Quebedeaux GMC is now Tucson’s second Buick dealer, dealership president Tom Quebedeaux confirmed today.
He expects his dealership’s first Buicks to arrive tomorrow.
Quebedeaux had long been Tucson’s best-known Pontiac dealer, but when General Motors killed off that division last year Quebedeaux, 3566 E. Speedway, was left with only GMC’s SUV and truck line.
It was expected that GM would award the Buick franchise to Quebedeaux after the manufacturer pulled Royal Buick’s franchise amidst the tumultuous corporate bankruptcy. After dumping thousands of franchises nationwide, GM officials said GMC and Buick would be paired under the same roof in the remaining dealerships. Chevrolet and Cadillac would be the bookends for GM’s slimmed down structure.
Royal Automotive Group, which operated Royal Buick at 4333 E. Speedway for many years until losing that franchise, recently was granted new Buick and GMC franchises at the Tucson Auto Mall, where it bought the former Don Mackey Cadillac dealership.
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