Article: Sonic Automotive, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Don Massey Dealerships, Raises Earnings Targets.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Sonic Automotive, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an agreement to purchase substantially all of the Don Massey Dealerships, the 19th largest dealership group in the United States. The Massey group dealerships to be acquired by Sonic represent 16 dealerships with estimated annual revenues of $1.0 billion. Of the 16 dealerships, 13 represent the Cadillac brand.

O. Bruton Smith, the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer stated, "This acquisition continues the execution of our strategy to overweight our representation of luxury brands; in this case, Cadillac. Cadillac has an outstanding product plan and management team, ...

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