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Coy's
Car Corner opening doors on Saturday as Lincoln Chrysler, Dodge and
Jeep
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[July 13, 2007]
Coy Hutchcraft and Scott
Soebbing, co-owners of Coy's Car Corner, were joined by Dan Row on
Thursday afternoon in announcing the sale of the Row Chrysler, Dodge
and Jeep dealership. Final papers on the business transaction were
being signed Friday (today). The dealership official opens as
Lincoln Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep at 103 Taylor Court on Saturday
morning.
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Both Hutchcraft and Soebbing say that they are relying on what has
made their business a success so far: "repeat business and word of
mouth." The only change in the business is the addition of the new
vehicles. Hutchcraft said that when he and Soebbing built at their
current location in Lincoln's west-side business district a couple
of years ago it was with the intention of adding a new-car
dealership. One thing the new owners are excited about is that
there isn't another car dealership with the name Lincoln.
What attracted them to this dealership, Hutchcraft said, is that
Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep "are the nicest looking vehicles on the
market."
Coy's owners approached Row in January to see if he would be
interested in selling the Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep dealership. Row
agreed to sell, and action began in April. Coy's proceeded in
getting factory approval. It was basically a lot of paperwork, the
owners said.
Coy's Car Corner has been selling pre-owned cars and will
continue to do that. "We have nothing but the nicest pre-owned
vehicles," Hutchcraft said. Coy's pre-owned cars are trade-ins that
are acquired from a select base of new-car dealers in Illinois,
Indiana and Missouri.
He and Soebbing have been partners for the past 11 years.
Hutchcraft has 33 years of car sales experience and Soebbing 27
years.
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 Shoring up that bevy of experience will be Dan Row, a
second-generation car guy bringing 56 years of experience, and Mark
Graue, also from a multigeneration family car business, adding 35
years of experience.
Row will be the new car sales manager. He will be dividing his
time between closing out business at his old location and working at
Coy's for the next month or two, and then become full-time at Coy's.
Graue will be the new business manager. He will handle financing.
One important requirement of the dealership was to have an
approved service department. Coy's already had a maintenance and
repair shop in place. The only change for them is to expand their
employee base.
The Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep service department opens Monday
morning. As the only authorized Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep in Lincoln
and Logan County, the shop will offer warranty work. You will only
need to call for an appointment, Hutchcraft said. Their number is
217-732-1661.
"We plan to keep everything the same as we've done it,"
Hutchcraft said. Our goal has been and will continue to be "customer
satisfaction," he said.
[Jan
Youngquist]
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