Car Dealerships in Bluffton, SC: New and Used Cars

Where the dealers are

Eleven brand dealers on or just off Fording Island Road (US 278) in Bluffton and Okatie, from 1.5 mi to 8.4 mi from Old Town. The Hardeeville auto mall, with eleven more, is farther west.

Closest to the bridges

Hilton Head BMW is 1.5 mi from Moss Creek and the bridges, Volvo Cars 2.0 mi and Buick GMC Cadillac 2.2 mi, all in the first stretch of Fording Island Road.

The big cluster

Toyota, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, INFINITI and Genesis are within 2.2 mi of Sun City, at the west end of Fording Island Road near SC 170, and about 5 mi from Old Town.

Sundays

Every dealer on this page is closed on Sunday. Most open Monday to Saturday; call before a weekday evening or a Saturday afternoon.

Tax on a car

South Carolina charges an infrastructure maintenance fee of 5% of the price, capped at $500, instead of sales tax. A dealer collects it with the title and registration paperwork.

Title and tags

SCDMV lists the title at $15 and a passenger-car registration at $40. The Bluffton SCDMV branch is at 15 Sheridan Park Circle.

Used cars

Every brand dealer sells used cars. Low Country Motors, 1 Bluffton Rd, is the used-only lot in town, 1.7 mi from Old Town.

Car dealerships, Bluffton, SC: they are all on one road, so the Bluffton car dealerships are easy to compare. Bluffton, SC car dealers and dealerships line Fording Island Road (US 278), from BMW by the bridges to Mike Reichenbach Chevrolet in Okatie, and a Bluffton SC used cars lot, Low Country Motors, is on Bluffton Road. Whether you want a new car dealership in Bluffton or a used car dealership in Bluffton, the Bluffton auto dealers on this page are the Bluffton SC car dealerships, the car dealerships in Bluffton, SC, that the area’s drivers use. Bluffton dealerships sell new and used, so Bluffton used cars and new cars are on the same lots, and the nearest of these Bluffton car dealers to Old Town are 1.5 mi away.

Looking for a particular make? Each brand below links to the dealer’s own page, with hours and departments.

• Toyota dealership, Bluffton, SC: Stokes Toyota Hilton Head, 100 Fording Island Rd, 5.1 mi from Old Town.

• Honda dealership, Bluffton, SC: Hilton Head Honda, 161 Fording Island Rd, 5.1 mi from Old Town.

• Chevy dealership, Bluffton, SC area: Mike Reichenbach Chevrolet, 10 University Pkwy in Okatie, 8.4 mi from Old Town. It is the Chevrolet dealership Bluffton, SC drivers use.

• GMC dealership, Bluffton, SC: Hilton Head Buick GMC Cadillac, 1090 Fording Island Rd, 1.5 mi from Old Town.

• Kia, Nissan, INFINITI, Genesis, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Volvo: all on the cards above.

Two brands that people search for with “Bluffton” have no dealer here. For a Ford dealership, Bluffton, SC has none; the nearest is O. C. Welch Ford (with O. C. Welch Lincoln), at 4920 Independence Blvd on US 278 in Hardeeville, and for a Jeep dealer, Bluffton, SC has none either; the nearest is AutoNation Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM on Drivers Way, also in Hardeeville. Both are in the Hardeeville auto mall, 8.7 to 9.0 mi from Old Town.

There are two ways to shop for used cars Bluffton, SC, and for used cars Bluffton, South Carolina has to offer generally: used cars for sale Bluffton, SC come from a brand dealer or from a used lot. A brand dealer sells its own make used and certified pre-owned, plus trade-ins of other makes, so a Bluffton used car is often a one-owner trade from a local driver. A used-only lot, such as Low Country Motors, sells used cars for sale in Bluffton, SC across makes. For a used car in Bluffton, South Carolina, the cheapest comparison is a phone call to two or three of these, with the same questions each time: the price before fees, the vehicle history report and whether the car has been in a flood. A car that has sat through a Lowcountry storm surge is worth asking about.

Used cars for sale in Bluffton, SC are priced before the state’s infrastructure maintenance fee, 5% of the price up to $500, and the title and tag fees. Ask a dealer to put every fee on the buyer’s order in writing before you sign. If you buy from a private seller instead, the same fee applies, based on the car’s fair market value, when you title it at SCDMV.

Car dealerships, Okatie, South Carolina: Okatie is on Bluffton’s western edge, and the car dealerships in Okatie, SC are on the same road. Mercedes-Benz of Hilton Head is at 155 Fording Island Rd, Okatie, and Mike Reichenbach Chevrolet, one of the Okatie, South Carolina Chevy dealers, is at 10 University Pkwy, by the USCB Bluffton campus. Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Genesis and INFINITI are a mile or two back toward Bluffton, so the dealerships in Okatie, SC and the new car dealership in Okatie are one stretch of road with the rest. For used cars Okatie, SC shoppers want (used cars in Okatie, SC, and the used car dealership in Okatie), the brand dealers here sell used, and Low Country Motors is the used-only lot, about 7 mi back toward Old Town. See Okatie for the town.

Hardeeville is where the rest of the area’s dealerships are, a short drive west of Bluffton on US 278. Looking for car dealers in Hardeeville, SC? The Hardeeville car dealerships, and the car dealerships in Hardeeville, SC that most people mean, are in the Hardeeville auto mall, off US 278 near I-95, on Auto Mall Boulevard, Drivers Way and New River Parkway. Also searched as car dealers Hardeeville, car dealerships Hardeeville, SC, Hardeeville dealerships, Hardeeville SC car dealerships and the auto mall Hardeeville, SC: it is the same place. The dealers are 5.5 to 6.2 mi from Hardeeville City Hall, and 8.2 to 9.0 mi from Old Town Bluffton. The Hardeeville auto mall has: Hilton Head Lexus (540 New River Pkwy), Audi Hilton Head and Porsche Hilton Head (Auto Mall Blvd), AutoNation Volkswagen and AutoNation Hyundai, O. C. Welch Ford and Lincoln, Land Rover Hilton Head, AutoNation Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM, AutoNation Subaru and AutoNation USA, the used-car store.

For used cars in Hardeeville, SC (used cars Hardeeville, SC shoppers also find the same lots), AutoNation USA on Drivers Way sells used cars of every make, and each brand dealer sells its own used. One dealer outside the auto mall is about as close to Hardeeville: Mike Reichenbach Chevrolet in Okatie is 6.0 mi from Hardeeville City Hall, right in the auto mall’s 5.5 to 6.2 mi range. Dealers in Bluffton’s Fording Island Road cluster are 8.1 to 9.5 mi from Hardeeville City Hall, and the ones nearest the bridges 13 to 14 mi. The full list of Hardeeville car dealerships, with hours and departments, is on Hilton Head car dealerships.

A South Carolina dealer handles the title and registration for a car it sells, and collects the 5% infrastructure maintenance fee (maximum $500) as part of the deal. A car first registered in another state carries a flat $250 fee when you register it in South Carolina. After that, Beaufort County’s Auditor values the car and bills the annual vehicle property tax, and the County Treasurer collects it, so a Bluffton owner pays property tax on the car every year. The nearest SCDMV branch is on the Bluffton DMV page, at 15 Sheridan Park Circle.

Most brand dealers open service on Saturday mornings. Mike Reichenbach Chevrolet services all makes. For repairs, detailing and washes, see Bluffton auto services; for a golf cart instead of a car, Bluffton golf carts. Visiting from the island? The same dealers are on car dealerships near Hilton Head, and the town is on the Bluffton guide.