Our Culture

Driven by Purpose,
Powered by People.

We're a family-owned automotive group that believes people come before process, and purpose comes before profit. That's how we've served the Midwest for 115 years — and how we'll serve you next.

Dahl Automotive team members outdoors at a community event wearing SINCE 1911 shirts, celebrating 115 years, with a Dahl Ford Mobile Service van and vehicles in the background.
Team members700+
Dealerships16
Family-owned since1911
GenerationsFive
Our Mission

Keep People Moving.

A reliable vehicle is often the difference between a good day and a hard one. For the parent getting to work. The family loading up the minivan. The tradesperson relying on a truck to earn a living. We don't call it a transaction. We call it a privilege.

But keeping people moving isn't only what we do for our guests — it's how we treat each other. The coworker who covers your shift without being asked. The mentor who takes the extra minute to show you the ropes. The team member who checks in when things get hard. That's Keep People Moving too — the same three words, lived two ways.

Transform automotive retail by creating an exceptional experience that values individuals and grows leaders — while delivering profitable growth for all.

Our Vision

The industry is being pulled toward faceless, click-to-buy models. We're pulling the other direction — proving that valuing individuals and growing leaders is what makes profitable growth possible, not the tradeoff against it.

The Dahl Difference

Profit is the outcome. People are the reason.

A lot of businesses get that backwards. We don't. When you value the people doing the work, and the people you're doing it for, everything else — service, growth, longevity — follows.

What "Powered by People" Looks Like

Culture isn't a poster. It's how we operate.

01

Blow Your Mind Guest Experience

Every guest interaction is a chance to create a story worth retelling. We empower our team to make memorable moments — not just close tickets.

02

ONE DAHL

Sales, service, parts, finance, collision, accounting, IT — no department wins alone. One connected family across 16 dealerships.

03

LOV — Living Our Values

A peer recognition program where team members call out one another for living the culture. Recognition comes from your teammates, not just your manager.

04

RockED Training

High-quality development content in the palm of every team member's hand — so growth is a daily habit, not a once-a-year event.

05

Career Pathways

We promote from within — constantly. Growth here isn't a promise. It's a track record that ripples across dealerships and departments.

06

Daily Huddles & Core Processes

Open communication. Aligned priorities. Clear expectations. Process serves the people — the people don't serve the process.

Our Core Values

What we stand for.

These aren't slogans. They're the standards we hire against, coach against, and recognize each other against.

  1. 01

    Create a Blow Your Mind Guest Experience (BYMGE)

    Every guest interaction is a chance to create a story worth retelling. We empower our team to make memorable moments, not just close tickets.

  2. 02

    Have passion for what we do within our business

    We show up because we care about the work, the guest, and the person next to us — not because it's on a schedule.

  3. 03

    Serve guests and each other with integrity and respect

    We do what we say. We say what we mean. And we treat teammates with the same care we treat guests.

  4. 04

    Promote "giving back" to our community

    Giving back isn't a program — it's a value. When our communities thrive, we thrive with them.

  5. 05

    Grow and inspire our team through humility-based servant leadership

    Leadership at Dahl is a responsibility to serve, not a title to hold. Our leaders develop leaders.

The Dahl family's first dealership \— the Ford Garage in Westby, Wisconsin, selling Ford Motor Cars, pictured in 1913.
115 Years, One Family

A century of keeping people moving.

Since 1911, five generations of the Dahl family have shown up for our team, our guests, and our communities. We've grown from a single storefront to sixteen dealerships across Wisconsin and Minnesota — but the reason we do this hasn't changed. Every acquisition, every new market, every new team member joins a family committed to the same thing.

1911 The first Dahl storefront opens
5th Generation of family ownership
16 Dealerships across WI & MN
700+ Team members and growing
Community Impact

Rooted here. Investing here.

We've done business in these communities for 115 years — and every year, that history gets built one volunteer shift at a time. Our teams show up: partnering with the YMCA and other local nonprofits, coaching youth sports, serving at food pantries, helping families with reliable transportation, and walking in the parades our neighbors line up for. That's what Powered by People looks like beyond the showroom.

Dahl team members in Dahl-branded blue polos standing with YMCA staff and kids on a residential street next to the YMCA Inspiring Change van, a portable basketball hoop, and a yellow kickball.
Careers

Ready to be powered by purpose?

We're hiring across all sixteen dealerships and every department — sales, service, parts, collision, F&I, accounting, IT, and leadership. If you want to be seen, developed, and part of a company that puts people first, we'd love to meet you.

A company rooted in values.
A company committed to our communities.
Always Driven by Purpose, Powered by People.