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Empire Motors

4.0 (101 reviews)
Open • 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

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Got my nissan leaf for a great deal! :)
Katie B.

My fiancé and I had a wonderful experience buying our 2017 Nissan leaf here. From start to finish everyone was very honest & genuine with us, and you could definitely tell that they had a passion for making sure we went home with a great car & a great deal. They also let us take the car for about 2 hours to Metro Nissan to ensure there was no work that needed to be done, and there wasn't! She's in great condition, and I would highly recommend checking them out and supporting a local business when searching for a used car :) Thanks again!

Amazing People Great Service Sold me the car at an amazing deal, 10/10 would definitely recommend

They said the tire was good for couple thousand miles. Purchased car 9/15/2018 and I had to get all new tires on 10/13/2018...
Minsoo C.

Late review, but I want to prevent people from getting hustled from this scandalous dealership. It's hard to make money out there, and these folks want to take advantage of people who have no knowledge about cars. I have a record that I had to replace my tires less than a month after purchasing this car back on 9/18/2018. Ray and their technician at Empire Motors said the tires were good for a couple of thousand miles, but I still went to get it inspected because the low air pressure kept being on while driving. I went to Americas Tire in Costa Mesa on 10/13/2018, and the technician said it's very dangerous to drive with these tires on because of the big gouge and a very low tread. Ray replied in my review, "I am not sure if you are just trying to hurt a small business with your reviews and what joy you get of this. Your reviews are certainly doubtful at best and we are so very disappointed." I do not get joy out of this Ray-san. You have dishonored your family and your business by lying to your customers. You are trying to pull out the victim's card saying that I am hurting local small businesses. However, you are taking advantage of hard-working Californians of their money! People of Yelp, please heed my call and stay away from Empire Motors. Yours Sincerely, Minsoo Choi

That's the middle of the subframe that easily cost over 2 thousand dollars because there incompetent tow truck drivers towed it

Horrible dealership I bought a 2017 Nissan 370Z and it didn't come with the wheel lock had too pay $100 a lug nut too be broken off because the dealership couldn't tell me where they left the key lock They didn't maintenance the car once so ever it has subframe damage from them having there tow truck driver tow the car from the car auction whatever you do avoid this place extremely shady and don't explain anything at all the car was in my name for two weeks and they make you leave it at the dealership ship so the warranty is no longer effective there scam artist the owner ray is a horrible arrogant man there front desk employees dolce more like pos is extremely rude and mean they won't respect u at all unless you have money make sure you look at what u sign they up charge for any little thing if the car has stock wheels from factory they'll charge extra for it anything too do with aftermarket that's already installed on the car when they purchased the vehicle from auction you'll be gauged for if you like getting fked over be my guest and come here they up charge you for anything and will scam you with a low jack cost of $1500 which is installed in car already there professionals at this they've been scamming innocent people for years and hav been ruining lives and family's imagine a single mother with barely enough money comes too this place for a vehicle they'll completely screw you over and have you signing for a lemon they cover everything up as well and will fix small little things that will eventually break after a week of owning there vehicle there mechanic shop is horrible there idiotic and have no experience on cars there YouTube mechanic the owner ray doesn't even know how too fill up air in the tire asked them for one simple thing because we drove 2 hours out of the way too pick up my first car after making us drive out there multiple times too sign different papers these people are crooks don't come here I also tried contacting them and they've blocked my number Andrew

Stephanie V.

So happy me and my husband found this place! After going to other car lots we came across Empire Motors and Monique who helped us out was very nice and knowledgeable answering all our questions and concerns. We needed a 2nd car and a affordable one too and this For Focus SE was exactly what we were looking for! We definitely had a good experience and were very satisfied with the customer service. Great place!

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Terrible experience. Most of the cars are junk refurbished to look good. Will never purchase again and will not recommend

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Sold my 20 year old daughter a garbage car with problems buyer beware make sure you bring a skilled mechanic to check any vehicle you buy

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Had a great experience buying my car very easy and friendly staff. Every thy was completed in an hour.

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“I bought a used 2016 Lexus LS 460 AWD from Ray and it was a pleasure.”

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I just left this place and I was devastated. I was there for four hours test driving cars that I…read morehad researched for a month and just specifically came and got a hotel next to this place to get a car. I was greeted by a wonderful young man that works there and he was amazing and by the time I got to the fourth car of test driving, I was introduced to John Al Katina the general manager. I have to say in 48 years of my life and buying seven cars from Big lots to small lots. I've never been treated this way. I literally was told that I wasted his time even though there was no one there to buy a car and I've been looking at the same cars that they've had a lot for the past month and a half matter fact when I drove the first three cars, one of them had major problems. The other one did and then when I got to the third car, I barely drove off the lot and the car died. There was one car that I wanted to buy, and then I went for it and they wanted a lender fee. So after John heard the salesman saying that they need to collect a lender fee from me and that he's not sure if he can negotiate it. This man john decided to have a anxiety, nervous panic attack breakdown and tell me that I basically wasted his whole day wasted his time he doesn't wanna do business with me. He doesn't want me to buy a car from him just because I have to put a $2500 down people spend all day sometimes to buy a car and think about it for weeks. This man literally tried to force me into buying a car and then once he saw that I needed to pay a lender fee he literally threw me out of his place and made the guy that helped me feel so low and I just can't even believe I'm appalled at the service my I was born in Upland Memorial Hospital. My grandparents owned two jewelry shops in Upland for 50 years and lived around the corner. My parents all went to Upland high school like I am appalled that this man is even able to be the general manager of this place. I've been crying for the past hour, and I do not appreciate it. I would love to speak to the owner. Celine to let him know he can look back at the tapes and see how this man treated me. I just cannot believe It don't buy a car here. Absolutely don't even waste your time. This man is evil and he is mean and he does not care about you at all. I've never been treated so unfairly so horribly in sales. I have been in sales for 20 years. I've worked for LVH. I worked for the biggest conglomerate in the world. I work for producers directors. I'm a celebrity Makeup artist how dare this man even treat me like this he doesn't know if I had $5000 to put down on this car. This man is ridiculous and he should not ever that's why this business is probably not even selling cars. This man is horrible and I need to be taught and I want to talk to somebody. Please reach out to me Saleene thank you somuch! I'm a 20 year business owner Makeup artist Hair Stylist and photographer in Film vision, and I am appalled that I was even treated this way I spoil people for a living. This man said the most horrendous things to me for no reason! As you can see, I have a five star review for my business and you can see that they have a four almost 5 star, but I don't know what's going on there like I am so shocked at the General Manager's behavior he must be putting that place out of business in car sales for sure because I had two other people that wanted to buy a car that's funny. I looked at that place for a month and a half and I even went online three days ago and applied for the car never got a callback ever I went there at nine in the morning when they opened and I am being yelled at and degraded for doing business with them for and test driving cars that the guy let me test drive to Buy. We're talking about a Mercedes-Benz and a Porsche OK so I'm telling you this is the worst experience I've ever had in 48 years of my whole entire life! Beware before you go there you better make sure you have perfect everything because if you even have to put 2500 down oh no, he might not want to do business with you ! Beware John the general manager of this place is a horrible a monster of a man. I'm telling you he degraded and deflated me for no reason and I just cannot believe it. I'm still in shock.! The poor guy that was selling me the car he literally stopped him from selling me the car like I can't even believe this! Matter of fact, my boyfriend was gonna apply cause he has a 725 credit score and he got mad because he didn't want to fill out the application right there. He wanted to do it online in our hotel next-door and he just went crazy, honest like I was thinking he was gonna hit me next I would love to talk to the owner of this place!

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