ADAMS, Mass. — The town's GMC dealership has a new name: Haddad GMC.

 

McAndrews-King became part of Pittsfield's Haddad Auto Group on July 31 but the new and old owners say there won't be any radical changes outside of the name change.

 

"We are all staying there, all our employees, myself included," said Daniel Maloney, who started in the service department 50 years ago, said recently. "If you look at it as a simple sign change, that's kind of what's going to happen."

 

George Haddad said they'd wanted to put together a deal that worked for everyone — including keeping the Adams dealership open. 

 

"I want to keep what was successful and then let's figure out a way to add to it," he said on Thursday, a few hours after the new name was added. "And everybody so far has been very receptive. They know that it's going to come with trials and tribulations because we have to switch to different things."

 

Haddad said the group has also purchased Berkshire GMC in Sheffield, which will close as GMC only wants one dealership in Berkshire County. He did caution that GMC could make future decisions regarding locations. Both McAndrews-King and Berkshire GMC survived a rough patch back in 2009 when GMC entered bankruptcy and targeted more than 1,000 dealerships for closure. 

 

McAndrews-King also survived a number of consolidations and dealership closures in North County over the years.