Our Beginning In The Car Business Is Not Typical, But Neither Are We…
The history of the Marlow Auto Group starts back in 1947. As automobile history buffs know, car manufacturing slowed to a near halt in the mid-1940s, as factories were converted to support the war effort, producing ammunition. As you might expect, when automobile production resumed at the war’s end, the demand for consumer automobiles far exceeded the supply. And then came the wait. Customers looking to buy cars were assigned a number and took delivery of the vehicle, car by car, as they rolled off the assembly line and into the dealerships. As you might expect, those were some wild days in the car business, where folks would do just about anything to lessen the wait, move up in the line, and take home a car. Bribery and other shenanigans were commonplace as people tried to “bump” their way up in the line.
But, Here’s Where Our Story Takes A Turn…