All over Fort Smith & the River Valley United Way‘s Day of Caring took place April 12, 2016. It was truly an honor to serve & Day of Caring has definitely become one of my favorite work days since joining the HRBG team. Harry Robinson Buick GMC on Instagram: “Today almost 800 volunteers served the… Read More United Way Day of Caring
Meet our Harry Robinson Buick GMC VIP Sales team. Steve Hatwig is our newest team member. steveh@harryrobinson.com Hi my name is Steve Hatwig. I have lived in Fort Smith all my life. I am married to my beautiful wife Angela. We have one son, Alex who is a freshman at the University of Central Arkansas… Read More VIP Sales Team
All April we will be taking diaper and baby needs donations for Heart to Heart Pregnancy Support Center! Please Drop off all donations at Harry Robinson Buick GMC located at 6000 S 36th Street in Fort Smith. What is a diaper need? The lack of a sufficient supply of diapers to remain clean, dry and healthy.… Read More Harry’s Heart to Heart Diaper Drive
Here’s the (gorgeous) updated Buick Avista Concept unveiled at the 2016 New York International Auto Show. She’s beautiful in red. I I LOVE the interior colors on the update. Check out the “old” one with lots of pic here: 2016 Buick Avista Concept Buick has no plans for making this concept, but the production models… Read More 2016 Buick Avista Concept
DETROIT – GMC today was recognized as the Most Refined Brand in the 2016 Kelley Blue Book Brand Image Awards. It is the third consecutive year the brand has received this award. Brand Image Award winners are based on consumer automotive perception data from Kelley Blue Book Strategic Insights’ Brand Watch study. Brand Watch is… Read More Kelley Blue Book Names GMC ‘Most Refined Brand’
Well friends it is that time of the month again. It is time to spotlight an employee here in Harry’s Body Shop. This month I have chosen to spotlight auto body technician, Mr. Richard Wester. Rick joined our team on March 5, 2014. He is a great technician and we love having him around our… Read More Employee Spotlight: Rick | Auto Body Fort Smith
It’s been crazy around here. Between the remodel, planning next years awesomeness, and getting all my ducks in a row for this year, I’ve been letting my updates go. I apologize for that. The last thing I want to be is inconsistent. I totally dropped the ball with the employee spotlight series, and featuring our… Read More Catching up…
Business Owners: With the 2015 tax incentives, you could be eligible for up to a total of $25,000 in tax deductions when you purchase qualifying GMC vehicles for your business before 12/31/15. And you can stack up select Business Choice offers and other small-business incentives to get an even bigger haul. To learn more… Read More Harry Robinson Buick GMC | GMC Year End Tax Deduction
It’s not just Fort Smith, it’s Sebastian, Crawford, Franklin, honestly, the entire state of Arkansas has a foster care crisis. We have too many displaced kids & not enough homes for them. We have kids who have grown up in group homes and foster care who are trying to learn how to become productive adults.… Read More Fort Smith: We Have A Foster Care Crisis
Do you wonder why we choose to make our yearly donation drive benefit the children of The Call & Children’s Emergency Shelter? There’s two huge reasons. To help you more fully understand the first reason, we start with some history. As you may know we are a family business for the most part. Those of… Read More Why The Call & Children’s Emergency Shelter?
