14 SBA loans have financed Honda Automobile Division - Dealer Sales and Service Agreement locations since 2010, written by 10 different lenders across 10 states. Half were approved for $2.4M or less, the mix is 504-heavy, and 7% went to owners whose business was under two years old.
A lender that has already underwritten this brand knows the unit economics, the build-out costs, and the franchisor. That is worth more to you than a bigger bank starting from scratch.