The SpeeDee Story

Your Oil Change and Tune-Up Specialists since 1980.
There is no doubt that the invention of the automobile is one of humankind's greatest inventions. Today, hundreds of millions of cars and trucks travel our streets and highways. For virtually all Americans, the car has become not a luxury but an integral necessity of daily living.

With today's higher priced cars and longer pay off periods, the trend is to keep our vehicles running longer and to achieve maximum mileage.

The SpeeDee story begins in December 1980 when the first SpeeDee Oil Change location was opened in Metairie, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. At that time, the number of automotive service stations was declining as more and more corner gas stations went the way of self-serve mini marts. SpeeDee's goal was to answer the increasing need for oil change services during a decline in service locations.

For the next two years, the SpeeDee concept was further refined and developed into a quick lube and automotive tune-up service station. In 1982, more services were added and the company became SpeeDee Oil Change & Tune-Up. Shortly thereafter, SpeeDee began offering franchises.

Sophisticated advances in automotive engineering continued to make dealing with the technology increasingly difficult for the do-it-yourselfer. In 1994, SpeeDee added complete brake service and now has grown to a full-service auto maintenance and repair facility with a full menu of fluid services, mechanical work, scheduled maintenance and repair.

Midas International Corporation
In April of 2008, the SpeeDee Oil Change & Tune-Up franchise became a subsidiary of Midas International Corporation. Later that year, Midas and SpeeDee began a co-branding strategy enabling both Midas and SpeeDee to benefit from the strengths of the two brands’ respective service offerings. The Midas SpeeDee co-brand strategy provides consumers with the three most frequent vehicle maintenance services - oil changes, brakes and tires.