Business View Magazine l October 2022

159 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 10 HART NISSAN Going the extra mile F rom day one, the Hart Nissan Group has been profitable because of its commitment to customer service, quality vehicles, and transparent client communications. With two locations in Virginia, Hart Nissan is not just a provider of new and used vehicles, SUVs, and trucks, it also offers dedicated and specific services designed to improve the customer experience from shop to SOLD. Dealer Principal Ed Hartoonian had fallen in love with Virginia despite spending several years living and working in California. He decided to move to the Old Dominion State to start his own dealer group, purchasing a former dealership in Mechanicsville in 2018 that had fallen upon difficult financial times. Hartoonian eventually brought two long-time colleagues, Fixed Operations Director Gary Hull and Sales Manager and Commercial Vehicle Manager Phil Englander, in to join him. Together, the three leaders had several combined decades of experience in the auto dealership field. “I just loved the people, nature and geography of the State of Virginia, but I had to have Gary and Phil join me,” Hartoonian says. “They and the rest of our executive team have been crucial and instrumental every step of the way.” Excelling during a pandemic Less than two years after opening Hart Nissan, the COVID pandemic hit. But since Virginia