Our Staff

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Wade Patrick
 

Wade has been selling sports cars in Marietta since 1978. After a number of years working at our local Jaguar and BMW dealerships, he started Marietta Sportscar Company in 1993.

Wade grew up in Atlanta and is a product of Peachtree High and Georgia State University. He is married to Valerie Patrick and has two sons currently serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is active in Boy Scouts and is a nut for cars, motorcycling, bicycling, and distance running.

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Laura Knight - Controller
 

Laura has been with Marietta Sportscar Company since 2008. She graduated from Kennesaw State University with a BS in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant. She has been both a manager and an accountant in various industries for over 20 years. She loves her position as Controller  at Marietta Sportscar Company, which includes being involved in all of the high demands of running an auto dealership.

Laura calls herself a native of Florida but has been in the Atlanta area since 1995. She has been married to her husband Chris Knight for 19 years now. She gets a giant smile on her face when she tells you she feels her biggest accomplishment is being a mother to her two young daughters Grace and Faith.

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Bob Brown - Sales Manager

Bob has been in the auto business for over 40 years. he has been selling highline new and used cars here in the Metro Atlanta area since 1988. Bob's home now is at Marietta Sportscar where he has been our Top Salesperson for the last five years running.
 Bob is married to Christina Brown for a great 40 years and has four children which are all grown. He loves to fly RC helicopters, and he also enjoys baseball, football, and auto racing.
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   Nick Tolan - Sales 

Nick was born in Blue Ridge GA and raised in metro Atlanta. He attended Cherokee High School in Canton, Ga., graduating in 2000. He felt  the need to explore and moved to Pinedale,Wyoming to become a horseback/ wilderness guide in the Bridger-Teton National Forest for 2 seasons in 2003 and 2005.

Nick has since been in the automotive sales business for 6 years and has built a great reputation for being fair and honest. When Nick is not busy helping clients achieve their goal of owning his/hers dream car he can be found on a dirtbike,hiking,mountain biking or at a concert.


 

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Tim Lyles - Service Manager
  
Tim has spent twenty plus years around the automotive industry and the last three as a service manager. 
He especially loves classic cars.
 
Married for 25 years to his high school sweetheart, Tina.  They have teenage twins - a boy and girl.
They moved to the Atlanta area from Florida in 1987 and have lived in several areas of metro Atlanta -
calling Marietta home since 1998.  Tim loves camping and boating and has been active in scouting
with his son from Cub Scouts into Boy Scouts.
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Justin Payne - Buyer
 

Justin was born and raised here locally in Canton, GA. He attended Cherokee High School and Auburn University.

Justin developed a love for cars at an early age and decided to follow that passion as a career choice. He has worked in the motorcycle and automotive business for the last 5 years. When not buying cars you can usually find him at the local car shows in his '68 Camaro or out on a course "attempting" to play golf!

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Floyd Grimm - Scooter Shop Manager

Floyd is our scooter guy.
Originally from Deland, FL, transplanted to Atlanta in 1991.
A former Navy Submariner, photographer  and Vespa Shop Manager.
Member of the Terminal Scooter club and an avid rider as he travels via
vintage 1979 Vespa P125X to work daily from Chamblee. His passion for Vespa history, art and technical detail is overwhelming. When he is not working on classic scoots, he maintaining his 65 VW bug.
He will also openly admit he is Star Wars nerd!
You’ll find him friendly, knowledgeable and excited to share his interest in scooters.
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James Brown - Motorcycle / Scooter Technician
 

James has been our scooter technician for several years now and has developed an uncanny knack for sorting out scooters - impressive for an old Harley guy!

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   J.W. Wells - Technician
 
  bio coming soon

 

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   Brittany Jackson - Technician
    bio coming soon

Marietta Sportscar is a full service used car dealership. We sell sports cars such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Jaguar, Volvo, SAAB, VW, Volkswagen, Lexus, Infiniti, Miata, Porsche & more. Located in the Greater Atlanta GA area, we are 1 mile East of the Big Chicken in Marietta, GA. Our service department will repair and maintain your sportscar.We accept trade ins! And as home of Vespa Marietta, we offer the best selection of new & used Vespa, Piaggio, Genuine and SYM scooters in the Atlanta area. Our scooter sales department will help you buy your new or used scooter Our service department will service and repair most brands of scooters, such as Vespa, SYM, Genuine, Sachs, Kymco, Honda and more. We carry performance parts, accessories, helmets, jackets, gloves, ramps, tie downs, oil, filters, pipes, tires for Vespa, Genuine and SYM. We can special order what you need for your bike! Vespa Marietta & Marietta Sportscar are located at 1616 Roswell Rd in Marietta, GA in greater Atlanta.