Pub. 20 2021-2022 Issue 2

N E W J E R S E Y C O A L I T I O N O F A U T O M O T I V E R E T A I L E R S I S S U E 2 | 2 0 2 1 24 new jersey auto retailer New Jersey’s Franchised Dealerships Do A Lot of Good In Their Communities To our members, being in business is not just about sales. Our members employ nearly 36,000 men and women in good-paying, local jobs that can’t be outsourced and support another 33,600 jobs in New Jersey. Last year, the $34.6 billion in industry sales generated $1.73 billion in state and local tax revenue. Even during a worldwide pandemic, the automotive retail industry continued to be a primary driver of the state’s economy. This is great news, but dealers do a lot more than just sell new cars and trucks. New Jersey’s neighborhood new car and truck dealerships are relentlessly committed to New Jersey. Beyond their considerable investment in staff, brick-and-mortar facilities, and internal operations, they also support the neighborhoods in which they do business in a variety of ways. The generosity of New Jersey’s franchised dealers, highlighted by as much as $15 million in charitable contributions last year, serves as an incredible indicator of the industry’s longstanding commitment to their local neighborhoods and customers. Below, you’ll find examples of just some of the organization’s dealers have supported over the past 18 months: Bergen County • Adopt a Soldier Platoon, Inc. (Liberty Subaru and Subaru of America) • Hackensack University Hospital Foundation (Quality Automall) • Little Sister of the Poor (Quality Automall) • NY-NJ Trail Conference (Liberty Subaru and Subaru of America) • Oasis (Quality Automall) • Paterson Boys & Girls Club (Quality Automall) Cape May County • Avalon, New Jersey’s Annual Dune Grass Planting Project (Subaru’s Eastern Region and Burke Subaru) • Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Atlantic & Cape May Counties (Burke Motor Group) • Cape Hope and the Cape May County Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation (Burke Motor Group) BY MAGDALENA PADILLA