Penske Automotive Group Buys Another BMW Store

Ken Zino of AutoInformed.com on Penske

We are half kidding as we think PAG exists to support Roger’s love and participation in racing.

Penske Automotive Group* (NYSE: PAG) today announced that it has acquired Erhard BMW of Bloomfield, located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan This is the Group’s 48th BMW dealership world-wide. The acquired dealership is expected to generate approximately $100 million in annualized revenue.

Year-to-date, Penske Automotive Group has added ~$1.2 billion in expected annualized revenue through retail automotive and commercial truck dealership acquisitions. It also a way of adding automotive talent in a tight labor market. Whether PAG can retain that talent remains to be demonstrated.

“This dealership has a strong legacy of serving BMW enthusiasts in the metropolitan Detroit market for over 50 years. We are thrilled to expand our presence and relationship with the BMW brand and welcome Erhard BMW of Bloomfield, the largest BMW dealership in Michigan, to the Penske Automotive Group team,” said President Rob Kurnick.

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*Penske Automotive Group headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, is a “diversified international transportation services company and one of the world’s premier automotive and commercial truck retailers. PAG operates dealerships principally in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Japan and is one of the largest retailers of commercial trucks in North America for Freightliner. PAG also distributes and retails commercial vehicles, diesel and gas engines, power systems and related parts and services principally in Australia and New Zealand.” PAG owns 28.9% of Penske Transportation Solutions, a business that manages a fleet of more than 350,000 vehicles “providing innovative transportation, supply chain and technology solutions to North American fleets.”

About Ken Zino

Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn. He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe. Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap. AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks. Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.
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2 Responses to Penske Automotive Group Buys Another BMW Store

  1. Penske Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: PAG) today 26 Jan 2022 announced that its Board of Directors has increased the Company’s dividend by 2.2%, or $0.01 per share, to $0.47 per share. “The increase in the dividend reflects our Board of Directors’ confidence in the Company’s strong cash flow and the continued strength of our diversified business model,” said Penske Automotive Group President, Robert H. Kurnick, Jr. The dividend is payable March 1, 2022, to shareholders of record on February 10, 2022.

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    Penske Automotive Group has filed an Amended Statement of Beneficial Ownership with the SEC that shows Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Now holds 13,322,205 shares of voting common stock representing 17.0% of shares outstanding (78,295,038 as of October 25, 2021).

    Mitsui is a large holding company. In the motor vehicle segments, in addition to the export and import of vehicles and parts, the Mobility Business Unit has established upstream through downstream value chains across its entire operating area, which encompasses logistics, production, wholesale, retail sales, financing, leasing, rental and car sharing services. It also concentrates on expanding the “business base to offer a stable supply of transportation services that serve a wide variety of customers and respond to their changing needs, such as town creation and electrification (EV / FCV) with low environmental load, the shift from owning products to using services, and the sharing economy. Leveraging this business platform, through operating independently or together with strategic business partners, we move to secure a stable earnings base and globalize our human resources.” – Autocrat for AutoInformed.com

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