We at Harry Robinson Buick GMC are kicking off our yearly donation drive, Sierra Full of Joy. This is our 3rd exciting year to host this giving event. We hold the Fort Smith community and it’s children close to our hearts. The children of The Call and Children’s Emergency Shelter are especially near and dear… Read More Sierra Full of Joy 3
We’re giving away 4 tickets & 4 armbands for armband day Saturday October 3rd. To enter on Instagram follow us & tag a friend! You can also enter by liking, sharing & commenting on our pinned post on facebook. Winner will be announced on Friday! Good luck everyone. 🙂 –C
This week’s subject is Amanda. If you’ve been here for service you know her! She was one of the best service advisors, and she moved on up to Customer Experience Manager, which suits her quite well because she LOVES our customers! Here’s her pic & bio from our staff page: Amanda Mendenhall Customer Experience Manager amanadam@harryrobinson.com… Read More Connect with the Family: Amanda
They haven’t arrived yet. They’re on their way! Just in time for top down rides & picnics! I’m really excited about seeing this new Buick in person. What color is your favorite? I’m kinda obsessed with the picture below. I don’t know why, but I love it. Maybe this is advertising at it’s finest because… Read More 2016 Buick Cascada Preview
This week I’m asking Jerry the questions. Jerry is quite fascinating. He’s a master of many trades including pilot, VIP sales consultant and has a YouTube channel with over 2.6 million views and over 23,000 followers! You can see why I was anxious to give him the #hrbg Q & A. First, here’s his professional… Read More Connect with the Family: Jerry
Yesterday Michelle shared about Cory on the body shop blog. The lazy part of me was inspired to steal it, sprinkle a little salt on it and make Cory the subject of this week’s Connect with the Family blog. 🙂 Here’s what Michelle shared: Hello friends, it’s me Michelle, your smiling receptionist at Harry Robinson… Read More Connect with the Family: Cory
Hello all & thank you for reading more about us. Today we get to connect with Angela. (She’s Awesome!) I picked her because I love a great story & adoption is an important subject, especially here in Northwest Arkansas. We have too many kids who don’t have a home or options and it’s a sad,… Read More Connect with the Family: Angela
Last week started our Connect with the Family series with Chelsey, and it’s been a big hit. Thank you to everyone who reads our blog. 🙂 This week we are going to get to know Scott a little better. I could write many blogs about Scott. Scott Durham’s story is a real life school of… Read More Connect with the Family: Scott
Last week I took a mini staycation with my mom. The kids went back to school & we hit the pool. I was so happy to spend some time with her. So, what you may have missed while I was out is that Lacey was voted the HRBG V.I.P. (Valuable, Inspiring, Positive) Employee of the… Read More Lacey is Awesome & Other News
I wanted to start a little series where we tell you a little about us. I know you can search around this blog and get a great idea of who we are as a company. Hopefully, the idea you get of our company is that we are made up of a great group of fabulous folks… Read More Connect with the Family: Chelsey
Thanks to The CityWire we are giving away TWO 3-Day passes to The Peacemaker Music & Arts Fest being held this weekend in Fort Smith. There are several ways to enter. Entering through Facebook: Like our page, Share pic as status & #PeacemakerFS Entering through Instagram: Follow us @ArkansasTrucks, Tag a friend when you share… Read More Peacemaker Fest Ticket Giveaway
So, this weeks been kind of hectic. I usually work more and some how relax more during my vacation. This vacation was different in that I didn’t seem to fit much work or relaxing into my schedule. It was a stressful week of baseball which I should be use to but apparently that failed me… Read More This Week at HRBG
So this week has been action packed. We’ve had a great month. Lot’s of vacationing has been going on here & all the while we are just as busy as can be, Thankfully. Firstly, I must say I am so proud of Austin! Here’s the initial story if you missed it. Austin went to Washington… Read More So Much Fun Packed Into One Week
Happy Friday! It’s summer! I love summer. 🙂 (and Fridays) And in case you haven’t heard…Sales Tax Paid on every vehicle sold this weekend at HRBG! (Give Marty a call at 479-646-8600 if you have any questions). Today we had an awesome #FreeGasFriday winner. Check it out: And here’s the cheapest gas around Fort… Read More It’s #FreeGasFriday (Well Every Friday is but YAY!)
So, every week we get 5-10 requests to sponsor charitable events, a team, 5k, or donations needed in the near future. If you know me at all you know the giving spirit here is one of my favorite things about HRBG, and getting to participate in the process is a dream. Every week, Renee (our GM) and I have… Read More Austin is Going to Washington!
