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Here are a few of our courteous and professional team members. You may contact them directly by clicking on one of the email links listed below each name. If you do not see who you are looking for, please give us a call at 1-800-798-7278 and we will make sure he/she gets your message. Thank you for visiting our website. We look forward to hearing from you.
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Pat Lind
Pat has been the General Manager of Carousel Motors for over 25 years. Pat has a passion for automobiles and racing, and races specialty vehicles in the Midwest on area SCCA tracks.
patl@carouselmotors.com
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Tor Nicklaus
Tor has been a manager at Carousel for over 10 years and has 20 years of automotive industry experience. He received his bachelors degree from the University of Iowa and his Masters degree in Accounting from St. Ambrose University in Davenport, IA. Tor and his wife, Laura, reside in Iowa City with their 2 boys, August(12) and Sam(8), who also share a love of cars.
Tor's car-ology:
1975 Pontiac TransAm, 1981 Chevy Citation(1981 Motor Trend Car of the Year!),1981 VW Cabriolet ,1990 Chevy S10 Blazer, 1991 Eclipse GST, 1994 3000GT, 1983 Mercedes-Benz 300DT, 1990 Mercedes-Benz 300E, 1991 Mercedes-Benz 300E, 1991 Mercedes-Benz 300 D 2.5T, 1993 300E 2.8, 1987 Audi 5000 Quattro, 2003 Excursion Ltd Diesel, 1998 and 1999 ML320, 1999 VW Jetta TDI, 1995 E320 Wagon, 2 1999 Audi A6 Avants, 1998 Viper GTS
torn@carouselmotors.com
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Bill Williamson
Bill has been a Manager for Carousel for 5 years focusing on VW and Mazda, and has 10 years experience in the auto industry. He is a lifelong resident of Iowa City and a graduate of Luther College in Decorah, IA. He and his wife Kirsten have a 3 year old son Lachlan, and a 1 year old daughter Kenley.
billw@carouselmotors.com
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Chris Hester
Chris has been with Carousel since 2006 and currently serves as Pre-Owned Sales Manager. He graduated from The University of Dubuque in 2002, He and his wife, Anna, have two children, Grace and Jack.
chrish@carouselmotors.com
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Neal Acklie
Neal is in his first year of business, representing the Mercedes Benz Sprinter vans for Carousel Motors in the State of Iowa. This is a new venture for Carousel Motors, and Neal has extensive knowledge with commercial accounts selling for the past 26 years in the class eight truck business. Covering the State of Iowa has been a rewarding venture for all parties. He lives in Cedar Rapids with his wife PJ and has two sons with five grandchildren which are the joy of his life. He enjoys time spent with his family, traveling, and being outdoors. His car projects consist of a 1962 Corvette and a 1958 Ford Ranchero.
neala@carouselmotors.com
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Tom Akin
Tom has been selling Mercedes-Benz vehicles since 1988. During his years with Mercedes, he has owned and driven 240D, 190E, 300DT, 300D, SL380, C-230, E320S4, C3004 vehicles! In past years, Tom has been involved in drag racing on the national level (1970 top Stock National Champion), 1969 425/427 Kingswood Wagon (LEAD SLED), a feature winner at Tunis Raceway in Waterloo and involved with dirt stock car racing, currently still racing local Figure 8 races with his son. Tom enjoys golf, bowling and gourmet cooking in his free time.
toma@carouselmotors.com
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Kevin Courtney
Kevin has been with Carousel Motors for 20+ years. Clients count on Kevin to assist with their VW, Mazda, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz needs. Kevin and his wife Theresa are both U of I grads. They live in Iowa City with their two children Alex and Hailey and their infamous Schipperke Eddie. Kevin is a lifelong Iowa Hawkeye fan.
kevinc@carouselmotors.com
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Sanel Dzafic
Sanel(Sonny) has been with Carousel since 2006 and specializes in new/preowned sales and leasing. His love for German cars emerged when he was just a teenager. Sonny was born in Bosnia and as a young boy he moved to Germany where he lived for 5 years. After Germany, Sanel and his family moved to Des Moines, Iowa where he received his bachelors degree from Grand View College. In his spare time, Sonny enjoys playing and watching futball, or as we Americans call it, soccer.
saneld@carouselmotors.com
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Susan Farrell
Susan has been with Carousel Motors for 25 years and has an extensive client base that includes Mazda, Audi, Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz customers. Stop in and see Susan to find out how her years of brand specialist training can be put to work for you!!
susanf@carouselmotors.com
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Patrick Quinn
Often confused with the active governor of Illinois, Patrick has been with carousel since 2008. Patrick specializes in the sales and leasing of new/preowned Audi, Mercedes-Benz, VW, and Mazda. Patrick has a wealth of knowledge on the products we sell, as well as BMW and Volvo product.
patrickq@carouselmotors.com
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Rick Doerscher
Rick's love and appreciation for German cars brought him to Carousel Motors. He previously has owned Audi's and VW's and fell in love with the performance of German engineering. Rick has 20 years of retail management experience and brings his unique set of customer service skills to the automotive industry. Rick specializes in Audi & Mercedes highline excellence.
rickd@carouselmotors.com
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Vince Saldana
Vince has over 12 years of automotive industry sales and leasing experience in the European automobiles as well as all Domestic brands. Vince is a long time Iowa City resident that loves hunting, fishing and all outdoor activities, not to mention his infamous back yard barbeque's. Please feel free to stop in on Vince at Carousel Motors and let his positive attitude and experience help you with all your automotive needs. GO HAWKS!!
vinces@carouselmotors.com
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Allen Diercks
Allen has been with Carousel Motors since 1999 when he began as a Service Consultant. He has been Service Director since 2004. Allen grew up in the car business as his father owned a Ford Lincoln Mercury dealership in NW Iowa. Even as a small child, Allen could be found in the servce department hanging out with the technicians and learning the ropes. Allen has developed a passion for all automobiles and racing. He currently races Go-Karts competetively and has also raced stock cars and late models in the recent past. Allen is also the crew chief of the Carousel Racing Team which travels to Road America 3 times per year to race vintage cars. Allen is married to Dr. Amy Diercks and they have 3 children; Alena, Brady and Matthew.
allend@carouselmotors.com
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Andy Diercks
Andy has been the Mazda and Mercedes-Benz service consultant since 2005. Yes, he is Allen's younger brother, so Andy grew up in the car business with their family in NW Iowa. This led to the inevitable passion for automobiles. Andy is also very active in youth bowling in Cedar Rapids. He is the head coach of the youth leagues at Cedar Rapids Bowling Center and is a board member of the Cedar Rapids Youth Association. In addition, Andy also co-coaches the Linn-Mar High School bowling team. When bowling is not in session, Andy can be found at the race track with Allen where he is the tire guru for the Diercks Racing team. Andy is married to Makala and they have 2 children, Alex and Mekena.
andyd@carouselmotors.com
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