Driving the news: Victory Automotive Group bought one Nissan dealership and sold another in separate August deals.

For context: On Aug. 31, the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based retailer purchased Napoli Nissan in Connecticut from Lenny Napoli.

  • They renamed the store Ocean Nissan Milford.

  • Prior to that, Victory on Aug. 10 sold Victory Nissan Chesterton, in that Indiana city, to Scott Pharr. 

  • The sale marked Pharr’s first dealership. He renamed the dealership Pharr Nissan of Chesterton.

  • He detailed the journey, which included a tornado, in an Aug. 31 DDL episode hosted by Sam D’Arc.

Strategic note: Victory, which owns more than 70 dealerships across the country, has stayed busy this spring/summer.

The group also completed a three-store transaction in early August in its home state.

And, on June 23, Victory acquired a Honda dealership from John Howerton in Beckley, W. Va.

You can see this deal announcement and many more throughout the entire year by visiting the CDG Buy/Sell tracker at CDGbuysell.com, presented by Presidio.

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