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Seller
Lithia Motors
Buyer
Ken Garff

DCG Represented the Sale of Lexus of Oxnard and Lexus of Santa Barbara in California

DCG represented the sale of Lexus of Oxnard and Lexus of Santa Barbara in California. Dave Cantin facilitated the closing of this transaction.

Dave Cantin and the Dave Cantin Group team brought outstanding professionalism, creativity, and work ethic to the acquisition they handled for us. The process was seamless, and DCG handled it with skill and a winning attitude. I look forward to working with them again, someday.

John Garff

CEO, Ken Garff Enterprises

Lithia Motors’ success and growth rely heavily on those we choose to partner with, and DCG takes that responsibility as seriously as we do. DCG is a trusted partner to Lithia and has successfully represented our acquisition and divestiture needs across the country. The Dave Cantin Group are trusted advisors and true professionals that we look forward to relying on for years to come.

Bryan DeBoer

President & CEO, Lithia Motors Inc.

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 Lithia Motors
buyer Ken Garff
date December 2020
location Santa Barbara, CA
brand Lexus
advisors Dave Cantin
Brian Traugott
Brian Gordon
Tony Karabon
Stephen Jones
sector Automotive
client goal Divestiture