About Fletcher Jones Audi - Your
Chicago New Audi and Used Car Dealer
At Fletcher Jones Audi, we offer new
Audi cars in Chicago, along with used
cars, trucks and SUVs by top manufacturers. Our
sales staff will help you find that new or used luxury car you have been
searching for in Chicago. Whether you are looking for the new Audi A4,
A6, A8, Q5, R8, or Q7, Fletcher Jones Audi will help you into the new car of
your dreams.For years, our financial staff
at Fletcher Jones Audi has offered expert advice for those seeking a
great Audi car
loan or lease. Our service doesn't stop there. Chicago
customers can come in and take advantage of our knowledgeable Audi car
repair technicians and a fully-stocked inventory of Audi car
parts.
You can reach Fletcher Jones Audi any
time by filling out our contact
form, by calling us or simply visiting our
Chicago Audi dealership at 1111
North Clark St.
Fletcher Jones Sr. at Fletcher Jones Imports - Las Vegas - 1982
Fletcher "Ted" Jones
presides over one of the most successful luxury automobile dealer
groups in the United States. Ted has been credited with pioneering a
revolutionary approach in which "guests" not "customers" are treated
with the same level of service you would expect from a five-star hotel.
The son of an industry legend, Fletcher Jones Senior, Ted manages an
automotive retail empire that spans four states and nineteen
dealerships.
 Fletcher "Ted" Jones - Fletcher Jones Motorcars
- Newport Beach - 1982 |  |
Today those dealerships include: In Hawaii, Mercedes-Benz of Honolulu, Mercedes-Benz of Maui, Jaguar of Honolulu, Land Rover of Honolulu, Porsche of Hawaii, Big Island Honda - Hilo, and Big Island Honda-Kona. In Southern and Northern California, Fletcher Jones Motorcars, Newport Beach, Fletcher Jones Motorcars of Fremont, Porsche of Fremont and the newest addition Audi Beverly Hills. In Nevada, Fletcher Jones Imports, Mercedes-Benz of Henderson, Fletcher Jones Toyota/Scion and Jones West Ford in Reno. For Illinois, in the Chicago metropolitan area, Fletcher Jones Audi, Fletcher Jones Honda, Fletcher Jones Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz of Chicago.
While Ted has set
new standards for excellence in the industry, his winning formula can be
traced back to a family legacy that dates back more than 50 years to
the post-World War II landscape of Southern California. It all
started in 1946, when Fletcher Jones Senior met a man on a golf course
who would forever change his destiny. Impressed by how
successful the man had become by selling cars, the USC student decided
to switch gears from being a law student to becoming an entrepreneur in
the burgeoning automotive retail industry. After scraping
together $1,200 -- a veritable fortune in those days -- Jones Sr. opened
a modest used car lot in downtown Los Angeles and sold his first
vehicle for $70. He went on to open his first new car dealership and
earned his first taste of success by selling Chrysler and Plymouth
vehicles.
To
spread the word quickly, Jones Senior tried using TV and newspaper
advertising, featuring himself as the spokesperson. The personal
approach turned out to be very effective and inspired a
formula 
Ted still follows, today. Over the next
15 years, Jones Sr. expanded his operations to include Chevrolet and
GM-brand cars and opened an array of new dealerships located throughout
Southern California, Phoenix and Las Vegas.
It was
in the mid-1960s Jones Sr. gave his son, Fletcher, (who went by the name
Ted) to distinguish himself from his father, his first job in the
business. Jones worked in a wide array of
entry-level
positions, ranging from sweeping the
facility's floors and working in the parts departments before advancing
into sales and management positions. With his father's
guidance, Jones, opened his own dealership in the city of Whittier,
where he sold Mazda vehicles. Within a few years, the decision
to sell the fuel-efficient cars would prove fortuitous, as the oil
crisis required Americans to look for more fuel-efficient vehicles.
Not wanting to put too much emphasis on one brand, Ted began opening additional dealerships that offered both domestic and import vehicles, and soon operated a stable of eight locations from Southern California to Las Vegas. He managed them jointly with his father until 1994, when at the age of 76, Fletcher Jones Senior passed away.
By the early 1990s, Ted Jones had a clear vision of the expansion he wanted his business to take, and in 1991, he purchased a bankrupt luxury auto dealership in the affluent community of Newport Beach. He went on to create one of the nation's largest Mercedes-Benz center. After implementing his innovative ideas to maximize sales, client amenities and improved customer service, Ted has applied the same successful business principles to all of the dealerships that make up the Fletcher Jones Fine Family of Dealerships, today.
To carry on the tradition, Ted's son Fletcher Jones III began in high school learning the business from the service floor up. Now, many years later, with his father's guidance, he is working to bring his own personal insights and contributions to insure a long lasting legacy of integrity and innovation while continuing the family legacy in the automotive retail business.