Mike and Linda Beaver have been married for 24 years and his family has been in the car business his entire life.  Although he majored in Biochemistry with aspirations of becoming a doctor, during his senior year at University of North Texas, he discovered that he, just like his father, liked to work hard...........in the car business.

If by some chance, the name, Linda Beaver, doesn't ring a bell, you recognize her as "the pretty blonde lady in those Toyota commercials". Linda is a former beauty queen, classical pianist and mother of four, but here in St. Augustine & Jacksonville, she is best know as the face of Beaver Toyota.   People often come to the dealership and ask if they can meet Linda and they come in and say, "I don't need a car, I'm here because of you!"  Aside from starring in the commercials, Linda is also involved with charity work.  

The Beavers lived in Texas, where Mike owned three General Motors dealerships for several years until they received an opportunity to purchase Sauter Toyota in Santa Fe, NM.  So in 2000 they left Dallas for Santa Fe.  

Along with Matt Calavan, Linda's brother, they resurrected 3 "crippled pigs", the Chevrolet Dealership in Lufkin, Texas, that had been closed during the 1991 recession, the Toyota Dealership in Santa Fe, NM, that had been thoroughly abused by the previous owners, to the point they had to sell the store or simply go out of business and then the Toyota Dealership here in St. Augustine, that had been plunged into Federal bankruptcy.  They made each one of these stores exceptional and successful.  

Mike said, "One surprising result of being in a successful, stable business for a long period of time is that the talented developing people on your staff, expects, and even requires, to be advanced in position and compensation.  I knew I had to grow in order to allow the fine people I had mentored and "raised" to be able to advance or they would eventually leave for better positions elsewhere."

You don't want to miss hearing more of their incredible story.  

Like Linda says, "We're here to WOW you!"

COME AND BE WOWED!