Harvey Auto Group’s San Leandro Mazda in San Leandro, CA, was sold to Victory Automotive Group, according to Steve Corle, director of the Plains Region for the Tim Lamb Group, who brokered the sale.
San Leandro Mazda is now known as Victory Mazda San Leandro and is located at 680 Marina Blvd. in San Leandro, CA.
The Mazda store includes a 13,000-square-foot showroom and 32,000 square feet of a parts and service center, which includes 14 bays. Staffing at Victory Mazda San Leandro will include a mixture of San Leandro Mazda’s 40+ employees as well members from the Victory Automotive team.
The deal went through Oct. 21, providing Victory Automotive Group with 53 stores in the U.S., 21 in California, and very first Mazda brand store.
Prior to being purchased by Harvey Auto Group in July 2018, the San Leandro Mazda showroom was an industrial facility. The facility was fully transformed into a Mazda showroom, which opened its doors to Northern California residents in December 2020.
The family-owned Harvey Auto Group was started by Ken Harvey with his first motorcycle shop in 1954. As Harvey built his small business, his focus shifted from motorcycles to automobiles. More than 50 years later, the Harvey Auto Group currently consists of four Honda stores and two Mazda stores in Northern California.
The sale of San Leandro Mazda will allow Harvey and his son Taz to focus their efforts on running their remaining dealership locations.
Victory Automotive Group a family-owned company, started more than 25 years ago by Jeffrey Cappo, is headquartered in Canton, MI. Cappo now works alongside his sons Eric and Michael, who are involved in the daily operations of their 53+ locations in 11 states including Ohio, Michigan, California, Massachusetts, Florida, Texas, Indiana, Tennessee, West Virginia, North Carolina, Illinois and Missouri, representing 14 automotive brands.
“The transaction went very smoothly for both Harvey Automotive Group and Victory Automotive Group,” said Corle, who has worked with the Tim Lamb Group for two years and now completed his third deal with Victory Automotive Group. “The team at Victory Automotive Group is always great to work with and I’m thrilled to have been the one helping them to acquire their first Mazda dealership.”
