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The Monahan Desautels
Group has purchased
Boisvert ChevroletBuick-GMC, northwest of
downtown Montreal.
PHOTO: MONAHAN
DESAUTELS GROUP

pany has donated $400,000 to
pediatric research.
With the two new acquisitions, the Monahan
Desautels Group now represents 14 brands, primarily in and around Montreal,
employs 350 people and occupies more than one million
square feet (90,000 square
metres) of business space.
- Benoit Charette

5,000 KILOMETRES OF STORIES

sions, and the fourth generation of
Thibault auto dealers is now "in training." They employ 67 associates at
Thibault Chevrolet-Buick-Cadillac-GMC,
selling 1,200 cars a year (700 new, 280
used, 300 wholesalers) and 13 employees
at Subaru Rouyn-Noranda, selling about
350 vehicles a year. - Benoit Charette

Driving day raises funds
for Sick Kids cardiac centre

BOWMANVILLE, ONT. - POLICARO
Group's second annual track-day
event raised more than $160,000 for the
Policaro Fetal Cardiac Fellowship at the
Toronto's Sick Kids Hospital, to help

Customers and community members
take in a day of racing-related driving
experiences at the Canadian Tire
Motorsport Park, raising more than
$160,000 for Toronto Sick Kids Hospital.
PHOTO: POLICARO GROUP

build capacity for its fetal cardiac diagnosis and treatment centre.
The group, which owns eight deal-

erships based in the west Toronto suburbs of Brampton and Oakville, hosted the event May 28 at Canadian Tire
Motorsport Park, 80 kilometres east of
downtown Toronto. Guests participated in a variety of performance-driving activities, including go-kart racing,
three-hour introductions to the Porsche
Sport Driving Experience and laps in
the Policaro Motorsport's entry in the
Porsche GT3 Cup Canada racing series
with its driver, Jeff Kingsley.
"Our business was built on the foundation of community," said Francesco
Policaro, Policaro Group CEO. "Seeing
the community come out to support
such a worthwhile cause, a cause that
is so close to the heart of our family, is
amazing."- Stephanie Wallcraft
- ANC

Calgary dealers boost
children's hospital

CALGARY, ALTA. - THE
Calgary Motor Dealers
Charitable Foundation presented a windshield-shaped
cheque for $100,000 to the
Alberta Children's Hospital
Foundation at a ceremony in
the showroom at Calgary's
Valentine Volvo.
The money represented
proceeds from the annual
Vehicles and Violins Charity
Gala which is held on the eve
of the Calgary International
Auto and Truck Show.
- Harry Pegg

Carrying on the family
tradition are, from left, Alain,
Jean-Patrick and Marc-André
Thibault, third-generation
owners of Thibault Chevrolet
and Subaru Rouyn-Noranda.
P H O T O : T H I B A U LT F A M I LY

Thibault legacy spans
four generations

ROUYN-NORANDA, QUE. -
After 80 years of selling automobiles here - 650 kilometres northwest of Montreal -
the Thibault family is training its fourth generation to
carry on the family business.
In 1939, Horace Thibault
opened a small garage where
he also sold gasoline. He
operated that business for 15
years. In 1942, he obtained
the Pontiac-Buick-GMC franchise, which also included Oldsmobile. Sons, JeanGuy and Michel took over in
1962 and managed the trade
together until 1983 when
Jean-Guy bought the business. Michel went into real
estate.
At 77, Jean-Guy still goes
to work at the dealership,
while Alain, Jean-Patrick
and Marc-André embody the
third generation of Thibaults
heading the family business.
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