Dan Feeny is a native
of Detroit who
grew up in a family owned business. His father was in the retail auto
parts business and the lessons Dan learned from that experience were extremely
valuable as he started his own business. Dan received a business degree
from the University
of Michigan after which
he started his career in the auto industry. He began as a salesman, and then
followed that with positions as Finance Director, Sales Manager, and finally
General Manager.
Feeny Auto Group Founded 1986
In 1986, he found an opportunity to buy his first dealership in the Chicago area. He and
his wife, Teri, packed up their four children and moved from Detroit
to Palatine, the site of the first dealership,
Arlington Park Dodge. In keeping with the theme of a family owned
business, his younger brother and three nephews joined in the effort to build
the business, and five years later we bought our second store in Elgin, Feeny Chrysler
Jeep. As our business grew, in 1995, we expanded to a brand new building
in Palatine to become the new Feeny Dodge. We
have been serving the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago for a total of 20
years. In May of 2005, we sold our Palatine store, bought the Dodge
dealership in Elgin and combined it with our
existing Chrysler Jeep store in Elgin
to create a new superstore. We are presently in the midst of renovating
our current building and purchasing some additional property to house the
exciting new Dodge lineup. Our goal in this expansion is to better serve
all the Daimler Chrysler customers in Chicago's
Northwest Suburbs and the entire FoxValley.
Our Long-Term Employees
Having long term employees who know their customers is the key to a
successful business. All of our managers have been with us for 10 years
or more, with a few reaching their 20 year anniversaries in the coming year. We
also have several sales people, service technicians, office staff, and porters
that have been with the Feeny Team for over 10 years. It is rare to have such
longevity in the auto industry and we believe our long term employees serve as
a testament to the kind of business that we run. At least a 1/3 of our
employees have been with us for more than a decade!
How the Feeny Team Does Business
Our sales and service
employees strive to create a comfortable environment in which to do
business. They have developed a relationship with long-term customers who
know that when they come back to our dealership they will see a friendly,
familiar face. The confidence of knowing who you are working with puts
people at ease while making their car buying or service selections. Our
employees are the reason we have been successful and a perennial winner of
Daimler Chrysler's Five Star Award for Excellence.
We are really
looking forward to making this the premiere Chrysler Jeep Dodge dealership in
the Chicagoland area. Moving Feeny Dodge from Palatine to Elgin combines all three brands into one dealership, which
demonstrates our commitment to better serving our customers in Chicago's
Northwest Suburbs and the entire FoxValley.