{"id":230709,"date":"2026-04-14T03:52:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T03:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/230709\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T03:52:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T03:52:19","slug":"mighty-auto-parts-announces-transition-of-orlando-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/230709\/","title":{"rendered":"Mighty Auto Parts announces transition of Orlando franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The newly awarded territory to Vaden Automotive Group includes seven counties in Central Florida, along with the northern portion of Brevard County <\/p>\n<p>Orlando, Fla.\u2014Mighty Distributing has announced the transition of its Orlando, Florida, franchise to Vaden Distribution, LLC, doing business as Mighty of Orlando. This marks the third Mighty franchise awarded to Vaden Automotive Group.<\/p>\n<p>Vaden Automotive Group, headquartered in Savannah, Georgia, operates 14 automotive dealerships across Savannah and Brunswick, Ga.,, as well as Hilton Head, S.C. <\/p>\n<p>The newly awarded territory includes seven counties in Central Florida, along with the northern portion of Brevard County, representing the greater Orlando market. Vaden Distribution will acquire the existing Orlando franchise from Step One Automotive Group. <\/p>\n<p>This transition allows Step One Automotive Group to focus on its core market in Pensacola, Florida, while enabling Vaden to expand Mighty\u2019s presence in Central Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Operations will continue from the existing warehouse facility in Sanford, Florida. Mighty Franchise Success Team member Luke Yockey will provide operational support and strategic guidance throughout the transition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t thank the Vaden Automotive Group enough for their commitment to Mighty,\u201d said\u00a0Josh\u00a0D\u2019Agostino, president and CEO of Mighty Distributing System of America. \u201cThey continue to invest in the Mighty System, and are now bringing their extensive knowledge in the automotive industry to the Orlando market. We know their leadership will strengthen Mighty\u2019s position and enhance our customer service in Central Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The newly awarded territory to Vaden Automotive Group includes seven counties in Central Florida, along with the northern&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":{"0":"post-230709","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-orlando","9":"tag-orlando-headlines","10":"tag-orlando-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}