Priority Auto Group is expanding its footprint in the Richmond market by buying Kia and Nissan franchises in Colonial Heights. Dennis Ellmer, president and CEO of the Chesapeake-based automobile dealer group, said yesterday that he has agreed to buy the franchises from Dominion Auto Group for an undisclosed amount. J. Theodore Linhart, chairman and CEO of Dominion Auto Group, was not available for comment yesterday afternoon.

More than two weeks after the end of the federal Cash for Clunkers program, auto dealers still haven’t been paid for all their transactions, but they say the speed of reimbursements is improving.