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John Hammond
John was born in Frederick, MD to lifelong Frederick residents and remained there throughout his childhood and into adulthood. He attended Thomas Johnson High, where he played on both the basketball and baseball teams. After graduating in 1992, he enrolled in Frederick Community College. After one year of community college and working part time cleaning cars at a local dealership, John decided he wanted to work full time in the auto industry.

John has spent his entire career working in dealerships. His first full-time job was in 1994 at Fitzgerald Auto Mall as an inventory...

Automotive News, August 2021

Matt Walsh said he thinks ads by online used-vehicle retailers Carvana and Vroom are creative and funny.

Their humor, though, is based on "decades-old stereotypes" about new-car dealerships that no longer match the consumer experience franchised auto retailers provide, said Walsh, vice president of operations at Carter Myers Automotive in Charlottesville, Va.

This sentiment that the upstart companies draw on outdated perceptions is one I heard from multiple dealership executives and marketing providers this spring while reporting a story...

Over the past few months, we have been working hard at CMA to use this time to figure out how we can move more lives forward for our customers, our associates and our community. We know that customers want a better, more seamless and efficient car-buying experience. During COVID, we have streamlined our ability to deliver cars to our customers' homes, connect virtually, and help them truly enjoy the whole ownership experience.

CMA associates have been having a blast delivering cars to Maryland, North Carolina, West Virginia and many to homes just a few miles away from our dealerships…

  Liza Borches, CEO of Carter Myers Automotive, and Brandon Stanhope, General Manager of CMA's Williamsburg Ford, participated in an intensive, four-day seminar for dealers in Dearborn, Michigan, sponsored by Ford Motor Company. The seminar discussed ways to meet or exceed customer expectations and to help those customers be more completely satisfied every time they visit the dealership to shop, to buy or lease a new or used vehicle, or to get their existing vehicle…

 CMA’s Colonial Nissan is excited about partnering with Charlottesville Climate Collaborative. C3’s Driving Climate Solutions campaign will introduce broad sections of our community to Electric Vehicles (EVs) by documenting the first hand experiences of some of our neighbors.

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