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Seller
Fayetteville Ford
Buyer
Stivers Ford

DCG Advises Fayetteville Ford Ownership Transition

L-R: David Burnett, Mike Lacey, Edward Stivers
L-R: David Burnett, Mike Lacey, Edward Stivers

Dave Cantin Group is proud to have advised on the successful sale of Fayetteville Ford in Fayetteville, Georgia.

DCG represented longtime dealer David Burnett in his divestiture to Edward Stivers of Stivers Automotive and the current chairman of the Ford National Dealer Council. DCG Managing Directors Mike Lacey and Stephen Jones led the transaction.

This transaction represents the third Ford dealership in Georgia in the past year that DCG has worked on with Stivers Automotive, supporting its broader expansion in the Southeast.

Congratulations to both David Burnett and Edward Stivers on this important achievement.

About Dave Cantin Group

Dave Cantin Group is a leading automotive M&A advisory firm specializing in acquisitions, divestitures, platform management, business evaluations, and other corporate development services. The new retail reality requires automotive dealers to seek DCG’s collective best thinking, deep experience and extensive industry relationships to effectively leverage M&A as a core business strategy.

Clients choose DCG because we are a trusted advisor focusing on long-term relationships, investing in data and research, and engaging our entire team on every client project. Clients benefit from our industry-leading market intelligence – our Market Outlook Report – and JumpIQ, our proprietary AI-enabled platform delivering unprecedented visibility into automotive retail.

Our nonprofit initiative, DCG Giving, funds child and adolescent cancer research and treatment across the United States and supports other charitable causes important to the automotive retail community. To learn more, visit davecantingroup.com.

Deal Summary
seller David Burnett
Fayetteville Ford
buyer Edward Stivers
Stivers Automotive
date September 2025
location Fayetteville, GA
brand Ford
advisors Dave Cantin
Brian Traugott
Brian Gordon
Tony Karabon
Stephen Jones
sector Automotive
client goal Divestiture
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