14 Ponte Vedra Auto Show
Ponte Vedra Recorder ·September 10, 2015
Photos provided by Brumos Automotive Group
The Brumos Porsche dealership is seen in its former location on Atlantic with the rebuilding of the Mercedes-Benz showroom. See another photo of the building on page 15.
Brumos Motor cars then and now
Marking 25 years of history
Patti Tantillo
Brumos Automotive
This year marks a notable milestone in the history of Brumos
Automotive. Twenty-five years ago,
a partnership between Dan Davis
and Bob Snodgrass was formed
under the name of Brumos Motor
Cars, Inc., marking the end of the
Gregg family’s era of ownership and
consolidating the Mercedes-Benz
and Porsche dealerships under the
Brumos name.
Since then, Brumos Motor Cars has
continued to evolve, now including
five stores — Brumos Porsche, Bru-
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mos Motor Cars (Mercedes-Benz including Sprinter) and Brumos Lexus
of Jacksonville; plus Mercedes-Benz
of Orange Park (including smart)
and Brumos Lexus of Orange Park.
Also located in Jacksonville is the
Brumos Collision Center. The Brumos of today remains fully dedicated
to the principles on which the company was founded.
The Brumos story began in 1953
with racing enthusiast Hubert Brundage. Brundage owned a Volkswagen
shop called Brundage Motors in Miami Springs. After relocating to Jacksonville, he became the sole VW
distributor in three states. Brundage
continued racing, driving the first
Porsche to compete outside of Europe in 1955. Awarded the Porsche
distributorship for the Southeast, he
named his new operation Brumos,
for his company’s Telex address
(BRUndage MOtorS). He drove
the first Brumos Racing Porsche at
Sebring in 1960, but his life was cut
tragically short in a highway accident in 1964.
Peter Gregg, who was a friend of
Brundage, purchased the company
the following year, retaining the Brumos name for the Porsche dealership. Under Gregg’s ownership, the
company acquired a Mercedes-Benz
franchise, named Gregg Motor Cars.
In 1966, Gregg earned his first major
sports car race win. When a young
Hurley Haywood bested Gregg in
a local autocross event, the two
became friends. They teamed up to
make racing history, dominating the
world of sports car racing and making the Brumos name known around
the world. After Gregg’s death in
1980, his widow, Deborah, assumed
ownership and kept Brumos Racing
in operation.
Bob Snodgrass, General Manager
for Gregg, joined with Jacksonville
businessman and racing enthusiast
Dan Davis to purchase the company
in 1990, merging the Porsche and
Mercedes-Benz brands under the
Brumos name. In 1991, Davis and
Snodgrass were awarded the Lexus
franchise for Jacksonville, originally
named for third partner, Danny Sullivan. The dealership’s name was
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Dan Davis and Bob Snodgrass receive artwork from the Mercedes-Benz Regional Office.