Editor’s note: CDG News updated this story on April 15 with additional details.
Driving the news: Morrie’s Automotive Group entered Nebraska with an acquisition from fourth-generation owners Carey (Beardmore) Hamilton and her husband, Brian Hamilton, of Beardmore Auto Group. The deal closed April 9.
For context: Beardmore Subaru, Beardmore Hyundai, and Beardmore Chevrolet are all in Bellevue, Nebraska, about 10 miles south of Omaha.
The stores were renamed Bellevue Subaru, Morrie’s Bellevue Hyundai and Morrie’s Bellevue Chevrolet.
Kerrigan Advisors represented the sellers in the transaction.
Morrie’s Automotive, of Minnetonka, Minnesota, owns more than 30 dealerships in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois. It retailed more than 46,000 vehicles in 2025, Kerrigan Advisors said.
Beardmore Auto Group, founded in 1919 by Carey Hamilton’s grandfather, Maurice “Moe” Beardmore, commands 35% of the auto retail market in the Bellevue area of Omaha, according to Kerrigan Advisors.
What they’re saying: The Hamiltons called the decision to sell bittersweet in a release. Their daughter Hilary Hamilton wrote in a story for The Bellevue Times that she recognized early that her mother’s feat of leading a dealership was rare.
“Throughout the years, I would have many friends and women in the community tell me that my mother had been a great inspiration to them in the decisions and goals that they would later make in their own lives,” Hilary Hamilton wrote.
Bottom line: Omaha is one of the Midwest’s most attractive non-luxury auto markets, according to Kerrigan Advisors.
“High-performing, non-luxury franchises in growth markets with strong regional market share are attracting significant buyer interest,” Chris Gempton, senior vice president at Kerrigan Advisors, said in a release.
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