The History of Carter Powersports.
The Year 2008 marks the 28th year of operation for Carter Powersports. It has been a memorable time for those of us who have been here for most or much of that period. If you’d like to know where we came from and how we got here, I’ll do my best to recall it accurately.
The origins of Carter Powersports go back to a small store on West Sahara, beginning in the year 1980. Our store name at that time was Kawasaki West of Las Vegas. We had fewer than ten employees and it was truly a family business. West Sahara was largely undeveloped then – dirt bikes and ATV’s could ride up to our back door, and they did so very often.
In the year 1983 we were able to purchase the Honda franchise of a store that had ended in bankruptcy – the old Honda West on Valley View Boulevard. We re-opened the Honda store in that Valley View/Spring Mountain location as a second operation and renamed our company Desert Honda Kawasaki. We all worked hard and the Honda store was very successful from opening day. We became so busy in our new location that a decision was made to sell off the Kawasaki store, and that was done.
Desert Honda is the name we operated under at that time, and our company continued to grow. In 1985 we purchased property on Tropicana Avenue and drew up plans for building a new home for our store. It was finished in the spring of 1986 and we moved into our new dealership facility on the day before Memorial Day.
It made for a short holiday weekend, but Memorial Day was saved for its rightful purpose.
As time passed, we added new products to our line-up. In 1989 we began selling a line of personal watercraft. Sea-Doo’s started slowly but soon grew into a major division of our company as they gained acceptance and added new models. Then, in 1992, we put Suzuki motorcycles and ATV’s in our showroom, becoming a true multi-line dealership.
The resulting name – Desert Honda Suzuki Sea-Doo – adequately described us but was quite a mouthful when answering the phone or at any other time. So in the year 2004, to emphasize the local, family owned values of our dealership, and to rededicate ourselves to providing the best customer service in the West, we adopted the new name of Carter Powersports.
We have learned much during the last 26 years of operation. We believe that we have successfully applied our acquired knowledge to the betterment of our business. That can be proven by the satisfaction and loyalty of our customers, our employees and our suppliers.
The year 2007 marked a rebirth for our company as we upgraded to a newer, bigger and more convenient location at 6275 South Decatur Blvd. at the I-215 Beltway.
Please join us and enjoy the ride.
