The Outten Family of Dealerships
began December 7, 1979, at the corner of 19th &
Tilghman streets in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
This was the grand opening of Outten Chevrolet, Inc. Prior to opening his own dealership, Mr. Willie Outten had
many years experience as the General Manager of a Chrysler-Plymouth dealership
in New Jersey. Mr. Outten also shared brief ownership in a Ford dealership and a MacDonald's restaurant. In those days, Mr. Outten was the #1
selling Dodge vehicle salesperson on the East Coast of the United States before
entering sales management. Mr. Outten was
raised in South Carolina and moved to Philadelphia after spending four years with
the United States Navy.
In 1990,
the Outten Used Car Center, a budget-oriented used vehicle dealership was
opened on South 4th St. in Allentown. In addition to standard bank financing, the Outten Used
Car Center
offers in-house auto loans and has helped hundreds of customers re-establish
their positive credit when other lenders refused to help. The Outten Used Car Center is co-owned by Moe
Pagni
In 1992, Outten Buick Pontiac of
Hamburg, PA was opened. At that time
Outten Buick-Pontiac was a small dealership catering to the little town of Hamburg. After acquiring the Chevrolet franchise
(and Oldsmobile at the time), Outten Buick-Pontiac-Chevrolet was one of the
largest General Motors dealerships in Pennsylvania and consistently won awards for
sales and service satisfaction.
In 2004 Mr. Outten and son James Outten added Outten County Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep in
Hamburg, PA to the family of dealerships.
Outten Chrysler ranks in the top 10 in sales from Mid-Atlantic U.S.
Chrysler dealers and top 100 nationwide.
In October 2010, James Outten was proud to open Outten Kia of Hamburg and is very excited to represent such an exciting and fast growing brand of vehicles.
The Outten Dealerships
have strong ties to the community and various charitable affairs. During the September 2001 attacks on New
York, James Outten, with other team members personally traveled to Ground Zero
just days after the tragedy to provide much needed supplies to the Red Cross
and NYFD staff. After Hurricane Katrina,
the Outten Dealerships led a Convoy of Care to storm stricken Mississippi and
Louisiana to provide displaced families with food and building materials. The Outten dealerships regularly donate to
local causes as well as programs such as Toys for Tots and the Boy's Home orphanage
in Reading, PA
Today, the Outten Dealerships are
owned and operated by Willie and James Outten and both are readily available for questions and/or concerns. Both Mr. Outten and James work hard to
recognize mistakes and resolve to build a stronger business for you, our
customer.
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