Letter From The Owner:

My father started Friendly Chevrolet in 1956, and each day since we have strived to live up to our name by treating people with honesty, integrity and respect. Complete customer satisfaction, our automobiles, great value and service is what continually brings Texans back to Friendly Chevrolet generation after generation.

As you explore the new state-of-the-art Web Site, and learn more about Friendly Chevrolet, you will find that our prices are extremely competitive, our customer service is exceptional, our parts department is one of the largest in America, and that we can help most people receive financing and drive away in the vehicle they want.

After you finish your Internet tour, I invite you to visit Friendly Chevrolet in person. Our location at the intersection of I-35 and Inwood road, provides a relaxed atmosphere that makes car shopping comfortable and fun. In fact, our dealership design and operation has won numerous awards and has been imitated by car dealers from around the world. Come see for yourself.

On behalf of Friendly Chevrolet employees, let me say thank you for visiting our new Web Site. We look forward to meeting you and making your visit to Friendly Chevrolet a rewarding experience.

- Mark A. Eddins

Friendly Chevrolet is a family owned business which has its beginnings many years ago when Roy Eddins began working for a family named Hutton in Memphis, Tennessee. The name of the dealership was Chuck Hutton Dodge. Roy worked his way up from the parts department to a management position in the 50's and in 1958 he was given the opportunity to go to Dallas, Texas to try to turn around a failing Dodge dealership that Mr. Hutton owned. Roy eagerly accepted the challenge and the Eddins family moved to Dallas in June of 1958, via a 13 hour Train ride. Roy was successful in turning the Dodge dealership around in just two months and continued to improve the dealership.

In 1960, he was given the opportunity to become a part owner and then was successful at getting approval from Dodge to relocate the dealership to the then "far" north of Dallas area at the corner of Lemmon Ave and Inwood Rd right next to a brand new Chevrolet dealership that has just relocated there named Friendly Chevrolet. In 1965 Roy's son, Mark, at 14 years old, started working in the dealership in the parts department just like his Dad. Over the next 5 years, Roy continued to find success at the Dodge dealership, now named Hutton-Eddins, and Mark continued to work during the summers in all of the departments.

In 1970, the Chevrolet dealership right next door to Hutton-Eddins Dodge, Friendly Chevrolet, began to fail and the owner decided to sell it. Roy immediately started trying to buy the dealership and in September of 1970, made a deal and with the help of his mentor, Mr. Hutton, bought Friendly Chevrolet. From 1970 until 1973, while in College, Mark was selling cars during the summers at Friendly. In 1973, Mark became full-time and continued working his way through all of the positions and departments in the dealership.  In 1979, he earned the title of General Manager. The rest is history with Mark becoming the dealer on January 31st, 1984. In 1993, with the Dallas marketplace growing away from the Lemmon Ave and Inwood Rd. location, Mark embarked on a mission to move the dealership to another location to insure the family tradition and provide a stable future for himself and his employees.

After 5 years of planning including two years of fighting protests by Friendly's nearest competitor, Mark was successful in relocating the dealership in its present location at Inwood Rd. and Stemmons Freeway.