Doing a 360

Bob Moore got the local Saturn franchise early, and set up Saturn of Oklahoma City at the far north end of the Moore Autoplex, at 13020 North Broadway.

Ford used to sell cars here at retail; they bought up the local dealerships and replaced them with company stores. The local Mazda franchise wound up at the downtown Auto Collection, which is where I bought Sandy back in 2000.

Then Ford decided that maybe they didn't want to be in the retail business after all, and broke up the Collection. Bob Howard, recently acquired by Group 1 of Houston, got the Ford and Lincoln-Mercury stores downtown, but it was Bob Moore who ended up with Mazda, which they moved to 13020, moving the Saturn dealership to the southside.

In the fall of 2006, the Mazda store was relocated a block east, to 13045 North Kelley, leaving 13020 open once more. It's now been filled: Moore is moving Saturn of Edmond there, which means that technically, it's no longer in Edmond. I have to wonder if maybe they kept the Saturn signage in the back of the building, just in case this Mazda thing didn't work out.

Posted at 11:55 AM to City Scene , Driver's Seat