Automotive Add-on Acquisitions in 2026

EAS Tire & Auto, a Straightaway brand, acquired Total Automotive in Fort Collins, Colorado, marking EAS's 23rd shop in the state. Owner Ross Houk will transition the location to EAS while the shop continues operating with the same team and local focus.

Sun Auto Tire & Service acquired four tire and automotive service locations in Alabama through purchases of Bay City Tire & Wheel (Mobile), Black's Tire (Rainsville), and two Auto Save locations (Montgomery and Prattville). The deal expands Sun Auto's Gulf Coast and statewide footprint and folds the four stores into its Sun Auto Network, which now exceeds 550 locations nationwide.

Left Lane Auto, a national tire retail and automotive-service platform and portfolio company of Bertram Capital, has acquired Don Foshay's Discount Tire & Alignment, a six-location automotive repair and tire retail chain based in Portland, Maine. Terms were not disclosed; Left Lane said it will retain management and employees across all locations and the deal brings the platform to over 80 stores across 19 states as it expands into New England.

MiddleGround Capital has acquired Pi Innovo from Dana Incorporated and will integrate the company into its portfolio platform, New Eagle. Pi Innovo, headquartered near Detroit, Michigan, develops open-platform electronic control units (ECUs) and embedded control software for electrification, clean-fuel and specialty mobility applications; the deal expands New Eagle's hardware and software controls capabilities across automotive, commercial vehicle and aerospace/defense end markets.

Straightaway Tire & Auto, a PE-backed aftermarket automotive repair platform, has acquired Silverlake Automotive, a five-location repair brand based in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The deal (announced by O2 Investment Partners) expands Straightaway's Mountain West footprint and brings Silverlake into Straightaway's multi-brand platform as its fifth brand.