A customer review of Holz Motors and of sales consultant Ron Barber
By Aaron S. Robertson
Recently, I purchased a 1988 Lincoln Town Car from Holz Motors in Hales Corners. Yes, you read that right. See, I absolutely love the Lincoln brand, especially the big boats of the 70s. I once owned a 1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V. I blame my fascination with Lincolns on watching too many mob movies growing up as a kid. Cadillac? Fuhgeddaboudit!
It seemed like it was a match made to happen. I was driving down S. 108th Street (Hwy. 100), about to head to the gas station to fill up my '09 Lincoln MKZ, and there she was, parked on the corner of the lot where Hwy. 100 and Janesville Road meet, where all the world could clearly see her. The car caught my eye right away, and instead of heading to the gas station, I immediately turned into the lot. I got out of my car, started my walk-around inspection, and that's when sales consultant Ron Barber came out to talk with me.
Ron told me the story behind the car. It was purchased brand new at the old Cherek Lincoln-Mercury dealership on S. 27th Street in Milwaukee. One owner - a couple in their 90s that had done business with Holz for many years. The husband had recently passed away, and there simply wasn't a need any longer for the vehicle. The wife didn't think twice about where to go with it. The body was in solid shape, the interior looked brand new, and everything was mechanically-sound. Very low mileage. It spent its time down in Arizona all these years, so it never knew winter. I knew it had to be mine.
Ron and I worked out our deal, and what I really appreciated about him and the team at Holz was the level of patience, understanding, and dignity I was shown. See, this was an off-the-cuff purchase for me, and I didn't readily have the cash sitting around for it. A lot of it was locked up in investments and such. So it took about a week, a week and a half or so, for the cash to start coming together to make this happen. And Ron and the team were there every step of the way for me. They saw the look in my eyes when I realized that car had to be mine. A simple $100 held the car for me while I worked to line everything up.
I highly recommend you start with Holz Motors for your next vehicle purchase, and in particular, I recommend sales consultant Ron Barber. He is truly a class act. I later realized that he had sold my folks a Buick in recent years, and they appreciated their experience with him, as well.
Within a few days of driving the car off the lot, an envelope arrived in the mail for me. Ron had sent me all the original paperwork he had on the vehicle - original sales receipt, options price list, etc. What a cool throwback in time to see some of this stuff.
Go see Holz Motors, and ask for Ron Barber.
Holz Motors
5961 S 108th Place
Hales Corners, WI 53130
http://www.holzmotors.com
Sales: (414) 409-7437
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Automobile Dealers Association of Mega Milwaukee
The Automobile Dealers Association of Mega Milwaukee Inc. (ADAMM), founded in 1907, runs the annual Greater Milwaukee Auto Show and serves as a powerful resource for both new car and truck dealers in southeastern Wisconsin and their customers and prospects.
Whether you're a customer or prospect looking for a new car or truck, or a dealer looking for ideas and resources to help you improve your Milwaukee car dealership's customer experience, check out the ADAMM Web site at: http://www.adamm.com .
Whether you're a customer or prospect looking for a new car or truck, or a dealer looking for ideas and resources to help you improve your Milwaukee car dealership's customer experience, check out the ADAMM Web site at: http://www.adamm.com .
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Milwaukee Toyota Dealers
Are you looking for a Milwaukee Toyota dealer? If so, you came to the right place. For information on a number of Toyota dealerships in the Milwaukee area, visit this page on Toyota's Web site. Did you know that the Toyota Camry was the number one seller across metro-Milwaukee for the month of September 2012?
The following is taken from a group paper submitted by its authors on October 17, 2012 for a class assignment. The authors of the paper are currently pursuing a master of science in management degree from Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee. Aaron S. Robertson authored the following section.
A Brief History of Toyota
The history of Toyota is a long and storied one, a complex and interwoven tale of ideas, innovation, divisions, global expansion, and corporate takeovers. Toyota can trace its roots back to Sakichi Toyoda, a Japanese inventor, who founded Toyoda Automatic Loom Works Ltd. in the 1920s. Originally in the business of designing, manufacturing, and selling a number of manual and automatic looms, “…the company is one of Japan's larger integrated manufacturers of textile machinery, producing both weaving and spinning machines, and the largest domestic manufacturer of forklift trucks” (Answers.com, n.d.). Toyoda Automatic Loom Works entered the automobile manufacturing business in 1933 when it created a division for this purpose, and Loom Works continues on today under the name Toyota Industries (New York Times, 2008).
Toyota Industries, “…manufactures engines for Toyota Motor Corporation passenger cars in addition to diesel engines for the industrial vehicles it produces, which are marketed under the Toyota name” (Answers.com, n.d.). Toyota’s first vehicle, a truck designated as the Model G1, was built in 1935, the same year that its first dealership was established, as well. Production of its first passenger car, the Model AA, began the following year. It would not be until 1957, 21 years later, that Toyota was first introduced to the United States with the Crown model (New York Times, 2008). In 1984, as part of a joint venture with U.S.-based General Motors (GM), Toyota opened its first U.S. assembly plant in California, and the company introduced its high-end luxury brand, Lexus, to the U.S. five years later, in 1989 (New York Times, 2008). The company introduced the world’s first mass-produced hybrid vehicle, the Prius, in 1997, and, since 1998, has come to acquire either majority stakes or significant minority stakes in firms such as Daihatsu Motor, Hino Motors, Isuzu Motors, and Fuji Heavy Industries, the manufacturer of the Subaru brand of vehicles, among others (New York Times, 2008).
