John Zwiacher, owner of Scoggin-Dickey Chevrolet Buick Subaru, has been nominated for the 2016 TIME Dealer of the Year award. He is one of only 50 auto dealers, from 16,000 nationwide, nominated for the 47th annual award.
Zwiacher was chosen to represent the Texas Automobile Dealers Association in the 99th annual National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Convention & Exposition in Las Vegas on April 1. The TIME Dealer of the Year award is one of the automobile industry’s most prestigious and highly coveted honors. Recipients are among the nation’s most successful auto dealers who also demonstrate a long-standing commitment to community service.
“Our dealership was started in 1929, and we all know the chances that it would survive four generations is in the single digits,” nominee Zwiacher said. “We could not have thrived for so long without the loyalty of our employees and our customers.”
After college graduation, Zwiacher spent three successful years as a CPA with Arthur Andersen in Dallas, before his father-in-law asked him to join the family dealership, which was originally established in 1929. The long-term goal was for Zwiacher to take over the dealership. “Having never been in the car business, I figured the best way to learn was from the ground up,” he said. He started in sales, eventually earning the position of general manager in 1981. He took the reins of the company from his father-in-law in 1990.
“There is no doubt that the most rewarding aspect of my automotive career is the continued legacy of our family-owned dealership,” Zwiacher said. “Working with my father-in-law until his death in 2001 in a business passed on to him by his father, then subsequently having my son, David, and my daughter, Jackie, decide to join the family business has been the most gratifying.”
Zwiacher has lent his time and talent to Lubbock Power & Light, the Chamber of Commerce, Covenant Health, United Way, and several others. In addition, Zwiacher contributes to many charitable groups in his area, from Lubbock Meals on Wheels to Women’s Protective Services of Lubbock to the Volunteer Center of Lubbock.
Zwiacher was nominated for the TIME Dealer of the Year award by Bill Wolters, president of the Texas Automobile Dealers Association. He and his family will be attending the award ceremony in Las Vegas on April 1.
(News release from The Price Group)