Mike Tisevich! MIke! 🙂 Mike started out working at HRBG in our service department and soon moved over to the body shop. He was an estimator until this year when he was promoted to body shop manager. Mike has taken over and really done a great job. His department has grown substantially in the time he’s been… Read More HRBG May VIP Employee of the Month
We’re hiring 2 sales staff members. I decided to make a little picture that says a little about who we are because if you’re job hunting it’s good to know where you may end up, right? We are people who care about our customers and our community, we are smiley people, friendly folks, we’re professional… Read More HRBG is hiring 2 Sales Consultants
State Sales Tax Paid on all New Buick, GMC & Used Vehicles purchased May 30th & 31st at Harry Robinson Buick GMC! Call 479-646-8600 and ask for Marty or email him at martyp@harryrobinson.com with any questions you have or to schedule a test drive. Here’s today’s #FreeGasFriday winner. Congrats Lisa! Lisa won $50 in free… Read More Find Your Summer Ride!
We got our GM Mark of Excellence Awards in this week. It’s a big honor to get them, and a great reward for hard work. It’s exciting to see everyone getting their awards. General Motors awards those who have achieved excellent customer satisfaction, outstanding product knowledge, and exceeded training goals. Jeremy Lensing, Service Manager- Second… Read More GM Mark of Excellence
The VIP (Valuable, Inspiring, Positive) Employee of the Month program has become one of the highlights of the month for everyone here. Everyone is so excited for the winner and so proud for them it’s just awesome. We’ve only been doing this since January & every time a new winner is announced I’m reminded how… Read More HRBG (VIP) Employee of the Month
Today we have a lot to celebrate. It’s Harry’s birthday which is super exciting. Happy Birthday Harry!!! We also have two graduating UAFS tomorrow! Exciting!! Congratulations to Xavier & Eddie. Xavier played on the UAFS Lions basketball team. Here he is in action (stolen from his facebook 🙂 ) Also, Eddie has been working so… Read More Happy Day!
Growth is incredible & it’s so awesome to have employees who can be promoted within the company. I love the fact that there are managers here who started out washing cars! It’s one of the top things I love about Harry Robinson Buick GMC. We are growing, you may have noticed we are always hiring… Read More Moving on UP!
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to present your mom with an 18″ strand of pearls & 7mm pearl studs mounted with 14k gold for Mother’s Day? Harry Robinson Buick GMC is having just that giveaway! Enter to win this prize from Gold & Diamond Co, Fort Smith. Winner announced May7th. Enter here by liking our facebook… Read More Mother’s Day Giveaway at HRBG
It was time to vote for employee of the month for March, the nominations came in, the people voted…it was me. That’s kind of awkward to write about so I’ll do this…It’s awesome! I’m so proud! I was going to write a thank you speech, but then thought someone’s going to think I’m serious so… Read More So Here’s What Happened…
United Way of Fort Smith has a yearly campaign called Day of Caring, and we have had the pleasure of being involved last year & again this year. The Day of Caring is such a wonderful day! There were almost 100 projects needing volunteers today. The beauty is many, many projects were able to be… Read More Day of Caring
We’re giving away another Yeti! There are two ways to enter. How to enter: Instagram: Find this photo, Like this photo, repost & #Hrbg, follow @ArkansasTrucks. Twitter: Find this Tweet, Favorite, RT & #hrbg, follow @ArkansasTrucks. Winner announced Thursday April 2nd! *Arkansas River Valley Residents eligible to win*
There are some awesome things that happened this week. I had to share. 🙂 Our February VIP (Valuable, Inspiring, Positive) employee of the month was voted on & a winner announced! Exciting! The randomly selected committee representing all departments voted between the manager’s nominations & Joey came out on top. Joey is loved & admired… Read More This Week at HRBG
We decided it was a great year to start a new program for employees. 🙂 HRBG VIP (Valuable, Inspiring, Positive) Employee of the Month. We took internal nominations via manager email & selected 10 random employees to vote on the nominations. Here are the nominations: I would like to nominate Mike Tisevich as employee of the… Read More HRBG (VIP) January Employee of the Month
