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CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS

Congratulations to Kim New for Winning

the 2018 Quality Dealer of the Year Award!

Kim New, owner of Style Auto Broker and finance company for BHPH cars, which she
Style Financial Acceptance and GIADA worked until 2006.
executive committee member, has made
great strides in her journey as the Quality Kim holds a plethora of accolades. A few of
Dealer of the Year. A second-generation car her most noteworthy achievements consist
dealer, her ties to the used-car industry can of consecutively winning the Wheel Club
be traced back to her childhood. Award since 2006, earning the Bob Corbett
Award and being an 8-time Crystal Eagle
“When I was 12-years old, I worked with Award recipient, among others.
my father, Claude Rainwater, every day
after work,” said Kim. “I answered phones, Despite the large number of accolades she’s
filed paperwork and washed, sold, traded accumulated, Kim said the most rewarding
and financed cars at Rainwater Chrysler part of her job is helping people.
Plymouth and Dodge trucks in Dallas, GA.”
“I love the fact that I get to help people,”
When Rainwater Chrysler Plymouth and State University with a Bachelor of Science said Kim. “I help those who can’t purchase
Dodge opened in Douglasville, GA in 1978, in Business Communications. Soon after, a vehicle or reestablish their credit. In turn,
Kim worked on and off part-time during she began working for her father full-time this allows them to go to work, take their
college. In 1992, she graduated Kennesaw and opened Style Financial Acceptance, a children to school, visit the doctor and
purchase a home. In the South, we rely on
vehicles for many aspects of our lives.

“In the BHPH business, you’re not just
selling a car, you’re giving customers
something that will be in their family,” she
continued. “I love what I do and the people
I work with.”

According to Kim, she lives and operates
by the slogan, “Persistence overcomes
Sunsets are beautiful, unless resistance.” That persistence, in part, is why
she earned the Quality Dealer of the Year
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”It’s a true honor to even be considered for
this prestigious award,” she continued. “To
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it, my brother-in-law won it and now, I’ve
won it. I’m truly touched and honored.
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car industry and words can’t express how
honored I feel for receiving this award.” n
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