Michelle Miller spent part of Wednesday clearing snow off new vehicles at Smart Motors along Odana Road. Founded in 1908, the dealership has been purchased by Baxter Auto Group of Omaha, Neb. Smart will retain its name, and all of its 240 employees have been offered to stay with the company.
Customers pull into the garage Wednesday to have their vehicles serviced at Smart Motors. The company started in a livery stable more than 115 years ago.
A timeline of Smart Motors is displayed on the wall as Ginny Chhy cleans a 2023 Toyota RAV4 that had been sold to a customer at the Toyota dealership in Madison.
Madison Soap Box Derby racer Billy West, 11, sits behind the wheel of a Willys, while O.D. Smart, president of Smart Motor Co. and Billy's sponsor in the derby, shows him some features of the car in July 1952. Smart founded his dealership in 1908.
John Dolan, hybrid specialist with Smart Motors in Madison, demonstrates one of the dealership's new battery recharging stations for hybrid and electric vehicles in 2013.
Michelle Miller spent part of Wednesday clearing snow off new vehicles at Smart Motors along Odana Road. Founded in 1908, the dealership has been purchased by Baxter Auto Group of Omaha, Neb. Smart will retain its name, and all of its 240 employees have been offered to stay with the company.
Customers pull into the garage Wednesday to have their vehicles serviced at Smart Motors. The company started in a livery stable more than 115 years ago.
A timeline of Smart Motors is displayed on the wall as Ginny Chhy cleans a 2023 Toyota RAV4 that had been sold to a customer at the Toyota dealership in Madison.
Madison Soap Box Derby racer Billy West, 11, sits behind the wheel of a Willys, while O.D. Smart, president of Smart Motor Co. and Billy's sponsor in the derby, shows him some features of the car in July 1952. Smart founded his dealership in 1908.
John Dolan, hybrid specialist with Smart Motors in Madison, demonstrates one of the dealership's new battery recharging stations for hybrid and electric vehicles in 2013.
