ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 13, 2010 – Robert Tasca Jr., President of Tasca Automotive Group, a Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Mazda and Volvo dealership in Cranston, R.I., was named the TIME Magazine Dealer of the Year from Rhode Island.
Tasca was chosen to represent the Rhode Island Automobile Dealers Association in the national competition. The award is sponsored by TIME Magazine in association with Goodyear, and in cooperation with NADA.
“I have worked for Tasca all my life! Literally since I have been old enough to walk,” says Tasca.
After graduating from Scituate (RI) High School in 1969, Tasca earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business at Providence (RI) College in 1973. Right away, Tasca starting working fulltime at the family dealership. “I started when I was very young wanting to go to work with my Dad; being in the automotive business was the only thing I ever wanted to do,” he says. Over the years, more and more family have followed Tasca’s path and worked at the dealership, including two brothers, his three children (sons Robert (Bob) III and Michael, and daughter Jaime) and two nephews.
Though he started working at a Ford dealership on May 5, 1943, legendary Ford salesman Robert (Bob) F. Tasca Sr. didn’t open his own store, Tasca Ford, until 1953, in Bristol, RI. Today, Bob Jr. shares ownership of the company with his brothers, Carl, Secretary and Treasurer, and David, Vice President. “Our Cranston location is a state-of-the-art facility that is seven years old,” says Tasca. In fact, the Tasca Automotive Group is a 15-time winner of the prestigious Chairman’s Award from Ford Motor Company. IN addition, Tasca’s son, Bob III, is a successful NHRA drag racer, and in that pursuit, he is following in the footsteps of his grandfather. According to tascaracing.com, Bob Sr. “a New England hot rodder … embraced the win on Sunday, sell on Monday mantra that pervaded the automotive culture in the 1960s.”
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