Munich. BMW honoured its best dealers from around the
world at a celebratory awards evening in the BMW Group Classic. Pieter
Nota, BMW AG management board member responsible for Sales and Brand
BMW handed out the awards to the 41 top dealers, saying they were a
thank-you from the company to its international dealer body, which had
worked so hard to make 2017 yet another successful year.
“2017 was the seventh year in a row where we achieved a new sales
record. This consistent success is only possible with strong partners
in the dealer organisation,” said Pieter Nota. “Satisfied customers
are what we all strive to have. We are all working with the common
goal to become even more customer-focused and service-oriented.
Today’s winners are setting a great example and the Excellence in
Sales Award is our thank-you to them, recognizing their achievement,”
he continued.
The Excellence in Sales Award is given in six different categories,
plus a special Jury Award. In total, 3,100 dealers from 85 countries
entered the competition. The highly-qualified jury selected the 41
winners in the categories Sales, Aftersales, Customer Service, Luxury
Class and BMW i BMW i Performance. The Manager of the Year award
recognises the exceptional engagement of individual entrepreneurs. The
area of sustainability was given particular importance, with the
introduction this year of the “Most Sustainable Dealer” award. An
overall winner was then selected in each category.
BMW invited the 41 winners to a three-day visit to Munich which
included sight-seeing, fine-dining and exclusive experiences, as well
as the awards ceremony. A tour of Munich in historic BMW cars offered
the dealers a very special way to experience their brand’s home city.
“We are currently in the biggest model offensive in our company’s
history. With exciting new models like the BMW X2 and the BMW X3,
together with the BMW X4 and BMW 8 Series Coupé coming later this
year, I am sure that together with our partners and investors in the
dealer body, we will make 2018 another record year,” said Pieter Nota
in the course of the event.
The Winners:
Category – Best Retailer in Sales
Peter Vardy, United Kingdom
BMW of Westchester, USA
Kolon
Motors Uijeongbu, South Korea
BaltAvtoTrade-M, Russia
Hangzhou Hecheng Zhibao, China
Reisacher, Germany
Category – Best Retailer in Aftersales
Fuenteolid, Spain
Schomp BMW of Highlands Ranch, USA
Geelong BMW,
Australia
Northcliff Auto, South Africa
Shenzhen Southern Baozen,
China
Gottstein, Germany
Category – Best Retailer in
Luxury Class
Auto Palace, Slovakia
South Bay BMW, USA
Bavarian Motors Incheon,
South Korea
Avilon, Russia
Foshan Shenbao,
China
Mulfinger, Germany
Category – BMW i iPerformance
Bilia, Norway
BMW of Honolulu, USA
Toto
BMW, Japan
Abu
Khader Automotive, Jordan
Shanghai
Baozen Zhonghuan, China
AHAG, Germany
Category – Customer Care
Kohla-Strauss, Austria
BMW of Gainesville,
USA
Balcom BMW,
Japan
Al Fardan Automobiles, Qatar
Luohe Luodebao, China
Freese, Germany
Category – Manager of the Year
Arie Verschoor , Dusseldorp, The Netherlands
Gonzalo Bosque, Carmen Motors, Mexico
Oleksandr
Tymofyeyev, AWT Bavaria, Ukraine
Jeffrey Gan, Sime Darby Auto
Bavaria, Malaysia
Zuming Zhang, Shaoxing Baoshun, China
Jörg Felske, Procar, Germany
Jury Award – Best Retailer
in Sustainability
Bayern AutoGroup, Denmark
Autogermana, Colombia
Bavaria Motors, India
Nanjing Ningbao, China
Schmidt, Germany
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