2011 witnessed a number of noteworthy milestones for the company, particularly in the U.S., where it sold its one-millionth Prius; reached 25 years at its manufacturing plant in Georgetown, Kentucky; and expanded overall vehicle production, leading to the creation of some-2,000 jobs, largely at a new plant in Mississippi (Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., 2012). Toyota’s growth remains strong, with sales in September 2012 up approximately 42% since the previous September. The Camry was the third top-selling model in the U.S. in September 2012, and it ranked first for that month in the Milwaukee region, where this team of students is from (Halvorson, 2012). Furthermore, it was reported in October 2012 that Toyota had sold 450,000 more vehicles during the first nine months of 2012 than GM (Krisher & Kageyama, 2012).
References
Answers. (n.d.). Toyoda automatic loom works, ltd. Retrieved from http://www.answers.com/topic/toyoda-automatic-loom-works-ltd
Halvorson, B. (2012, October 13). September sales exceed expectations. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Classified pp. 1, 4.
Krisher, T., & Kageyama, Y. (2012, October 27). Toyota’s global lead widens. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Business, pp. 11A, 12A.
New York Times staff. (2008, February 10). A toyota history. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/business/worldbusiness/10iht-10chronology.9900084.html
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (2012). Company history. Retrieved from http://pressroom.toyota.com/corporate/company+history
The following is taken from a group paper submitted by its authors on October 17, 2012 for a class assignment. The authors of the paper are currently pursuing a master of science in management degree from Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee. Aaron S. Robertson authored the following section.
A Brief History of Toyota
The history of Toyota is a long and storied one, a complex and interwoven tale of ideas, innovation, divisions, global expansion, and corporate takeovers. Toyota can trace its roots back to Sakichi Toyoda, a Japanese inventor, who founded Toyoda Automatic Loom Works Ltd. in the 1920s. Originally in the business of designing, manufacturing, and selling a number of manual and automatic looms, “…the company is one of Japan's larger integrated manufacturers of textile machinery, producing both weaving and spinning machines, and the largest domestic manufacturer of forklift trucks” (Answers.com, n.d.). Toyoda Automatic Loom Works entered the automobile manufacturing business in 1933 when it created a division for this purpose, and Loom Works continues on today under the name Toyota Industries (New York Times, 2008).
Toyota Industries, “…manufactures engines for Toyota Motor Corporation passenger cars in addition to diesel engines for the industrial vehicles it produces, which are marketed under the Toyota name” (Answers.com, n.d.). Toyota’s first vehicle, a truck designated as the Model G1, was built in 1935, the same year that its first dealership was established, as well. Production of its first passenger car, the Model AA, began the following year. It would not be until 1957, 21 years later, that Toyota was first introduced to the United States with the Crown model (New York Times, 2008). In 1984, as part of a joint venture with U.S.-based General Motors (GM), Toyota opened its first U.S. assembly plant in California, and the company introduced its high-end luxury brand, Lexus, to the U.S. five years later, in 1989 (New York Times, 2008). The company introduced the world’s first mass-produced hybrid vehicle, the Prius, in 1997, and, since 1998, has come to acquire either majority stakes or significant minority stakes in firms such as Daihatsu Motor, Hino Motors, Isuzu Motors, and Fuji Heavy Industries, the manufacturer of the Subaru brand of vehicles, among others (New York Times, 2008).
2011 witnessed a number of noteworthy milestones for the company, particularly in the U.S., where it sold its one-millionth Prius; reached 25 years at its manufacturing plant in Georgetown, Kentucky; and expanded overall vehicle production, leading to the creation of some-2,000 jobs, largely at a new plant in Mississippi (Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., 2012). Toyota’s growth remains strong, with sales in September 2012 up approximately 42% since the previous September. The Camry was the third top-selling model in the U.S. in September 2012, and it ranked first for that month in the Milwaukee region, where this team of students is from (Halvorson, 2012). Furthermore, it was reported in October 2012 that Toyota had sold 450,000 more vehicles during the first nine months of 2012 than GM (Krisher & Kageyama, 2012).
References
Answers. (n.d.). Toyoda automatic loom works, ltd. Retrieved from http://www.answers.com/topic/toyoda-automatic-loom-works-ltd
Halvorson, B. (2012, October 13). September sales exceed expectations. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Classified pp. 1, 4.
Krisher, T., & Kageyama, Y. (2012, October 27). Toyota’s global lead widens. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Business, pp. 11A, 12A.
New York Times staff. (2008, February 10). A toyota history. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/business/worldbusiness/10iht-10chronology.9900084.html
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (2012). Company history. Retrieved from http://pressroom.toyota.com/corporate/company+history
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