Meet the Staff of AutoSport / Imported Car Center

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Arlo Cota - Owner

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Arlo Cota started off as a new Fiat and Peugeot dealership- ranking the 2nd biggest dealership in the nation at the time, and has since moved to working with all imported used cars. He has a great love for racing- competing in the Firehawk series from 1988 - '94, and Hill Climbing for 40+ years, with the class champion title for 30+ years. Arlo founded Imported Car Center in May 1972 and has recently moved into the new building on Williston Rd in 2012. Personally dedicated to each customer, Arlo has created his own car community locally in Northern Vermont.

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Joan Fox-Cota - Office Manager

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Joan has been working at Imported Car Center and is a poodle agility trainer, and finds homes for poodles with troubled backgrounds. She enjoys bringing one of her poodles, Louis, to dog agility competitions. She also works with her other poodle, Mia, as a certified therapy dog.

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Sherman Bleau - General Manager

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Sherman has worked for Imported Car Center for 30+ years.

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Portia Smith - Sales and Admin Assistant

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Portia is our new receptionist and sales assistant. This is her first summer working at Imported Car Center and is a current student at University of Vermont with a major in Biological Sciences.

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Ed Cushman - Chauffeur

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Ed provides a pleasant transportation experience for customers, and has been working for Imported Car Center for 3 years.

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Carson - Welcoming Committee

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Carson loves to make customers happy by wagging his tail and giving personal greetings at the front door.

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Jerome Pettinga - Technician

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Jerome has been a technician for Auto Sport for over 30 years, and previously was a certified Peugeot and Fiat technician.

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Scott Goodrich - Service Advisor

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Scott has worked at Imported Car Center for 18 years.

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Paul Gurdak - Technician

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Paul used to work at Burlington International Airport as an airline mechanic for 15 years. When he started working here in 1991, he was a certified Peugeot and Fiat technician when Auto Sport was a new car dealership.

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Roger Siebenaler - Technician

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Roger has worked at Imported Car Center since 1995, and has been in the business for over 30 years. He is a three time National Champion in Formula Vee racing, and has over 12 divisional champions as well through Sports Car Club of America.

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Mike Spear - Technician

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Mike has been working for Imported Car Center for 15 years. Pictured is Mike's puppy, Takota.

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Derek Giroux - Technician

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Derek is a certified Volkswagen technician and has been working for Imported Car Center for 16 years.

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Brad Cota - Car Reconditioning Specialist

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Brad excels in detailing cars inside and out until they look brand new. He has been working for Imported Car since 2007.

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