Sonic earnings call shows EchoPark on a hot streak
EchoPark location in Birmingham, Ala. Image courtesy of Sonic Automotive.
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Daryl Lubinsky, Correspondent
Listeners of Sonic Automotive’s second-quarter 2025 earnings call learned one thing for certain: The company is happy with how its used-vehicle business, EchoPark, performed in the quarter. Very happy, in fact. “EchoPark is just on fire,” Sonic president Jeff Dyke said in response to an analyst’s question during the Q&A portion of the July 24 […]
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