John Marazzi

A down-to-earth, hands-on leader with a clear vision, a passion for building strong relationships and doing business with integrity – and who happens to have the coolest mascot in the industry.

  1. Brandon Honda adds Allen Hicks as Executive Manager

    February 14, 2020
    We’ve hired local auto sales veteran Allen Hicks as an Executive Manager at Brandon Honda. In his new role, Allen works closely with Sam Raabe and me and our team of sales and finance associates to finalize automobile lease and purchase agreements that best meet customers’ needs.

  3. Sun Toyota wins DealerRater’s 2020 Toyota Dealer of the Year and Consumer Satisfaction awards for Florida

    January 31, 2020
    Sun Toyota has won DealerRater’s 2020 Toyota Dealer of the Year Award for the third consecutive year, as well as its fourth consecutive Consumer Satisfaction Award among Toyota dealerships throughout the state of Florida. The awards are based on car shoppers’ actual reviews of dealerships’ customer service, quality of work, friendliness, pricing and overall customer experience, as posted on www.DealerRater.com  during 2019.

  4. Sun Toyota Honors top Sales Employees for 2019

    January 24, 2020
    Sun Toyota recently honored its top variable operations employees for 2019 in several categories. Employees were honored for their outstanding achievements in sales and customer service, as well as for their great strides in leadership, team spirit, work ethic and initiative.  

  5. Sun Toyota honors top Service and Collision Employees for 2019

    January 24, 2020
    We are Sun Toyota recently honored our top fixed operations employees for 2019 in several categories. Employees were honored for their outstanding achievements in service, collision and customer service, as well as for great strides in leadership, team spirit, work ethic, and attitude.

  7. Joseph Rios is new Finance Manager at Brandon Honda

    January 16, 2020
    We’ve promoted Joseph Rios to Finance Manager at Brandon Honda to assist customers with their financing options and loan arrangements, process credit checks and properly transfer license tags and title to complete sales and lease arrangements. 

  8. Rani Ezra is promoted to Sales Training Manager at Sun Toyota

    January 7, 2020
    Moran (“Rani”) Ezra was recently promoted to the new position of Sales Training Manager at Sun Toyota. Soon after he was hired at Sun, he observed that our new employee orientation program could benefit from a more formal, comprehensive process, so he created new and refresher training materials and videos to guide all variable operations employees on our unique, customer-centric focus. His programs became so successful that we created a new position as our Sales Training Manager and promoted Rani to the position to help us choose the right sales applicants to boost sales and growth.

  9. Elie Eid joins Brandon Honda as Executive Manager

    December 14, 2019
    General Manager Sam Raabe is pleased to announce that local auto sales veteran Elie Eid has been hired as Executive Manager at Brandon Honda, a Morgan Auto Group dealership. In his new position, Eid works closely with sales and finance associates to finalize automobile lease and purchase agreements that best meet customers’ needs.  Eid was born and raised in Lebanon and originally immigrated to France in 1990 before relocating to Florida in 1994.      “Elie is an auto dealership professional who has been in sales and finance for 17 years throughout the Tampa Bay area,” said General Manager Sam Raabe....

  10. Nick Nardello is new Internet Director at Sun Toyota

    December 12, 2019
    Ferris Hamdan, General Sales Manager at Sun Toyota is pleased to announce that Nick Nardello was recently promoted to Internet Director at Sun Toyota, a Morgan Auto Group dealership. Originally from Long Island, NY, Nardello joined the sales department at Sun Toyota in June 2018, following a successful career in the gaming industry. As Internet Director, he helps supervise a large team of internet sales personnel and is responsible for department staffing, training and internet operations, as well as cultivating extraordinary customer satisfaction and loyalty. Nardello enjoys applying the lessons he’s learned in life to help coach others in developing...