Crown Auto buys Chattanooga dealership
December 16, 2020 - Crown Automotive Group, headquartered in St. Petersburg, is buying Kelly Subaru, a dealership in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Crown is buying the dealership from Tim Kelly, a candidate for mayor in Chattanooga, according to the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Financial terms were not disclosed. Crown, a regional chain of 21 automobile dealerships in Florida, Ohio and Tennessee, tries to expand in growing markets where people like to live, Jim Myers, Crown president, told the newspaper. Kelly Subaru will be Crown's first Subaru dealership.