Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Roy O'Brien Ford welcomes their Newest Employee




We are very excited to introduce you to the newest member of the Roy O'Brien Ford family, Loice "LD" DeBerry. 

LD comes to us with a ton of experience and has been in sales for over 30 years. He is a family man and loves spending time with his wife, 4 kids and 2 grandsons. He also has plenty of experience being involved with sports. LD, also known as Coach DeBerry, coached football, basketball and baseball for a combination of over 30 years. Although he hung up his coaching hat, you can still find him cheering on his kids at their sporting events. 


When he's not spending time with family, LD is also a Board Member of NAACP in Grosse Pointe, which is the 1st chapter.

Please help us give Loice "LD" DeBerry a warm welcome, and stop by to pay him a visit. You can email him at ldeberry@royobrien.com or call him at (586) 776-7600 ext. 211.



Royal Oak Ford, Village Ford and Stu Evans Lincoln are all places where LD gained his experience in car sales, but we are happy that is will be joining the Roy O'Brien Ford team. 



Family owned and operated since 1946, Roy O'Brien Ford is located at 22201 E. 9 Mile Rd. St. Clair Shores, MI 48080 for all your Metro Detroit Ford Vehicle needs. Stay on the right track to Nine Mile and Mack!

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Tuesday, August 02, 2016

Roy O'Brien Ford Hosts Beer & Music Festival to Benefit Kids Without Cancer


Rockin’ the Shores Beer & Music Festival

Detroit, Michigan – (July 29, 2016) –Rockin' the Shores Beer & Music Festival presented by Roy O'Brien Ford, Inc. will be taking place at 9 Mile Road & Mack Avenue in beautiful downtown St. Clair Shores on Saturday, Sept 17, 2016.

Hundreds of bicyclists are expected to kick off the event with a 7-8 mile bicycle ride to benefit Kids Without Cancer. The Nautical Ride to Rockin’ the Shores will start at 11:00 a.m. Participants who pre-register will receive a ticket to the festival, a limited edition t-shirt, and 15 beer sampling tickets. Tickets are available at Roy O’Brien Ford located at 22201 Nine Mile Road, St. Clair Shores, MI 48080.

Starting at 1:00 p.m. Atwater Brewery will host a celebratory Oktoberfest style tapping of the keg. There will be a variety of craft beer, including specialty brews just for the event, from Atwater Brewery and St. Clair Shores local favorite Baffin Brewing Company. The event will feature some of Michigan’s finest bands. Kicking off music on the main stage at 3:30pm is the incredible Stone Clover, a Detroit favorite Irish Rock n' Roll band, The Muggs, an internationally renowned American blues rock band from Detroit, singer/songwriter Brian Vander Ark from THE VERVE PIPE best known for his hits, “The Freshman” and “Photograph” and Detroit’s legendary home brewed rockers, SPONGE, known for their top 10 hits “Plowed”, “Molly (16 Candles Down the Drain)” and “Have you Seen Mary?” will headline the event.

SPONGE featuring proud St. Clair Shores resident Vinnie Dombroski (vocals), Billy Adams (drums), Tim Patalan (bass), Kyle Neely and Andy Patalan (guitar).  The band recently released the band’s eighth studio record “The Beer Sessions”.  The first 300 people to buy tickets to the event will receive a FREE Beer Sessions CD.  The night of the festival, the band will be recording a brand new live cd to be named “Rockin’ the Shores LIVE”.

In addition to great music and beer, there will be a variety of food from local business and MotorCity Casino Hotel's High Octane Food Truck. Guests will also get to participating in games and shop in the beer vender village.  A portion of the evening’s proceeds will benefit Kids Without Cancer.

Rockin’ the Shores is located at 22201 Nine Mile Road, St. Clair Shores, MI 48080
Advanced discount tickets are available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2550032
Vinnie Dombroski and Brian Vander Ark are available for interviews.  For all press inquiries contact Julie Law @ jlaw@360EventProductions.com

ABOUT KIDS WITHOUT CANCER:
Founded as Leukemia, Research, Life (LRL) in 1981 and renamed Kids Without Cancer in 2011, this remarkable organization has, for thirty years, been raising money to fund the pediatric cancer research being done at Children’s Hospital of Michigan and its affiliates Wayne State University and the Karmanos Cancer Institute. In fact, this organization is proud to be the largest contributor of funds to pediatric cancer research at Children’s Hospital of all charities solely dedicated to funding cancer research. 

Rockin’ the Shores couldn’t be possible without support from Roy O’Brien Ford, the 9 and Mack Business Association, Elite Ink Tattoos, Wayne County Community College and Motor City Casino Hotel’s High Octane Food Truck.Family owned and operated since 1946, Roy O'Brien Ford is located at 22201 E. 9 Mile Rd. St. Clair Shores, MI 48080 for all your Metro Detroit Ford Vehicle needs. Stay on the right track to Nine Mile and Mack!

