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<br>The son of mega-car dealer Billy Fuccillo is opening dealerships and selling cars—his way.Last week, the 23-year-old Fuccillo Jr. opened his second dealership, Fuccillo Volkswagen in Schenectady.<br>
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The son of mega-car dealer Billy Fuccillo is opening dealerships and selling cars—his way. Last week, the 23-year-old Fuccillo Jr. opened his second dealership, Fuccillo Volkswagen in Schenectady. • http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/blog/2013/08/billy-fuccillo-jr-powers-his-own-auto.html
The franchise, located at 2242 Central Ave. across the street from his father’s Fuccillo Hyundai, is Fuccillo Jr.’s second dealership. Last August, he opened Fuccillo Nissan of Clay, near Syracuse. His company operates as BFJ Enterprises.
As a youngster, Fuccillo Jr. spent many years learning the trade while working at his father’s dealerships. Today, Fuccillo Sr.’s Fuccillo Automotive Group includes 26 stores in New York and Florida with combined annual revenue of almost $1 billion.
He says his Nissan dealership, which is near Syracuse, has been the automaker’s second-highest U.S. performer for five of the 12 months it has been open. It mainly operates with people who have never been in the car business before. Fuccillo Jr. is applying that same philosophy to his Volkswagen dealership.
“Why would they go work for Enterprise-Rent-A-Car when they could start at our company for a lot more?” Fuccillo pondered during that interview.
His son, who crammed in quite a few marketing, accounting and advertising electives while attending Chapel Hill, made that philosophy part of his business model.
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