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DriveTime

DriveTime Automotive Group Inc. is an American used car retailer and finance company. It is based in Tempe, Arizona, and sells and finances cars to customers around the nation. The company was formerly known as Ugly Duckling and was renamed DriveTime in 2002. It also spun off Carvana and GO Financial, SilverRock Group Inc, and Bridgecrest Acceptance…

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Founded
September 1, 2002; 23 years ago (2002-09-01) (as DriveTime)
Industry
Used car retailer
Headquarters
1720 W. Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.
Key people
Thomas S. Duck, Jr. Ernest Garcia II (Owner and chairman)
Number of employees
3,800 (2018)
Number of locations
138 (2019)

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DriveTime

Nodes80
Edges79
Triples89
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.025
Components1

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DriveTime

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related to DriveTime · 22
DriveTime → Az Drive Time, Both, Charles Keating, Company, DriveTime Automotive Group, Duckling, Federal, Fidel, Garcia, January, Lincoln Savings, Loan, Loan Association, Loan's, May, O'Leary, Partners, Prior, September, Sullivan
related to Ugly Duckling · 22
DriveTime → Arizona, Budget Rent, By, Car, Duck, Duck Ventures, Duck's, Ernest Garcia II, Inc, Later, Lincoln Savings, Loan Association, Sr, The University, Thomas, Tucson, Ugly Duckling, Ugly Duckling Holdings, Ugly Duckling Rent-A-Car Corp, Ugly Duckling's
related to Carvana · 12
DriveTime → Atlanta, Car-buyers, Carvana, Carvana's, DriveTime's, Georgia, In, Nashville, November, Tennessee, The, The Phoenix-based
related to Operations · 6
DriveTime → After, Approximately, Arizona, It, Tempe, The
related to Bridgecrest Acceptance Corporation · 5
DriveTime → April, Bridgecrest, DriveTime Acceptance Corp, Launched, With
related to SilverRock Group · 4
DriveTime → June, SilverRock Group, Tempe, The
Founded · 1
DriveTime → September 1, 2002; 23 years ago (2002-09-01) (as DriveTime)
Headquarters · 1
DriveTime → 1720 W. Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.
Industry · 1
DriveTime → Used car retailer
Key people · 1
DriveTime → Thomas S. Duck, Jr. Ernest Garcia II (Owner and chairman)

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company ugly duckling arizona car financial business group dealers garcia bought new go inc carvana customers also used tempe financing

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DriveTimeFoundedSeptember 1, 2002; 23 years ago (2002-09-01) (as DriveTime)1.00infobox
DriveTimeHeadquarters1720 W. Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.1.00infobox
DriveTimeIndustryUsed car retailer1.00infobox
DriveTimeKey peopleThomas S. Duck, Jr. Ernest Garcia II (Owner and chairman)1.00infobox
DriveTimeNumber of employees3,800 (2018)1.00infobox
DriveTimeNumber of locations138 (2019)1.00infobox
DriveTimePredecessorUgly Duckling1.00infobox
DriveTimeProductsUsed cars, financing1.00infobox
DriveTimeTypePrivate1.00infobox
DriveTimeWebsitedrivetime.com1.00infobox
Budget Rent a Car doing wellinstance ofwith the car rental business a major success and companies0.80text
Duck's company was the number five rental car company in the United Statesinstance ofwith the car rental business a major success and companies0.80text

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