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1 in 6 Americans don't get enough food to eat every day. The Atlanta Community Food Bank tries to help our local communities, friends and neighbors. 

Right now, AutoTrader and Atlanta area Chevrolet dealerships are teaming up with the Atlanta Braves for the "Drive Away Hunger" Food Drive.

(August 30 - September 11)

Jim Ellis Wheego teams up with UGA Athletics

In the coming weeks, be sure you're following UGA Athletics and Jimmy Ellis on Twitter for the chance to win tickets to this year's football games!

Rooting on the Dawgs you will also see a new visitor on the field: the Wheego!

This tiny all-electric vehicle, is covered in a wrap designed in a collaborative effort by Jim Ellis in-house graphic designer, Vee Vee Cantrell and the guys at In-Depth Car Wrap.


2007-2009 Mazda3 and Mazda5 Power Steering Recall

Earlier this week, Mazda announced a voluntary recall of 2007-2009 model years of both the Mazda3 and the Mazda5 for a repair in the power steering system.  This recall affects about 215,000 vehicles.

The good news is that dealership service departments like those at Jim Ellis have been reporting these problems to Mazda and repairing these problems for quite some time.
We want to keep you informed about the recent news of a GM recall for 2009 and 2010 3-row Crossovers:
  • Chevrolet Traverse
  • GMC Acadia
  • Buick Enclave
  • Saturn Outlook


I am proud to announce that the Jim Ellis Collision Center has been accepted into the Volkswagen-Certified collision Repair Facility Program. We look forward to working with Volkswagen of America and the staffs of our two VW dealerships to provide the best possible collision repair services to our customers.
Jim Ellis Porsche has partnered with the Dunwoody Police Explorers to raise money for the over 22,000 Special Olympics athletes in Georgia. 

Together, they are presenting the First Annual Special Olympics Car Show on Saturday, August 14, from 9 AM - 3 PM.
Spaces are running out for those wishing to compete in the 10th annual Jim Ellis Charity Golf  Tournament! 

The entry deadline is Monday, August 16th.  The tournament itself will be held at Chateau Élan on Sunday, August 29, 2010. 

Chevrolet Silverado Saves a Life

A letter from one of our customers at Jim Ellis Chevrolet regarding the safety of her son's truck.  The subject of her note was:

"Thank you Chevy for saving my son's life!" 

Jim Ellis VW Marietta now has THREE Master Techs!

Jim Ellis Volkswagen of Marietta is proud of the distinction of having three Volkswagen Certified Master Technicians on staff!

"I'm very proud of Tommy, Adam and Jimmy for their commitment to education and training and to our team at Jim Ellis VW of Marietta. I encourage and support all of our technicians in their endeavor to be the best Master factory-trained technician they can be for our deserving Jim Ellis clients."

New Homepage! New Dealerships! New Brand!

In case you haven't noticed, the JimEllis.com homepage just got a face lift! Take a click around, and comment here to tell us what you think!

We wanted to make the updated home page a little more user friendly to get you where you want to go with fewer clicks. We also wanted to add fun stuff like the @JimmyEllisAuto twitter feed and a few of our great customer testimonials.

There are a few more things going on around here that are new and improved, though!

New Dealership!

We just announced in a press release yesterday that we…