Tampa Bay Eurocars

It all started in Savannah, Georgia, in the early 1900's.  It was then that the late Larry Dimmitt, Sr. joined the automobile business, selling and servicing the Peerless car.  Prior to this, Mr. Dimmitt had pursued two other careers in the lumber business, and in the railroad business.  He was in the "Klondike Gold Rush" before the turn of the century.  Before coming to Clearwater in the early 1920's, he had been associated with the Libery car and the White truck.  Mr. Dimmitt was also the Buick distributor in the Georgia area, and supplied 16 dealers.  After settling in Clearwater in 1924, Mr. Dimmitt purchased the Ford dealership, then located at the corner of Drew Street and Garden Ave.  He handled Fords and Lincolns until 1933, when he took over sales and servicing of Chevrolets, Cadillacs, and LaSalles.

In 1931, the dealership operation was moved to 603 South Fort Harrison Ave.  The Dimmitt Organization grew as Clearwater expanded, and in 1952, Larry Dimmitt, Jr (second generation dealer) took over from his father.  The Chevrolet-Cadillac dual dealership continued to grow and expand.  In 1965, a separate dealership facility was provided for Cadillacs at 907 Cleveland St.  The Chevrolet dealership prospered at the original Fort Harrison location.  In 1972, Lawrence Dimmitt III (third generation dealer) took over the dealership from his father, who then continued as the Cadillac dealer on Cleveland St.  In 1976, Lawrence III's brother, Richard Roth Dimmitt (third generation dealer) became a co-owner and dealer/operator of the Cadillac dealership.  In 1986, the Cadillac dealership relocated to its 14-acre site in Countryside.  Range Rover (now Land Rover), the luxury British four-wheel drive sports utility vehicle, joined our Cadillac store in 1987 as the exclusive Florida West Coast franchise and one of only 25 charter Land Rover retailers nationwide.  A decade later the most presigious of Marques, Rolls-Royce/Bentley was added to the family.  In August 2000, Lotus Motor Cars joined the Dimmitt Family of luxury performance automobiles and in November 2006 Saab also joined the Dimmitt Family.

In 1993, Richard Dimmitt redeemed all of Larry Dimmitt, Jr's outstanding stock in the Dealership and is now the sole stockholder.  Since assuming full control of the dealership, Mr. Dimmitt has, with the installation of some of the top managers in the nation, guided Dimmitt Cadillac to the top of the national rankings in both sales and customer satisfaction.