Crossroads Automotive Marks 30 Years With 20 Dealerships in the Carolinas

Crossroads Automotive Group said it is celebrating three decades in business, operating 20 dealerships across North Carolina and South Carolina. The company, founded in 1996 with one Ford store in Cary, N.C., said all its locations will mark the anniversary through July.

"Looking back, the catalyst for everything Crossroads has become started in 1996 with one Ford dealership in Cary," owner Allen Boyd said in a statement. "Thirty years later, even as we've grown to 20 dealerships, our mission, our culture, and our commitment to our customers remain the same."

The Boyd family's automotive roots trace to 1952, when Allen Boyd's grandfather, Elmas Boyd, opened a used-car lot in Henderson, N.C. Glenn Boyd, Allen's father, entered the business young – cleaning tires, detailing vehicles, and traveling hundreds of miles to buy inventory while still in high school, according to the company. In 1977, Glenn Boyd and his brothers bought their first new-car dealership. The business weathered the early-1990s downturn with family support and faith, the company said.