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Thursday, June 16, 2016

Our New Commercial Featuring the Nautical Ride


Check out our newest commercial!


Save more on the vehicle you're looking for. Also, please join us every other Wednesday for our Nautical Ride through St. Clair Shores!

Family owned and operated since 1946, Roy O'Brien Ford is located at 22201 E. 9 Mile Rd. St. Clair Shores, MI 48080 for all your Metro Detroit Ford Vehicle needs. Stay on the right track to Nine Mile and Mack!

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Monday, May 16, 2016

June Fest 2016


9 Mile and Mack's Annual June Fest is just a few weeks away! 

There will be tons of attractions, and something for everyone. Clowns, a Made in Michigan Food Court, train rides, dance performances, a petting zoo and much more. 

Help us welcome in June on Saturday, June 4th from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m, rain or shine. Detroit's premier blues party band, The Alligators, will be performing from noon - 4p.m. See you there!



Family owned and operated since 1946, Roy O'Brien Ford is located at 22201 E. 9 Mile Rd. St. Clair Shores, MI 48080 for all your Metro Detroit Ford Vehicle needs. Stay on the right track to Nine Mile and Mack!

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Thursday, May 05, 2016

Meet Our Newest Employee



Roy O'Brien Ford would like to welcome Chelsey Jeruzal to our team.


Chelsey is originally from Canada, but she and her husband recently became residents of St. Clair Shores. Chelsey stays busy with her three sons and their rescued chocolate lab, Hershel. Chelsey will be the friendly face greeting you in our New Car Showroom, and we look forward to having her as our new Front Desk Operator. Welcome aboard, Chelsey!





Family owned and operated since 1946, Roy O'Brien Ford is located at 22201 E. 9 Mile Rd. St. Clair Shores, MI 48080 for all your Metro Detroit Ford Vehicle needs. Stay on the right track to Nine Mile and Mack!

Visit our website: http://www.royobrien.com
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Friday, April 29, 2016

Welcome Sean O'Brien

Roy O'Brien Ford is excited to introduce our newest employee, Sean O'Brien. 

Sean was born and raised in Grosse Pointe, where his passion for playing hockey, (and being a huge Red Wings fan) began. He grew up around the dealership, and has worked in several different departments. 

Before coming back to Roy O'Brien Ford, Sean worked in bike shops both in high school and while he was attending Michigan State University. After graduating with his Bachelor's from MSU, he pursued his Juris Doctor (J.D.) on a full-ride scholarship from Wayne State University. Sean practiced law both in Detroit and Birmingham, and brings a wealth of knowledge to Roy O'Brien Ford as our Client Relations Manager. He looks forward to helping continue the legacy that his family has built over the past 70 years.

Outside of work, you can catch Sean playing hockey, helping out as a CREW member of the Nautical Ride, or hanging out with his 9 year old Akita, Koty. Please help us give a warm welcome to Sean! 


Family owned and operated since 1946, Roy O'Brien Ford is located at 22201 E. 9 Mile Rd. St. Clair Shores, MI 48080 for all your Metro Detroit Ford Vehicle needs. Stay on the right track to Nine Mile and Mack!

Visit our website: http://www.royobrien.com
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Celebrating 70 Years

OUR HISTORY

History of Roy O'Brien Ford in St. Clair Shores, MI

Roy O'Brien Ford in 1946

A Message from Our Chairman Mark O'Brien:
"Our founder, Roy Edwin O'Brien Sr., opened our Ford dealership on March 14, 1946, with a $50,000 investment, ten employees, and NO NEW CARS FOR SALE! (World War II  was ending and all automotive production was shifted to war munitions and equipment). 

Today, our 110 employees are engaged in bringing our customers the finest in automotive sales and services and our average monthly payroll exceeds $600,000! Grandpa O'Brien would be very surprised to see how much we've grown! 

His son, our past chairman, Roy E. O'Brien, Jr., ushered in an era of mass communication, increased customer satisfaction, and sales levels to place Roy O'Brien Ford in the Top One Hundred Ford retailers in the entire country!

As we look towards our future, our president and general manager, Roy Patrick O'Brien, envisions the new, state-of-the-art dealership that you see depicted by the artist's rendition below. With a keen eye towards detail and  our mission of "treating customers BETTER than they expect to be treated", Roy continues the legacy that our grandfather and father created at the now famous corner of "Nine Mile & Mack!"

The Future Roy O'Brien Ford


Family owned and operated since 1946, Roy O'Brien Ford is located at 22201 E. 9 Mile Rd. St. Clair Shores, MI 48080 for all your Metro Detroit Ford Vehicle needs. Stay on the right track to Nine Mile and Mack!

Visit our website: http://www.royobrien.com
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