Martin Mgmt Group

T heMartinManagement Group is a familyowned and operated,national dealer group,headquar- tered in Bowling Green,Kentucky. Founded in 1985,byCorneliusA. Martin,the companybeganwith a single Cadil- lac-Oldsmobile dealership,and to- day,has a national geographic foot- print with 18 lo- cations across six states: Kentucky, Tennessee,South Carolina,West Virginia,Ohio,and California.The Group employs over 400 sales and service profes- sionals and represents the follow- ing brand automobiles,motorcy- cles,scooters,and off-road vehicles: Audi,Chevrolet,Honda,Subaru,Kia, Ford,Dodge,Jeep,Chrysler,Ram, Mitsubishi,Hyundai,Genesis,Audi, Volkswagen,Piaggio,Vespa,Arctic Cat,Victory,BMWMotorsports,and Harley-Davidson. DericMassie,Vice President of Operations,says that in its earli- est days,Martin built most of the Group’s dealer- ships from the ground up.“But in the last eight to ten years,it has been ac- quirement,”he relates.However, when the Group does acquire an existing dealer- ship,it generallymakes significant improvements to the facilityand/or the existing business.For example, this past February,the Group decid- ed to build a new,multi-million dol- AT A GLANCE THE MARTIN MANAGEMENT GROUP WHAT: An automobile retail organization WHERE: Headquarters in Bowling Green, Kentucky WEBSITE: www.martingp.com Management Group THE MARTIN MANAGEMENT GROUP CARS AND COMMUNITY MARTIN The