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- Dealer News
- 11 October 2024
Coming back home to his roots, so to speak, with a passionate challenge lying ahead for him. So says Bradley Scorer, the newly appointed Franchise Executive for the Supergroup Dealerships Stellantis brands as well as Chery.
A total of 21 winners received awards at the Mercedes-Benz Vans Agent and Dealer of the Year ceremony. The manufacturer also celebrated record-breaking worldwide sales and excellent local results.
It is a story where family and business meet, one of generational transfer of skills, opportunity and becoming part of the Ford family.
OPINION PIECE: I am sure that you are familiar with the old saying – “the job is not finished before the paperwork is done”. This can apply to many situations, some more humorous than others.
Ford Rola Robertson made history as the first rural dealership to take the prestigious overall national Ford Dealer of the Year award.
A veteran in the automotive world with a proven track record over many decades is at the heart of GWM/HAVAL Springs’ success in the latest Dealer of the Year contest for the Chinese vehicle brand.
Stellantis continues its drive to make brands easily accessible to customers through its multi-franchise dealer network with the addition of Jeep and Fait brands to Williams Hunt Fourways in Johannesburg, part of CFAO Mobility, and the same addition applies to the Westvaal Motor Group in Menlyn, Pretoria.
BMW Midrand won the much sought-after Retailer of the Year award for the first time in 2021, and on the MINI side it has been awarded the top retailer title twice consecutively, in 2018 and 2019. Now the dealership has won both brands' top award for 2023.
Hino Pomona is not only the first 100% Black-owned Hino dealership in South Africa but also the first that is 65% women-owned.
When the going gets tough, the tough gets going. The tough people at the Ford Human Auto Group in the Free State and Northern Cape did exactly that and their effort was rewarded with a fourth consecutive Dealer Group of the Year title at the Ford Dealer of the Year awards.
Hino Tshwane broke a lengthy period of drought in terms of winning major awards when it received the Hino South Africa’s Dealer of the Year for 2023 at the Dealer of the Year Awards held in Johannesburg recently.
Aliwal Auto Ford in Aliwal North is set on a winning path with a new management team taking the dealership from a difficult period to reaching sales targets and winning customers back.
Opel has been added to the Kelston Motor Group's facility in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape.