Sewell Lexus Comes to Fort Worth
29 July 1998
Sewell Lexus Comes to Fort Worth
FORT WORTH, Texas, July 28 -- Sewell Motor Company announced
today that it has acquired Hillard Lexus of Fort Worth. The new dealership
will be Sewell Lexus of Fort Worth.
With the sale closing today for an undisclosed price, the Texas-based
Sewell Motor Company took immediate possession of the dealership located at
5100 Bryant Irvin Rd. with no changes in personnel.
"We have an excellent base of customers, employees and products in the
present operation," said Carl Sewell, Chairman/CEO of Sewell Motor Company.
"The goal at Sewell Lexus of Fort Worth is simply to make a great dealership
even better."
Sewell Motor Company's Sewell Lexus of Dallas was among the charter Lexus
dealerships that introduced top-of-the-line luxury automobiles to customers in
1989.
"We try to provide our customers with the highest caliber of customer
service," said Mr. Sewell. "Through our past experience as a Lexus dealer, we
have developed a highly successful understanding and appreciation of both the
product and the customer. We are very excited about having Sewell Lexus of
Fort Worth as the newest member of our family."
Sewell Motor Company has received national recognition for its excellence
in customer service for Lexus including the prestigious designation of Elite
Lexus for the last six years and the Arthur Andersen Award for outstanding
customer satisfaction this past year.
"With such people like General Sales Manager Dudley Haralson at our Fort
Worth dealership, we'll be able to offer Sewell customer service along with
Lexus products to an even greater audience within the Metroplex," said Barry
Pryor, President of Sewell Lexus of Dallas and Fort Worth.
While Sewell Motor Company has established a national reputation for
customer service in its eight franchises in Texas and Louisiana, the Sewell
family is returning to its roots with the acquisition of the Fort Worth Lexus
dealership.
"My grandfather owned a hardware store in Tarrant County during the early
1900's," said Mr. Sewell. "My father sold our first Model T Ford there in
1911. It came in a crate. They had to assemble it and teach the farmer how
to drive."
Nationally acclaimed for its customer service record, the Texas-based
Sewell Motor Company was established in 1911 and today has nine franchises in
Dallas, Fort Worth, New Orleans and San Antonio with 930 employees with sales
in excess of $500 million. The Sewell reputation for superb customer service
has earned an international following due to Mr. Sewell's best selling book,
Customers for Life, with 850,000 copies published in 16 languages.
SEWELL LEXUS OF FORT WORTH
Fact Sheet
NAME: Sewell Lexus of Fort Worth
(Formerly "Hillard Lexus of Fort Worth")
ADDRESS/PHONE: 5100 Bryant Irvin Rd.
Fort Worth, TX 76132
817-370-5100
OWNER: Sewell Motor Company
PURCHASE DATE: July 28, 1998
PURCHASE PRICE: Unavailable for disclosure
# OF EMPLOYEES: 54
ESTABLISHED: September 1989 (one of the charter Lexus dealers)
MANAGEMENT
STAFF: Barry Pryor, President
Dudley Haralson, General Sales Manager
Zane Gober, Sales Manager
John White, Pre-owned Sales Manager
Gary Fuller, Service Manager
Bryan Taylor, Parts Manager
SEWELL MOTOR COMPANY
FACT SHEET
NAME: Sewell Motor Company
ADDRESS/PHONE: 3860 W. Northwest Highway, Suite 102
Dallas, TX 75220
214-902-2200
CHAIRMAN/CEO: Carl Sewell
# OF EMPLOYEES: 930
DEALERSHIPS: Dallas -- Sewell Cadillac
Sewell Lexus
Sewell Oldsmobile GMC Pontiac
Fort Worth -- Sewell Lexus of Fort Worth
New Orleans -- Sewell Cadillac Chevrolet
San Antonio -- Ken Batchelor Cadillac
ESTABLISHED: 1911