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Bill Heard Enterprises was a company based in Columbus, Georgia which operated a group of automobile dealerships, primarily in the Southern United States. It abruptly ceased operations on September 24, 2008, as a result of the ongoing troubles in the subprime lending markets. At the time of its closure, Bill Heard Enterprises was the 11th-largest automobile dealer in the United States (and as high as seventh at the start of the 21st century), the largest in the state of Georgia, and the largest dealer of Chevrolet automobiles. Four days after the closure of its dealerships, Bill Heard Enterprises filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. At its peak, the company operated dealerships in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Texas, Arizona and Nevada. At the closure, there were 13 dealerships in the Heard chain, plus one that had closed two weeks prior. ==Beginnings== Bill Heard Enterprises began in 1919 as the William T. Heard Motor Company, where Bill Heard Sr. sold LaSalle, Essex and Hudson cars from a showroom in downtown Columbus. Heard founded the company using an inheritance from an uncle. In 1932, he began his long association with Chevrolet when he bought out a competing dealership. Bill Heard Jr. joined the business in 1958 after attending Auburn University and a stint in the United States Navy. The younger Heard took over the company in 1961 when his father died.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Heard Enterprises」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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