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AutoNation Acquires RepairSmith Mobile Repair Business for $190 Million

December 13, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN) announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire RepairSmith, a full-service mobile solution for automotive repair and maintenance, headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif. with a significant operational footprint in the southern and western United States. The transaction, pursuant to which AutoNation will acquire RepairSmith for $190 million, is expected to close […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, AutoNation, California

AutoNation Announces Executive Team Appointments

March 4, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE: AN) announced that the Company is expanding its Executive Team. Dave Koehler, who currently serves as the Eastern Region President, will be Chief Operating Officer, Non-Franchised Business. Koehler will oversee AutoNation USA, AutoNation Auto Auctions, and the AutoNation Collision business. Steve Kwak, who currently serves as the Western Region President and AutoNation […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AutoNation, People

Caliber Acquires 17 Collision Repair Centers from AutoNation     

October 19, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Dealer group will continue to own and operate 55 collision repair centers following transaction. In a regulatory filing yesterday, AutoNation, Inc. announced that on October 12 it entered into a agreement with Caliber Holdings LLC to transfer ownership of up to 17 of its collision repair centers to Caliber. The company also entered into a […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, AutoNation, Caliber Collision Centers

AutoNation to Discontinue Aftermarket Collision Repair Parts Business

August 20, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Sales of non-OEM collision parts represented less than 1% of parts and service gross profit in first half of year. AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE: AN) announced it will close its aftermarket collision parts business, referred to as AutoNation Collision Parts (ACP) by the end of 2020. The ACP business represented less than 1% of AutoNation’s Parts […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AutoNation, Non-OEM Parts

Mike Jackson to Resume Role as CEO of AutoNation

July 15, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Board approves new contract for Jackson to continue as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer April 2022. AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN) announced that the company and its Board of Directors have entered into a contract with Mike Jackson as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, through April 12, 2022. It is the intent of the company to name […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AutoNation, People

Cheryl Miller Named Chief Executive Officer and President at AutoNation

July 23, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Jim Bender Named Chief Operating Officer AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE: AN) announced that Cheryl Miller, AutoNation’s Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and President, effective yesterday, replacing Carl Liebert who had assumed the position earlier this year from USAA. Liebert and the Board of Directors of AutoNation mutually agreed that he would leave […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AutoNation, People

AutoNation Launches National Campaign to Recruit Skilled Service and Collision Repair Technicians 

June 24, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN), the automotive retailer with more than 325 locations announced the company plans to recruit and hire more than 500 service technicians to fill positions in its service and collision repair centers. “There is a tremendous career path for automotive service technicians as the rapid pace of advancements in vehicle technology continues,” said […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AutoNation, Workforce Development

Repairify Announces Diagnostic Partnership with AutoNation

February 26, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Repairify, Inc., the makers of asTech diagnostic device, and AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN), announced a partnership to provide AutoNation with the technology required to perform Pre and Post diagnostic and electronic vehicle service for their 85 collision centers. asTech’s diagnostic and calibration solutions and technical support team of technicians enables real-time collaboration with collision repair technicians […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, AutoNation, Diagnostics, Repairify

AutoNation Names USAA COO Carl Liebert as New CEO and President

February 22, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Mike Jackson to become executive chairman effective March 11. AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN)  announced that the Company’s Board of Directors unanimously voted to appoint Carl Liebert as AutoNation’s new Chief Executive Officer and President, effective March 11. Cascade Investment and ESL Investments, long-term investors and the two largest AutoNation shareholders, fully support the Board’s decision. Liebert […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AutoNation, People, USAA

AutoNation Partners with AAA on National Approved Auto Repair Program

November 7, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN) announced a new partnership with AAA where AutoNation is AAA’s first national Approved Auto Repair (AAR) program partner, with over 220 facilities now approved under the program.  Being AAR certified signals to consumers that AutoNation facilities meet the highest of professional standards. Facilities in the AAR program have undergone rigorous qualifications in […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AAA, Agreements Signed, AutoNation

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