AsConAuto – Italy’s National Association of Auto Dealership Consortia – was founded on September 7, 2001 by 4 existing Consortia with the aim of combining forces in order to best achieve common goals. Today, AsConAuto, with its statute as a non-profit Association, is made up of 14 Consortia in 6 Italian regions, covering 30 provinces. Currently AsConAuto counts over 700 associated Dealerships with 998 locations which represent virtually all automobile brands available on the market today.

The Consortia that make up AsConAuto are service companies that operate in synergy with local realities, with the aim of increasing available services and the sale of Original Spare Parts to Repair and Auto Body Shops located within a given territory. The Consortia’s main focus is based on providing customer service.

Other activities have also been added which take into account both the importance of Dealership revenues from the post-sales market, and the value of relationships with other operators within the sector, as well as Repair and Auto Body Shops. AsConAuto was born out of the necessity to combine experience, forces and synergies in order to solicit Media attention, the interest of Automobile manufacturers and the respect of the competition.
AsConAuto operates thanks to members’ own volunteer efforts, which is to say, the Consortia’s member Dealerships, and relies on the work of consultants specialized in a wide range of areas.

New ideas are assigned to study groups and Project Leaders for development.

Activities are developed according to the following guidelines:

• Synergies
The creation of synergies among Consortia to produce services aimed at optimizing already existing resources within each Dealership
• Agreements
The network activates a series of agreements with other large firms, which allow all players involved to take advantage of opportunities for development and growth
• New Projects
Here imagination and creativity reign, with the goal of transforming utopias into reality.

AsConAuto thrives thanks to the collaboration of all member Dealerships, which are operated by people who love their work and are committed to seeing it grow and develop locally.
The bond between Dealerships and the local territory is fundamental for AsConAuto, and it is from this perspective that AsConAuto has met the demands of changes in legislation and greater freedom within the automobile market.