Has Moved To Larger

Facility Adjacent

To Lawson Chevrolet

By DOUGLAS WATSON

Managing Editor

The Lawson Mountain Mazda dealership relocated last Friday and Saturday to a new, much larger facility at 3305 E. Andrew Johnson Hwy.

The Mountain Mazda dealership previously was situated not far away but across the road where E. Andrew Johnson Highway and Rufe Taylor Road intersect.

The Lawson new Mazda facility is conveniently next door to Lawson Chevrolet, which also is headed by Max Lawson and his son, Lennie Lawson.

Other co-owners are Kent Bewley, Daniel Johnson and Susan Holschuh.

The new facility was previously a John Deere store. However, the building has been considerably remodeled and attractively painted.

Lawson Mountain Mazda now includes, or will soon include:

* 30,000 square feet of space, twice what the former location had;

* a showroom that can display up to 15 cars, compared with a four-car limit at the old location;

* a drive-in facility for motorists to bring their damaged vehicles to receive free, prompt repair-cost estimates;

* an auto repair shop with nine service bays;

* a paint shop;

* a new combined Chevrolet/Ford auto body shop;

* headquarters for a separate Consumer Auto Finance Co.

* sales and administrative offices for the auto dealership;

* a customers' waiting area with a TV and lounge chairs.

While showing a reporter and photographer around the new facility, Lennie Lawson enthusiastically said, "We're going to be specializing in repairing imported cars."

He added, "We're excited because our Mazda dealership is now next-door to our Chevrolet dealership."

They are connected by a new service road, which makes it easier for those driving from Greeneville to turn left at a crossing in the dual-lane highway, then drive directly to Lawson Chevrolet as well as Lawson Mountain Mazda.
The Mazda dealership has about 25 employees.

Lawson Mountain Mazda's telephone number is 798-8888.