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Monticello Motors

3.2 (9 reviews)
Closed • 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

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This is the best kept secret in Charlottesville when it comes to buying a quality used car.

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I highly recommend Malloy Ford. Great experience from the start. Found a truck online and Renee…read morereached out to me and made this a smooth process. Answered all questions I had and sent me pictures of the truck. She came in on her day off so we could look at and test drive it. Eventually ended up buying it the same day. From the minute we got to the dealership we felt very welcomed and comfortable. She let us test drive it as a family. When we got back I had a couple questions and concerns so she grabbed her manager and he worked with us. Financing was easy as well. Friendly staff. Offered us water and coffee while we waited for the paperwork to start. We had a couple questions and another guy stepped in to help us on financing.

I spent several days working with Malloy Ford of Charlottesville regarding a 2022 Volvo XC60. I…read morereviewed the Carfax, negotiated the removal of add-ons, discussed financing, arranged an independent inspection, and scheduled a test drive for September 25. On the morning of the appointment, I specifically confirmed that the vehicle was ready and was told it had been "pulled up" for me. I then advised that I would arrive around 11:00 AM after making a 1.5-hour journey. While already travelling, I was asked whether I wanted to leave a deposit to hold the vehicle. I declined, explaining that I intended to inspect the vehicle properly and arrange an independent inspection before making a final decision. When I arrived, I was told the vehicle was unavailable because another customer was test-driving it, going through paperwork, and had first refusal. I was then asked if I wanted to wait. I declined and left. What disappointed me most was that I had specifically asked to be informed if anything changed regarding the vehicle's availability before I made the trip. Had I been told the vehicle was with another customer, I simply would not have travelled. Shortly after leaving, I was informed that the vehicle was still available. I fully understand that dealerships have multiple interested buyers. What I found frustrating was travelling 1.5 hours based on a confirmed appointment, only to find the vehicle unavailable when I arrived. I also found it disappointing that despite several days of direct communication with the salesperson, arranging paperwork, financing, and the appointment itself, I never actually met the individual I had been dealing with. The vehicle may be excellent. Unfortunately, I never got the opportunity to find out. I expected a higher standard of professionalism, communication, and respect for a customer's time from an established dealership. Would I buy from Malloy Ford of Charlottesville after this experience? No.

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I had an emergency situation with a rental this weekend and contacted CMA and had a wonderful…read moreexperience with them. They helped me out in a pinch and with late notice. Thanks to the team, I was able to safely return my car. Thank you Ka-tari, Nate and Wyatt for giving me peace of mind and excellent service during a very stressful experience.

Experience following an auto accident leaves me with questions about CMA policies and management…read more A CMA executive driving a dealership vehicle hit our car, was found to be at fault, changed his story, and stood by, allowing questionable actions to delay resolution of our claim. Why am I wary? (Based on reports from my husband, Virginia state police, insurance company representatives, and personal observations): 1 -- Our vehicle was hit from behind on I-64 east. The CMA executive was cited by police for following too close. No one else was ticketed. After saying he couldn't stop, the CMA executive changed his story and blamed a lane change by my husband for causing the accident. Completely untrue. 2 -- The CMA executive had no insurance or registration info with him at the scene, and later provided a contact who failed to respond to multiple messages. After about a week of silence, we contacted the dealership and were told not to call again, but to wait to hear from the contact provided. More time passed, and still no response. Eventually, research revealed the "contact" was a former employee at CMA's insurance sales brokerage, neither an agent nor active employee of an insurance carrier able to process our claim for damages. 3 -- More research led us to an actual insurance carrier for the dealership and vehicle which hit our car. CMA documents showed the vehicle was not listed in the dealership inventory where the at-fault driver had an office, but was assigned to inventory for a dealership in Colonial Heights. Colonial Heights said they were not involved, another contradiction of documents CMA had provided. We filed a claim with a different insurer CMA had listed, then learned that carrier had been instructed to drop it so CMA could use their third party administrator to "process" our claim. For over a month, messages were ignored, and there was no reimbursement of towing expenses, no authorization for repairs, and no replacement vehicle to drive -- completely unlike the experience of the CMA executive who was driving another dealer-owned vehicle in no time. The CMA executive then advised us to file a claim with our own carrier, meaning we would be covering the deductible and also running the risk of a premium increase due to the claim, even though we were not at fault. CMA's third party admininstrator stalled inquiries by our insurance carrier as well, failing to return phone calls and using various tactics which resulted in delays resolving the claim. It was during this time that the CMA executive changed his story and alleged my husband caused the accident by changing lanes even though both vehicles had been traveling in the left lane for some time prior to the collision. 5 -- CMA's third party administrator filed a request for mediation, seeking to prove their client was NOT at fault despite the police citation and testimony from my husband. This further delayed settling the claim. Ultimately, mediation ruled that the CMA executive was at fault. 6 -- The BMW my husband and I had bought a few months before the accident was totaled, and we were unable to replace it with a comparable make, model year, and mileage vehicle despite searches in VA, NC, and MD. Our insurance carrier can legally negotiate to recover company losses, but we're on our own trying to recover from CMA's third party administrator who's already proven difficult and uncooperative. So much time, money, and aggravation for an innocent party because CMA refused to do the right thing. We wrote to the CMA President and CEO and heard nothing back from her either. Not a great first impression of CMA, particularly when, as a new manager, the CMA executive emphasized values such as "fairness", "accountability", and "eliminating excuses" in an interview, and the CEO was quoted as saying, "Spread love wherever you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier," when interviewed after receiving an automotive dealership reward.

