Welcome to Sam Swope Auto Group, LLC in Louisville, Kentucky -- your source for the finest selection of new Pontiac, Buick, GMC, Cadillac, Saturn, Suzuki, Honda, Toyota, Scion, smart car, Infiniti, Mitsubishi, Volvo, BMW, and Lexus available today. Select Premier Pre-Owned to view the largest selection of pre-owned vehicles in the region. All vehicles come with a warranty and complimentary Swope Walk Away protection for 12 months! Visit the Advantage Plan where our goal is to help people with less than perfect credit purchase great vehicles and establish/re-establish their credit.
About Our Dealerships:
The Sam Swope Auto Group is owned by the Swope family of Louisville, Kentucky and is composed of 15 dealerships in Louisville, and 8 affiliated dealerships in Lexington, Radcliff, and Elizabethtown.
The Sam Swope Auto Group was founded in 1951 by Sam Swope in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Since those humble beginnings, Sam Swope and his family have grown the business to become the #1 New and Used Car Dealer in the Kentuckiana region (as ranked by Business First, December 2007). Sam Swope continues to manage the company as Chairman of the Board. Sam Swope has contributed back to his community through numerous civic and volunteer roles including service on the boards of the Louisville Water Company, the University of Louisville Overseers, University of Louisville Hospital, Lincoln Heritage Council of Boy Scouts of America, Kosair Charities, Kosair Children’s Hospital, Norton Hospital, and more. He has been honored with the 1971 Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award, a 1999 recipient of the Silver Beaver Award from the Lincoln Heritage Council of the Boy Scouts of America, as a 2000 Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame laureate, and is the recipient of the 2003 Ohio State University Alumni Citizenship Award. When not found behind the wheel of one of the latest model automobiles, he can be found riding the back roads on a motorcycle.
The Sam Swope Auto Group is managed today by Richard S. “Dick” Swope as President and C.E.O. As the dealer for Courtesy Cadillac in Louisville, Dick Swope merged his operations with Sam Swope Pontiac GMC, Inc. in 1988 to form the Sam Swope Auto Group. Since that time he has worked to build the group of dealerships that offers a diverse range of products. Dick is involved in numerous civic activities including service to the University of Louisville Board of Overseers, Norton Hospital, and the Lincoln Heritage Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
As the most public face of the Sam Swope Auto Group, Patti Swope serves as Executive Vice President, Business Development and spokesperson in television and print advertising. Patti supervises new dealership construction and existing facility remodeling, as well as community relations. Patti currently serves on the board of Kentucky Humane Society and recently completed her tenure on the Louisville Zoo Board She is passionate about the welfare of animals.
Affiliated dealerships include: Courtesy Pontiac Acura of Lexington, Kentucky; Sam Swope Hyundai Mitsubishi of Radcliff, Kentucky; Swope Motors of Elizabethtown, Kentucky (representing Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep, Pontiac, Toyota); and Bob Swope Ford of Elizabethtown, Kentucky.