With the acquisition of Worthington Ford, Costa Mesa-based Nouri/Shaver Automotive Group will own 17 Southern California dealerships in such communities as Van Nuys, Chino Hills, Huntington Beach a…
The wacky TV commercials are burned into our memory.
Worthington died in 2013 at the age of 92, and grandson Nick Worthington, who currently serves as dealer/president of the company, has announced thatThe deal is set to close Tuesday, Feb. 28 and the dealership’s new name will be BP Ford. Financial terms were not disclosed. All of the dealership’s 130 employees who wish to stay on will be retained, although they will have to reapply for their jobs.
CEO Armina Mgerian, who is also a partner with the company, said Nouri/Shaver was formed in 2015 when Bob Nouri sold his 20 dealerships in Oklahoma to move to Southern California to be with his mother who was ill. Born Nov. 27, 1920 in Bly, Oklahoma, Worthington grew up dirt poor as one of nine children. Dropping out of school at the age of 13, he secured his first job working as a water boy on a road construction crew for 15 cents an hour.
In 1949 he moved to Huntington Park where he established the Hudson Motor Car Co. That eventually morphed into the Worthington Dealership Group, which saturated late night TV with Cal Worthington commercials.
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