Magna, Toyota Founders Lead 2018 Hall of Fame Inductees

The Automotive Hall of Fame is adding Kiichiro Toyoda, Frank Stronach, Mike Jackson and the Magliozzi brothers to its honor roll this year. The new members will be inducted during a ceremony in Detroit on July 19.

Toyoda expanded his father Sakichi’s Automatic Loom Works business to include an automotive division in 1933 that later became Toyota Motor Corp. Toyoda, who died in 1952, was president of Toyota Motor from 1941 to 1950. Toyoda’s son Shoichiro and cousin Eiji already are in the Automotive Hall of Fame.

Jackson is CEO and president of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based AutoNation Inc., which operates America’s largest chain of car dealerships. During his 19-year career at AutoNation, the group’s 274 dealerships have sold nearly 12 million vehicles. AutoNation founder Wayne Huizenga, who died last month, also is a Hall of Fame member.