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“People laugh at them and make fun of them,” admits Bill Gwatney.
Then, he adds, “They don’t ever forget them.”
He has proof.
Last year, Gwatney Chevrolet was the No. 1 Chevy dealer in a region that includes Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and parts of Oklahoma and Texas.
Gwatney says he doesn’t think a central Arkansas Chevrolet dealer has ever achieved that distinction.
Gwatney Chevrolet’s $51 million in 1991 sales was more than one-third of the $132.9 million in combined sales the company had with its three dealerships in Tennessee. Those include two Chevrolet dealerships and a Saturn dealership.
Gwatney’s Jacksonville dealership employs 110 of the company’s 370 employees.
Bill Gwatney’s father, Harold, founded the Jacksonville dealership in 1957. In 1988, he purchased a Memphis, Tenn., dealership and added a second one in 1989.
Last year, the Gwatneys were awarded the Saturn dealership for Memphis.
