The Outten Family of Dealerships
began December 7th, 1979 at the corner of 19th &
Tilghman Streets in Allentown, Pennsylvania.This was the grand opening of Outten Chevrolet, Inc.Prior to becoming a dealer, Willie Outten had
many years experience as the General Manager of a Chrysler-Plymouth dealership
in New Jersey.Prior to that, Willie Outten
shared brief ownership in a Ford dealership and a MacDonald's restaurant.In those days, Willie Outten was the #1
selling Dodge vehicle salesperson on the East Coast of the United States before
entering sales management.Willie was
raised in South Carolina and moved to Philadelphia after spending four years with
the United States Navy.
In 1990,
the Outten Used Car Center, a budget-oriented used vehicle dealership was
opened on South 4th St. in Allentown.In addition to standard bank financing, the OuttenUsedCarCenter
offers in-house auto loans and has helped hundreds of customers re-establish
their positive credit when other lenders refused to help.The Outten Used Car Center is co-owned by Moe
Pagni.
In 1992, Outten Buick Pontiac of
Hamburg, PA was opened.At that time
Outten Buick-Pontiac was a small dealership catering to the little town of Hamburg.Now, after acquiring the Chevrolet franchise
(and Oldsmobile at the time), Outten Buick-Pontiac-Chevrolet is one of the
largest General Motors dealerships in Pennsylvania consistently wins awards for
sales and service satisfaction.
In 2004
Willie Outten and son James Outten added Outten County Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep in
Hamburg, PA to the family of dealerships.Outten County Chrysler ranks in the top 10 in sales from Mid-Atlantic U.S.
Chrysler dealers and top 100 nationwide.It is a Five Star Elite dealership ranked #1 in Chrysler's prestigious
Dealer of the Year program for the Mid-Atlantic US in 2006.
In October 2010, James Outten was proud to open Outten Kia of Hamburg and is very excited to represent such an exciting and fast growing brand of vehicles.
The Outten Dealerships
have strong ties to the community and various charitable affairs.During the September 2001 attacks on New
York, James Outten with other team members personally traveled to Ground Zero
just days after the tragedy to provide much needed supplies to the Red Cross
and NYFD staff.After Hurricane Katrina,
the Outten Dealerships led a Convoy of Care to storm stricken Mississippi and
Louisiana to provide displaced families with food and building materials.The Outten dealerships regularly donate to
local causes as well as programs such as Toys for Tots and the Boy's Home orphanage
in Reading, PA.
Today, the Outten Dealerships are
owned and operated by Willie and James Outten and we are readily available for
any of your concerns.We work hard to
recognize our own mistakes to build a stronger business for you, our
customer.Thank you for reading this
history of the Outten Dealerships and we hope you can find time to visit us
soon.
