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History

Ascendance Truck Centers, formerly Five Star, has more than 350 team members organization-wide who are also dedicated to taking care of customers and making them strong and profitable by running the best trucks with the best support behind them. The company is focused on creating a superior customer experience by delivering the quality-of-service customers deserve and expect.
Ascendance Truck Centers Isuzu, formerly Five Star Isuzu, offers a full line of Genuine Isuzu Parts and FleetValue Parts to service your truck. With an extensive inventory and bulk purchasing capabilities, you’re sure to get the parts you need at the price you can afford.
Ascendance Isuzu’s Certified Service Department has the infrastructure in place to get your vehicle maintained with the best tools and resources available. Ascendance Isuzu also offers several beneficial service programs so we can keep your vehicle maintained, while you can focus on your core business.
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Whether you need a new or used Isuzu low cab forward truck, Isuzu parts, repairs, or maintenance, Ascendance Isuzu is your trusted commercial truck dealer In Pennsylvania.

History

Five Star Isuzu is a family-owned and operated business with day-to-day operations run by Fred Scheler and John Scheler. Despite rapid growth, the Scheler family takes an active, hands-on approach to business, personally maintaining premium customer service and a positive environment throughout the company.
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Five Star has more than 250 team members organization-wide who are also dedicated to taking care of customers and making them strong and profitable by running the best trucks with the best support behind them. The company is focused on creating a superior customer experience by delivering the quality-of-service customers deserve and expect.
Five Star Isuzu offers a full line of Genuine Isuzu Parts and FleetValue Parts to service your truck. With an extensive inventory and bulk purchasing capabilities, you’re sure to get the parts you need at the price you can afford.

Five Star Isuzu’s Certified Service Department has the infrastructure in place to get your vehicle maintained with the best tools and resources available. Five Star also offers several beneficial service programs so we can keep your vehicle maintained, while you can focus on your core business.

Whether you need a new or used Isuzu low cab forward truck, Isuzu parts, repairs, or maintenance, Five Star Isuzu is your trusted commercial truck dealer In Pennsylvania.

Timeline of Events

2011

Today Five Star serves more geography and customers through our seven locations in Pennsylvania than any other International truck dealer. Our more than 250 team members are dedicated to taking care of our customers and making them strong and profitable by running the best trucks with the best support behind them.
2011

2007

Five Star launched its largest endeavor to date with the opening of its brand new facility in Lancaster County.
2007

2006

Five Star launched its largest endeavor to date with the opening of its brand new facility in Lancaster County. This 31,000 square foot facility located in the Rapho Industrial Park in Mount Joy was designed for customers to get in and out with ease. With 16 service bays and large parts inventory, Five Star can serve Lancaster County with ample room for growth.
2006

2006

The International dealer in Williamsport was purchased in May of 2006. With this acquisition, Five Star began to service Bradford, Clinton, Lycoming, Montour, and more counties from this location.
2006

2005

Five Star Isuzu purchased the dealer in Allentown, PA. This is the fifth full service location in the Five Star family. This location on the border of Allentown and Bethlehem serves Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton and northern Bucks counties.

2005

2004

Five Star Isuzu purchased the dealer in Allentown, PA. This is the fifth full service location in the Five Star family. This location on the border of Allentown and Bethlehem serves Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton and northern Bucks counties.

2004

2003

Navistar awarded the territory of Lancaster County, PA to Five Star Isuzu. Until 2006 Five Star would service this territory from Harrisburg, Reading and York.

2003

2002

Five Star was awarded Schuylkill County by Navistar. This county is now served from Reading and the Lehigh Valley.
2002

2001

Five Star was awarded Schuylkill County by Navistar. This county is now served from Reading and the Lehigh Valley.
2001

1999

Five Star Isuzu, LLC purchased the International Dealer who had locations in Hanover and York, PA. Five Star companies became one of the largest International Dealers in Pennsylvania. Five Star later consolidated the Hanover operations into the York operation.

1999

1997

Five Star Isuzu, LLC was formed as a Limited Liability Company owned by Peter F. Scheler and his sons Frederick P. Scheler and John A. Scheler. This LLC purchased the assets of the former International Dealer in Harrisburg and Reading, PA.

1997

1995

Five Star was awarded one of the highest honors given to International truck dealers, the Circle of Excellence award. This became the first of a string of consecutive awards stretching to 2011.
1995

1990

Five Star relocated to a new 20,000 Square Foot Facility on 90 acres owned by Peter F. Scheler at the Intersection of I-90 & Rt. 8 in Erie, PA. This new location enabled Five Star to grow into the premier transportation solutions provider in Northwestern Pennsylvania.
1990

1984

Five Star became a member of the Idealease Cooperative of International Truck Dealers throughout North America. Full Service Truck Leasing, Truck Rentals and Contract Maintenance were added to Five Star’s capabilities.
1984

1974

Five Star Isuzu Trucks, Inc. was formed – Peter F. Scheler purchased the Erie, PA branch of the International Harvester Company.

1974