Detroit Free Press

In late 2009, longtime Livonia car dealer Kit Tennyson was counted out. The Chevrolet store on Plymouth Road that bore his surname was barely making ends meet. It sold about 120 new and used vehicles a month despite its desirable location that could easily deliver double or triple that amount.

Michigan car dealer Jay Feldman nervously sat in a restaurant in Hingham, Massachusetts. It was a hot day in August nearly four years ago. He was there for a business lunch, which would normally have been routine for him, but not this time. This lunch was with one of the biggest movie stars in the world.

Movie star and businessman Mark Wahlberg is getting into the car business with the help of a metro Detroit car dealer.