History of Mark Miller Incorporated
Our business began in 1953, started by Laury Miller, as a Pontiac-Cadillac dealership located at 4919 South State Street in Murray, the dealership later added GMC trucks and eventually Rambler. The company remained at that location until the fall of 1967 when it moved into its current facility at 3535 South State Street.
In 1971 the Dealership took on Subaru, a small company which was importing a new front wheel drive car from Japan. Also in 1971, Laury's son Mark joined the company on a full time basis. Having worked in the service, parts and used car departments he had just completed his first year as a salesperson and in January 1971 started his duties as the Dealership's accounting manager.
In July of 1975 Laury and Mark signed a buy/sell agreement which was completed in November 1976. On December 1st 1976 Mark was awarded the Pontiac and Subaru franchises and became one of the youngest General Motors dealers in the country.
In 1985 the decision was made to separate Subaru into its own corporation and facility and in May of that year Mark Miller Subaru opened at its current location at 3734 South State Street. At that time Glen Krinke, who had been the General Sales Manager at the main dealership, was promoted to General Manager and took over the day-to-day operations of the Subaru Dealership. In December 1985, Steve McIntyre was promoted to General Sales Manager of Mark Miller Pontiac.
In April of 1990 Mark purchased the Toyota dealership in downtown Salt Lake City. Mark Miller Toyota opened on April 13th 1990. In 1995 we were awarded the Kia franchise for Salt Lake City and added Buick in November of 1998.
Over the past 25 years the dealerships have won numerous awards,
Including:
Pontiac's Master Dealer Award - fourteen times
Pontiac's Achiever Dealer Award - three times
Subaru's Golden Circle Award of Excellence - three times
Sports Illustrated Dealer of Distinction Award
Pontiac's Five Star Service Award - two times
Charter Member of the Subaru's Chairman's Roundtable - nine times
Toyota's Presidents Award Recognizing Customer Satisfaction -
seven times
Time Magazine's Quality Dealer Award
AIADA/Sports Illustrated All-Star Dealer Award
Mark Miller Pontiac has been the largest Pontiac dealer in the Intermountain area since the early 1970's and for many years Mark Miller Subaru has been the largest Subaru dealership.
The dealerships are successfully led by Glen Krinke (Subaru), Steve McIntyre (Pontiac-Buick) and Bill Niemann (Toyota). Mark Miller spends the majority of his time representing the Dealerships in the local community. His involvements include:
Past Member - Board of Directors - United Way of Salt Lake Area
Past Member - Board of Directors - National Automobile Dealers Association
Past Trustee - National Automobile Dealers Retirement Trust
Co-author of NADA's Sales Certification Program
Co-author of NADA's Trakmate Program
Member - President's Club Committee University of Utah
Past Chairman of the Board of Governors - Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce
Past Chairman - Young Presidents Organization (Utah Chapter)
Past President - Wasatch Front Pontiac Advertising Association
Vice Chairman - Motor Vehicle Dealer Advisory Board
Past Chairman - Board of Trustee - Rowland Hall - St. Mark's School
Member Sports Authority
Chairman Southwestern Dealers Life Insurance Company
Volunteer Chair Utah Olympic Sports Park - Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Games
As you can see our companies have been very successful over the last 46 years and we hope only to continue to grow and become more successful as the years go by.
