Dan Vaden Chevrolet
9393 Abercorn Street Savannah, GA 31406Sales: (888) 823-3571
- Service: 912-925-9393
- Parts: 912-925-9393
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Vaden Automotive Group History
 
| | "I am just
an old used car salesman..." His eyes twinkle, his smile is
genuine and he has never forgotten where he started. Meet Dan
Vaden, the heart and soul of The Vaden Automotive Group.
Having graduated from the University of Florida, he began his career in
the car business as a used car sales trainee in Jacksonville,
Florida. After 15 years, he had worked his way up to General
Manager and part-owner. So, when General Motors approached
him about an opportunity n Savannah, he packed up his wife and two
young daughters and started Dan Vaden Chevrolet on an old dairy
farm. That was 1968. He's stayed very busy since then. In 1980, Mr. Vaden began expanding and adding other franchises and locations. Today, the Vaden family operates Dan Vaden Chevrolet, Coastal Chevrolet, HUMMER of Savannah, Vaden Suzuki, VadenVolkswagen, Vaden Nissan, Dan Vaden Chevrolet, Cadillac and Buick of Brunswick, Vaden Lowcountry in Hampton, Vaden Lowcountry in Beaufort and our newst location Vaden Nissan of Hinesville. In 1992, Mr. Vaden was chosen as one of the top eight new-car dealers in the United States, winning the prestigious Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award. In 2006, The Vaden Automotive Group won the Better Business Bureau's Diane Wahrman Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics. In 2008, Mr. Vaden received the Savannah business community's highest honor when he was inducted into the Savannah Business Hall of Fame, in recognition of his quiet leadership and support of many community projects throughout his career. Mr. Vaden has often told his employees, "I don't sign your paycheck, your customers do." It's that philosophy that has helped the organization grow to serve hundreds of thousands of customers across the Southeast. "Our business is people business. We treat our employees and customers as partners because, ultimately, they are responsible for our success." |
