934
(12) John Nieman
12 Honda Stephen Cushman 1993
(14) John Turja
13 Honda Stephen Cushman 1982
(15) Gary Palmer
14 Acura Stephen Cushman 1986
(16) Mike Creel
15 Acura Stephen Cushman 1988
(17) Kent Parrish
16 Jaguar Stephen Cushman 1994
(18) Francois Chaker
17 Mazda Stephen Cushman 1982
(19) Gary Palmer
18 Aston Martin Stephen Cushman 2002
(20) Kelfe Burns
* Some car dealerships include financing and insurance numbers in
new- and used-car sales.
** The remaining percent can be considered "Other."
wnd Would not disclose
na Not available
NA Not applicable
(NR) Not ranked
Notes: Gross sales, attested by the dealerships' CPAs, are reflective
of the entire dealership. Dealerships with multiple lines, common
ownership and substantially different locations and storefront names
had to quality for The List separately.
North County Ford, No. 3 on last year's List, Pearson Ford Co., No. 8
last year, McCune Chrysler-Jeep, No. 10 last year, and North County
Jeep GMC Kia, No. 11 last year, did not return surveys for this year's
List.
The Mossy dealerships declined participation for this years list.
Source: The dealerships and CPA-attested letters.
It is not the intent of this list to endorse the participants nor to
imply a dealership's size a numerical rank indicates its quality.
Researched by Stacey Bengtson
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