i.g. Burton - Official Blog

Many people have a preconceived notion that service work at a dealership is really expensive and not worth the money. They are wrong on both counts! Dealerships are the best place to get your vehicle serviced. Dealerships work very hard to be competitive in their service pricing. Sometimes they are more expensive than others and sometimes they are less expensive. The real money savings to the customer come from factory trained technicians working on their vehicle, having the specialty tools on hand to do the work more efficiently, and knowing that the work is guaranteed. All the work is quoted to you upfront so there are few surprises, and if you decide to purchase a new vehicle from the dealership, you will also get a better resale value on your trade because it has been serviced properly and the dealership has the records to prove it. Cars and trucks today are very computerized and their complexity is increasing with every new model. There are more modules and interconnected systems than ever before. Dealerships have the factory software to communicate with these systems, whereas other service repair facilities lack these programs and tools and may not accurately diagnose and fix your vehicle. Let’s see, would you go to a doctor who is cheaper because he is not as well trained as a similar doctor in town? I know that I won’t take chances when my loved ones are in the seats riding along with me, and I doubt you would compromise, either. If you aren’t getting your car or truck serviced at the dealership, it’s time to make the switch today.

You know firsthand how a gasoline crunch can affect families and individuals, but I would like to share with you how it affects our business and also pass along some things that you can do to make the best of a spiraling expense. As an automotive dealer, gas hikes lower the extra money that people have on hand to put down on new vehicles, so it makes it harder for us to get banks to finance customers. Despite this fact, your best bet would be to trade in your current vehicle for one that is more fuel efficient. We sell several hybrid and fuel efficient vehicles, such as the 2008 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid (the Malibu was named 2008 North American Car of the Year), 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid (also named 2008 Green Car of the Year), and coming in fall 2008, the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid. Chevrolet has a more thorough description of their fuel economy and alternative fuel options here on their site. If you aren’t able to trade up to a more fuel efficient vehicle, there are still several gas saving recommendations you can do as a consumer. The best tip would be to bring your car in for it’s scheduled service at the authorized factory dealership. Read the rest of this entry »

Here is a brief history of i.g. Burton & Co., in case you aren’t familiar with our story.

1908 was an important year for the Burton Family. In that year General Motors was formed to manufacture a new invention, the automobile. Fred Burton and his father, Captain Theodore Burton, decided to enter the automobile business. Also, in that year, Fred’s son Irwin G. Burton was born. From that time there has always been a descendent of Captain Theodore and his son Fred in the automobile business on Delmarva. David Burton is the fourth generation automobile dealer and Charles and I. G. III are the fifth generation! The Burtons and the automobile have been together since the very beginning.

Over time there have been many turns and changes in the history of our company. The first cars sold were Maxwell, followed by Buick, Ford, Vim Truck, Briscoe, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Navistar, Bluebird Bus and the Chrysler line. In 1962, the National Automobile Dealers Association named Irwin G. Burton the Outstanding Dealer in the nation. All of this has been quite an experience but our success is not just due to the effort of the Burtons but to that of so many others who, over the years, have built the company into what you see today.

How has this company endured over such a long and changing period? Read the rest of this entry »