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We want you to know why we think our service departments are so great and why you can put your trust in the work we do on your car, truck or sport utility when you bring it to us for routine maintenance, inspections and repairs. Read the rest of this entry »

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Philly Auto Show opens this weekend

2011 showroom floor (Credit: Mr. Auto Show)

We’ve talked about the biggest, so now let’s talk about the closest. Close is good!

With the NAIAS finishing its record-breaking nine-day run in Detroit on January 22, our motors are revving for our own Philly Auto Show, January 28 through February 5, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Read the rest of this entry »

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  • Employees honored for 5-year anniversaries

    Fred Beans thanks Buzz Hall for 30 years of service. [All images: Lynette Rosenbaum

    We don’t want to neglect the other stores’ holiday luncheons and their employees who celebrated years of service with the organization. This year, 84 employees were honored at significant milestones. They include eight special honorees who together represent 175 years of service to the company and the community it serves.

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    Since the Fred Beans launched its AutoRewards customer loyalty program in September 2003, it has garnered 114,991 memberships and honored 17,035 points redemptions for a total of $3,536,023 in savings to our customers.

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  • Beth Beans Gilbert, left, presents the first year’s portion of the $100,000 pledge to Kimberly Cambra, executive director of CB Cares.

    CB Cares, a local nonprofit that serves as a catalyst among community leaders, agencies, businesses, schools and families to improve the quality of life in Central Bucks, has received the first year’s donation – $50,000 – of a two-year pledge of $100,000 from the Fred Beans Automotive Group to fund programs that enrich the lives of our community’s young people.

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    DEARBORN, Mich. – U.S. sales of the Ford brand this week topped 2 million vehicles for the first time since 2007. The milestone makes Ford the best selling brand in America and the first automotive brand to hit the 2 million mark since 2007.

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  • Joe Schiliro, left, receives congratulations from Steve Mihalik, service manager, as Fred Beans Chevrolet's tech of the year.

    Many of our dealerships and subsidiaries take the opportunity at their holiday lunches in December to announce sales consultants or technicians who have been chosen for their outstanding contributions to the customers, the company and their coworkers in the year just ending. We wanted to recognize them as well, so here they are.

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    Kids win at NAIAS Charity Preview gala

    Miss Michigan USA Kristen Danyal looks beautiful at Charity Preview. (Credit: NAIAS)

    DETROIT–The Friday night gala at the Cobo Center for the 2012 North American International Auto Show raised $3 million for children’s charities and kids’ programs in Southeast Michigan. Music, lights, celebrities, dancing, beverages and food, beautifully garbed crowds — all against a backdrop of fabulous cars.

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  • Hyundai Motor America CEO John Krafcik reveals sticker that identifies the 2012 NA Car of the Year.

    DETROIT – The Hyundai Elantra was named the 2012 North American Car of the Year, while the 2012 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque took the 2012 North American Truck of the Year title at the North American International Auto Show.

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  • The story of the NAIAS

    Detroit has hosted an auto show for over a century. For the first several decades of its existence, however, the show’s focus was strictly regional. Then, in 1987, a visionary group of auto dealers within the Detroit Auto Dealers Association (DADA) asked a bold question: Why not make the event truly national in scope?  For that matter, why not make it the best auto show in the United States? Achieving this objective within only a few years’ time, the North American International Auto Show pursues a vision of continually redefining what it means to be the auto industry’s indispensable North American event. To achieve this goal, the Auto Show continually introduces bold new ways to enhance attendees’ experience and deliver exceptional value to media, industry and the public.

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