Colorado
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ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 13, 2010 – Jack TerHar, President of Sill-TerHar Motors Inc., a Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Aston Martin, Volvo, Jaguar and Mazda dealership in Broomfield, Colo., was named the TIME Magazine Dealer of the Year from Colorado.
TerHar was chosen to represent the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association in the national competition. The award is sponsored by TIME Magazine in association with Goodyear, and in cooperation with NADA.
“I started at the age of seven, cleaning parts shelves,” says TerHar, “then I worked in parts, service and body shop through my early high school years.”
TerHar graduated from Broomfield (CO) High School in 1972, and started selling fulltime at the three-generation Sill-TerHar family store in 1973. The dealership was opened by Hugo Sill and Jack TerHar Sr. in 1960, back when Highway 287 was a two-lane dirt road, and 120th was the major throughway to Denver. Jack Jr. began his buyout of the dealership in 1978 and completed it in 1989.
In 2001, the company began growing into what it is today—adding Volvo, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Lincoln, Mercury and Mazda, and building a new $18 million facility. The first new building was a Ford service center, then a state-of-the-art new Ford showroom. In November 2002, TerHar completed its Premier Automotive Group building which now houses Aston Martin, Volvo and Jaguar as well as luxury pre-owned vehicles. The dealership now covers 38 acres, with four buildings and six showrooms.
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