Asbury Automotive poised to overtake rivals

Asbury Automotive Group Inc., once the smallest and perhaps quietest of the U.S. public dealership groups, is now a bona fide giant after a stunning 20 months of deal-making. And even as it digests big acquisitions like Larry H. Miller Dealerships, Asbury is still gunning for the kind of growth that could vault it past rivals and make it one of the two biggest new-vehicle retailers in the country.