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Auto Nation's Mike Jackson Interview - Part II

Every store Auto Nation has purchased failed to perform as well as its previous owner. This smoke and mirrors about share, interest, market percentage, blah blah blah. Fact is their stores were failing before all the oil and real estate trouble began. One particular reason is their refusal to pay for talent. Being in the car business for over 35 years I can tell you without talent you are doomed. It's not like renting videos. Any mention of employment at an Auto Nation store sends good people running like a cat and a garden hose. This theory about moving towards Hi Line import stores is a joke. They will find a way to make those non productive. Read all the stats you want, but I know the history of stores in So Cal , and Auto Nation is a master of ruining them.