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State and Local
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Car dealer takes B-CS by storm
Local merchontshows 'down-to-earth' qualities in work
By Shannon Boysen
Reporter
His office is formal, with a bronze
nd marble statue of Pegasus, and
hitstanding Young Texan Awards
ecorating the walls. The most ob-
ious hint of the down-to-earth qual-
iesjof Fred Brown are the over-
tuffed pillow replicas of a Mazda
nd a BMW on the couch.
Brown, 32, has lived in the Bryan-
ollege Station area since November
982 and seemingly has taken the
reaby storm.
He started a Mazda and BMW
ealership that he’s expanding to in
tide Mercedes automobiles. He’s
Iso a College Station councilman
nd vice president of the Bryan-Col-
:ge Station Chamber of Commerce.
‘Td always had this pent-up de-
re to get involved in the commu-
ity, only before I lived in College
tation I was commuting and mov-
ig around too much,” Brown says.
■ I plan to stay here for a while.”
Brown graduated from Mineral
-Veils High School. While still in
Hoi, he worked part-time as a
led car salesman, making about
1,500 a month. That’s when he de-
lu HF to g° * nto 1 0e car business.
After graduation, Garlyn Shelton
sked Brown to be his partner in a
e Jealcrship he was starting in Killeen,
Ip Brou n skipped college and went
| o work.
H dealer in Waco later asked
Irovn to come and manage his
o bvp Mazda/Subaru dealer-
rnn;t f hip Within eight months, Brown
, / tad replaced all but two of the for-
‘ e ' tier employees and had the com-
1 neve >am back in the black, all while run-
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Fred Brown shows off the stuffed cars — a Mazda and a BMW — that he keeps in his office.
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incorrectly stated that the recount
for the Precinct 4 Brazos County
commissioner race would be con
ducted Saturday. However, the
recount actually will be con
ducted this Saturday, Nov. 22.
The Battalion regrets the error.
ning his own dealership in Killeen.
Brown credits some success to the
flowering import market in the ’70s.
“The object is hitting the market
at the right time,” Brown says. “Back
in the early ’70s, imports were the
market, and, once we had one deal
ership, it was easier to get more.”
He says customer satisfaction is
the key to good sales.
“My employees know the fastest
way to an ‘early retirement’ is upset
ting the customer,” Brown says.
Brown and his wife, Jane, have
been married for 12 years. He cred
its her with giving him the support
he needed to get by.
“You have to be very understand
ing when ( you’re married to someone
in the car business,” he says. “Espe
cially like the time when I took on
the Waco project. I originally helped
them out as a favor so that when I
came home at night, I was pretty
frustrated. At times I even cried.
(But) Jane was right there beside
me.”
Beside the awards hang pictures
of his wife and their two daughters,
Hayley, 5, and Kelley, 8.
Brown says his is a private family.
He says privacy is hard to maintain
now that he’s relatively well-known
in the community, but that his family
loves to get away and go camping.
“Fame is nice to a point,” Brown
says. “But the time with my two little
girls is important. You can’t turn
that back. The people around town
will always know you, but the
relationship you have with your chil
dren when they are young is a basis
for the rest of their lives and they’re
only young for a short while.”
Brown has political aspirations.
He says he wants to run for Con
gress someday.
“I got my feet wet in the city coun
cil and the more I get involved, the
more I want,” he says.
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