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MCGRATH AUTO GROUP
MCGRATH AUTO GROUP. In April 2015 McGrath Auto Group announced the construction of a 16,00-square-foot Volkswagen dealership and a 3,600-square-foot used car superstore on a 6.2-acre site along Holliday Drive. Between 35-40 employees would be hired to staff the dealerships.
McGrath Volkswagen of Dubuque and Dubuque Used Car Superstore were re-scheduled to open together on September 14, 2015. The Volkswagen dealership would house 87 new cars while the used-car site would handle more than two hundred vehicles. (2)
In 2015 McGrath announced that it had become the exclusive dealer in the tri-states for Hyundai vehicles previously sold at the DUBUQUE AUTO PLAZA. Doug Warthan, owner of Dubuque Auto Plaza, said the brand accounted for the least volume and freed up space for used vehicles. (3)
WILWERT'S HARLEY-DAVIDSON SALES was purchased by McGrath Auto Group.
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Source:
1. "McGrath Auto Targets August," Telegraph Herald, April 19, 2015, p. 1B
2. Montgomery, Jeff. "Volkswagen, Used-Car Dealerships to Open September 14th," Telegraph Herald, September 5, 2015, p. 3A
3. Montgomery, Jeff, "Dubuque Car Dealers Adds Cascade Site," Telegraph Herald, October 29, 2016, p. 3