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The owner was not professional in conducting business. After pointing out countless things wrong…read morewith a vehicle I was interested in I offered what I thought it was worth. He refused to conduct business with me and basically said I wasn't telling the truth about what I saw wrong with the vehicle. The only good part of the experience was the young salesman I spoke to the day prior. That salesman was respectful, helpful, and nice. The owner is definitly in denial of the quality of his inventory and needs to work on consumer relations.

A car purchase should be a transaction where two parties get what they want. I am happy to say this…read morewas my experience at Downtown. I was impressed with the vehicles they had on hand, but I knew what I wanted from their website after I found the car on Autotrader. Everyone was friendly on site, from the Clay the salesman, to the support staff and the owner. I did my homework in advance, and we came to a price that I thought was satisfactory. They are asking fair prices to begin with, in line with the market, so I don't think it's worth spending a lot of time and energy to try and squeeze blood from a stone. If you want a nice used car and a good experience buying it, these are decent and fair people to work with. And if you buy, go to the Charlottesville Downtown Mall and get a meal while they're doing the paperwork. It's about a five minute drive, and you don't have to just spend the time waiting.

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Excellent service from the service department. Brought in a box truck and they had it running in…read moreno time. Victor was extremely helpful and polite.

​1/5 Stars - Incompetent Service, Zero Accountability, and Hostile Customer Service…read more ​Save yourself the headache and take your vehicle anywhere else. My experience with this service department was a complete nightmare from start to finish. ​On Thursday, September 10th, my truck was towed to the dealership at 5:00 PM. Despite their website listing service hours until 7:00 PM, sales staff informed me upon arrival that the service team usually leaves around 4:00 PM. While a sales manager lent us a used vehicle to get home that night, the standard of service plummeted immediately afterward. ​When I returned the borrowed car the next day(Friday), the service department had no loaner vehicle available and couldn't offer any timeline for when one might be provided. When I followed up Saturday morning, September 12th, they gave the last loaner to the customer directly in front of me--still with zero ETA on my truck's repairs. It wasn't until Tuesday, September 15th--nearly five days later--that they finally arranged a rental car for me. ​Nearly two weeks after dropping it off, they called on Wednesday, September 22nd, to say the truck was ready. When I went to pick it up on Thursday, September 23rd, the experience at the service desk was appalling. Staff members were openly rude to each other and to customers. I was snapped at by an employee and told not to talk to the service desk, but to go to the parts counter instead. The parts employee handed over my keys and claimed my truck was parked right outside the bay doors. It wasn't. I spent 10 minutes wandering the lot myself until I found it parked all the way in the back behind the building. ​The repair job itself was an absolute hazard. That very afternoon, as I pulled into my wife's workplace right before 5:00 PM, smoke began pumping out from the engine bay. I called the dealership and spoke with Cole, who mentioned he was essentially the only person there and had no loaners available. With my pregnant wife and me heading to a 6:00 PM appointment, the situation was extremely stressful. While Cole eventually arranged a tow, and a loaner; returning an unsafe vehicle after nearly two weeks of work is unacceptable. ​The following morning, Thursday, September 24th, around 11:00 AM, they called to say the truck was ready again--and abruptly demanded the loaner back by 5:00 PM, completely disregarding that my wife (a school teacher) and I had scheduled prenatal appointments that afternoon. ​When I picked up the truck, their explanation for the engine smoke was that their technicians failed to clean up leaked coolant during the initial repair, which burned off as the engine heated up. They literally sent us out on the road in a vehicle covered in spilled fluid. We had so little faith in their workmanship that we had a friend follow us to our medical appointment just in case the truck broke down again. ​Between the inaccurate hours, hostile staff, disorganization, sloppy workmanship, and total lack of empathy for their customers' schedules, this service department is a complete hazard. Avoid this dealership at all costs.

Monticello Motors - car_dealers - Updated October 2026

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