Marion's Last Used Car Lot

 The last new car dealership in Marion was for Chrysler, Dodge and Plymouth. It closed it's doors in 1991.

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Today (Sept. 2021) Marion has only one used car dealership. It being Bobby Stinnett Used Cars located at 331 Sturgis Road. This business is run today by Shawn Stinnett, son of the original owner, Bobby Stinnett, who started this business in Dycusburg in 1961.  

After his father passed in 1991, Shawn continued the family business and moved it to it's present location today on Sturgis road just outside of Marion. 

 Now after 60 years of supplying good used vehicles to not only Crittenden County but other counties around and southern Illinois, it is one of the longest continued successful businesses in the area.

Shawn said he has been blessed through the years with a successful business, and always tries to make it right with his customers, has service with a smile, has a warranty on his vehicles and gets along good with everyone.

The week I talked with Shawn he had just recently gotten 10 good used vehicles and had already sold eight of them and was in need of replenishing his stock. He says good used vehicles has really been difficult since the program Cash for Clunkers some years back really hurt the supply. But he works hard trying to keep his lot filled with nice dependable vehicles that people can afford and something for everyone.

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There are two other used car dealerships in Crittenden County those being Joshua Motors, LLC located on Hwy. 60 West, where the old drive-in theater used to be, and Jones Used Car Sales on Mott City Road going toward Crayne.