Harry Robinson Buick GMC receives three annual awards Submitted by The City Wire Staff on Wed, 02/18/2015 – 3:47pm Harry Robinson Buick GMC has received a 2015 DealerRater Dealer of the Year award, a 2015 DealerRater Consumer Satisfaction Award and a Women’s Choice Award from WomenCertified. The Dealer of the Year awards are based… Read More Harry Robinson Buick GMC receives three annual awards | via The City Wire, Fort Smith AR
BUICK HONORS Like sports teams, automakers often have one or two stars that dominate the spotlight. Buick, on the other hand, boasts an entire lineup of owner-pleasing, award-winning performers. Take a look. NHTSA FIVE-STAR OVERALL VEHICLE SCORES FOR SAFETY Buick is the only car company to have received National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 5-star… Read More Buick Accolades
Looks like we went up just a bit. Maybe this is where we are going to stick for a while? I also got some good news last week. Incase you haven’t heard, Harry Robinson Buick GMC was named the Arkansas Dealerrater Dealer of the Year for Buick & GMC for the second… Read More Fort Smith’s Cheapest Gas Today
How can we help? That is the question for the ages. It will either elicit a response or scare you away. When someone asks how can I help do you think they are being sincere or are they just giving you “lip service”. Is there a better way for it to be said? What if… Read More How Can We Help?
Today Harry’s here giving out awards! Jerry is lucky enough to win one of our awards for being the most reviewed sales consultant in the month of December. Jon also received prizes for reviews & Pam earned herself an extra vacation day for her reviews. We love to hear feedback from our customers & these guys… Read More Harry’s Here, Jerry Corley’s a winner
When you think car salesman you think….what? My friend Joey did some research on the subject. Here’ s what he found: “The average car buyer believes their salesperson is making thousands on a new car sale when in reality they are only making $100-$200. The thousands thought being paid out puts the consumer in the mind… Read More The Secret Life of a “Car Salesman”
Autoweek Best of the Best/Truck: 2015 GMC Canyon Trucks speak to a different part of the brain than cars, where the desire for power and road chops meets the need for utility and good ol’-fashioned dirt-under-the-fingernails grunt. That’s part of the reason we’re giddy to give the 2015 GMC Canyon the award. It’s truly a… Read More The 2015 Autoweek Best of the Best Truck: GMC Canyon
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to every one who came out to give! Christmas time is upon us! Giving is one of the most rewarding experiences in life, and I’m so happy this year we were able to help make Christmas a wonderful time for local foster kids. Thank you to every one who… Read More Sierra Full of Joy 2
Wow what a week! We have Thanksgiving coming right upon us & turn around and it’s Black Friday. It’s a crazy week around HRBG because we are gearing up for Black Friday, and one of the best things about that (to me) is no Black Friday fighting. I am big on Thanksgiving & I proudly… Read More Thanksgiving, Travel & Black Friday
Harry Robinson Buick GMC Rewards Loyal Shoppers With Free Gas Friday Promotion | Edmunds.com. Thank You Edmunds! FORT SMITH, Arkansas — Rewarding loyal customers is fueling Harry Robinson Buick GMC’sFree Gas Friday promotion. A pair of employees cruise area businesses each Friday and the owner of the first Buick or GMC they see sporting a Harry Robinson… Read More Harry Robinson Buick GMC Rewards Loyal Shoppers With Free Gas Friday Promotion | Edmunds.com
The Children’s Emergency Shelter is a very important agency for abused and neglected children who live in Arkansas. Fort Smith Children’s Emergency Shelter provides shelter & care, in a safe, structured home-like environment for children ages 6-17 who have been removed from their home due to neglect and/or abuse. The mission includes allowing kids to… Read More What is CES?
This year for Sierra Full of Joy we will be taking gift donations for The Call & Children’s Emergency Shelter. Maybe you have heard of these organizations or not, and maybe you’re curious to know more about them. Today I’ll tell you more about The Call. At Harry Robinson Buick GMC we have a huge soft spot… Read More What is The Call?