Empire Auto on South Minnesota Avenue doesn't do the high-pressure sales floor routine. No balloons, no finance manager lurking behind a glass partition, no sticker shock theater. Just used vehicles and people who apparently decided honesty was the better long-term strategy.
They stock and sell pre-owned cars, sedans, and SUVs across a range of price points that actually fits a Sioux Falls budget. The inventory leans practical over flashy, which is either a feature or a bug depending on what you walked in needing. They'll walk you through financing options too, which matters when most buyers aren't paying cash for a car in 2024.
Locals keep coming back — and sending family — because the transaction doesn't feel like a transaction. That's harder to pull off than it sounds in this category. When the used car lot on Minnesota Ave has people voluntarily recommending it at the Thanksgiving table, something is going right.