Rudy Luther Toyota team members Debbie Tufts and Katie Burgess competed in the 26th annual Bedrace for Bridging competition on Saturday, March 9th. The race took place on Buck Hill in Burnsville, where nearly 60 teams competed. Bridging began in 1987 after a woman brought a piece of furniture into the Pax Christi Church, asking…
Westside Volkswagen hosted the 38th annual Bug-In, a free VW car show and swap meet, in June. Rich Meyer, president of the Twin Cities Volkswagen club, started hanging around the old Westside VW when he was 13 or 14 years old, buying junk yard cars and fixing them up. He met some of the guys…
GRAD School is launching new training courses for Service Advisors. The Luther Training Team has developed two new classes starting in July: “Building Guest Relationships – From Drop Off to Delivery” and “Building & Presenting Estimates – Increasing your average R.O.” These courses are now available online in G.R.A.D School. DriveCentric will provide a review…
These past few months Luther’s Technical Training Center (LTTC) hosted four graduation ceremonies to celebrate the students who completed Modules 1, 2 and 4. Congratulations to all our recent graduates, Luther Automotive is extremely proud of your dedication to the program and recent accomplishments! Module 1 This past winter, LTTC commemorated two Module 1 graduations. Throughout…
The holiday season is full of love and cheer, and for some of our dealerships, some photo ops with Santa and gifts for the local community. Here is how some of our dealerships celebrated this holiday season: Community Christmas Party in Cambridge In the early 2000s, John Hirsch’s Cambridge Motors started hosting a small…
Laundry Love – Oklahoma City, a charitable organization that gives local families free clean laundry, recently held their Valentine’s Day event that blessed over 120 families in Norman and Oklahoma City. “It was a crazy day. Many families received the gift of clean laundry, and we fed over 300 people between our two locations,” said Barbara Drommond,…
On January 27th, North Country Ford team members Lisa Synder and Vicki Serverson, flew to Mazatlán, Mexico for a week-long mission trip. The mission trips began in 2006, when Youth with a Mission, Mazatlan’s leading mercy missionary, partnered with Homes of Hope. Together, this community focuses on providing homes and a helping hand to those…
When leaders are busy with their normal daily activities and focused on the employee and guest experience, they often fail to form deep relationships with one another. Leaders that take the time to connect with others outside their dealership build more trust with each other, are able to work more effectively, and can solve problems more…
Each year it starts with a town, a dream, and a team. The American phenomenon of high school football and Friday Night Lights. It’s a night when the whole town comes together to hang out, socialize, and get amped up for the big game. Friday Night Lights also conjures up all the feelings that come…
On Sunday, September 17th, St. Cloud Subaru and St. Cloud Honda participated in an annual charity kickball tournament. This was the third year Subaru and Honda have participated in the event. “The weather couldn’t have been better. We were out on the fields for nearly six hours in the sun,” said Kris Daniels, Vehicle…
