DuttonMotorCo

The Riverside Auto Center consists of several dealerships and businesses but Dutton Motor Company has been there since the beginning (1965) and is a prime example of the many family owned businesses in the Auto Center.
Dutton Motor Company, a Cadillac-Buick-Pontiac-GMC dealer, located at 8201 Auto Drive, has been in Riverside since 1936 and is owned and operated by Charles W. Dutton, Jr. and family.
It was not until 1936 that Charles W. Dutton, Sr. and his partner, Edgar L. McCoubrey, bought the dealership. Accourding to Charles Dutton, Edgar L. McCoubrey successfully ran the dealership during World War II while his father was an active Lt. Commander for the Navy. "Since no cars were being built at this time, the dealership had to start renting cars to keep its doors opened," said Charles Dutton. A division of the dealership actually became the Hertz franchise for Riverside County until the war was over; it was then sold back to Hertz.

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