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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
Dulles Motorcars Celebrates Expanded Leesburg Dealership
With Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Thursday, July 25, 2013
Leesburg, VA (July 18, 2013) – Dulles Motorcars will celebrate the completion of their
expanded dealership at 107-109 Catoctin Circle SE in Leesburg on Thursday, July 25, 2013.
Mayor Kristen Umstattd will preside over a ribbon cutting ceremony at 4:00 p.m.
Dulles Motorcars’ new Chrysler Dodge showroom is the culmination of a four-year effort to
reestablish the dealership following Chrysler’s 2009 closure of nearly 800 dealerships
nationwide. Dulles Motorcars was one of two Leesburg dealerships that lost their Chrysler
franchises in June 2009. Immediately, Dulles Motorcars sought to regain its franchise, but had
to agree to build a new showroom that met Chrysler’s corporate branding standards. Owners
Hamid Saghafi and Kevin Saghafi requested assistance from the Leesburg Economic
Development Department and the Town Manager’s Office to confirm to Chrysler that the Town
would allow them to build a new showroom.
In June 2010, after Dulles Motorcars regained their Chrysler franchise, they opened a
temporary showroom in the former Pohanka dealership building at 219 Catoctin Circle SE, while
the plans for their new showroom went through the Town’s special exception and site plan
processes. In September 2011, they broke ground on the new showroom, and the building was
completed in January 2013.
“Dulles Motorcars has been a formidable business in our community for more than 20 years,”
noted Marantha Edwards, the Town’s Economic Development Director. “Their contributions
over the years to the creation of skilled jobs and quality auto service are greatly appreciated.”
Hamid Saghafi and Kevin Saghafi have owned Dulles Motorcars since 1990. In addition to the
Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ram franchises, they are also a Kia and Subaru dealership. For more
information, please visit www.dullesmotorcars.com.
Contact:
Marantha Edwards
Economic Development Director
medwards@leesburgva.gov
703-737-7019
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