Update: Enfield Dealership Remains Under Same Ownership

Update:

The Mitchell Auto Group is buying a car dealership from Anthony F. Troiano and Robert Artioli, but not the dealerships the pair owns in Enfield and Colchester.

Because of a reporting error, Enfield Patch reported this week that the Mitchells were buying the Artioli Chrysler, Dodge Ram dealership in Enfield and Troiano Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge dealership in Colchester, which were founded in 1975. It turns out The Mitchell Auto Group is buying the Northampton Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram dealership, according to Artioli.

“We are selling our Northampton location to the Mitchell’s, and the Northampton location only,” Artioli said. “We are a family-owned and operated business in Enfield and Colchester since 1975, entering our 40th year of operation, and we are planning on being here another 40.”

Enfield Patch regrets the error.

Original story:

The Mitchell Auto Group, which owns and operates seven car dealerships in Connecticut, is finalizing plans to acquire the Enfield and Colchester Chrysler, Dodge, Ram dealerships owned by Anthony F. Troiano and Robert Artioli, according to a report.

“We’re in the process of a friendly takeover,” Steven Mitchell, a co-owner of the Mitchell Auto Group told gazettenet.com. “We’re in a management agreement right now, with an intent to purchase.”

The purchase involves Artioli Chrysler, Dodge Ram on Enfield Road in Enfield and Troiano Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge on South Main Street in Colchester.

Mitchell owns Mitchell Auto Group with his brother Mark Mitchell and directors Joe Baril and David Tefft, all of Connecticut. He declined to disclose the terms of sale, according to the gazette net.com report. The group also sells Land Rover, Subaru, Volvo, Ford, Volkswagen and Dodge Ram dealerships in Windsor, Canton, Simsbury and Torrington, according to its website.

The Mitchel group is scheduled to seek a car dealer license from the Northampton License Commission on Jan. 5, according to the report which can be found here.

Photo credit: The Mitchell Auto Group website.