Rola Ford Robertson took DOTY, Human Auto group award

Ford held its annual Dealer of the Year award ceremony where individual dealerships and motoring groups were honoured for their achievements.

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Rola Ford in Robertson, part of the Rola Group with dealerships throughout the Western Cape, scooped up the silverware not only as category E winner but also the main award, namely the overall Dealer of the Year for Ford SA.

Other accolades in different classes in category E where Rola Ford Robertson was either the winner or runner-up, include Ford Protect Merit Club (winner), Best Ford Protect Penetration Award (winner), Ford Credit Merit Club (winner - Michelle Adriaanse), Service Merit Club (winner - Johan van Zyl), Sales Merit Club (winner - Dewald Möller).

Other Ford dealerships in the Rola Group that received accolades, are Service Merit Club (runner-up in category D, Graeme Coetzee, Rola Ford Bredasdorp), Parts Merit Club (winner - Athena Spanellis, Rola Ford Hermanus), Sales Merit Club (winner - Ryno Steyn) and Dealer of the Year (runner-up, category D - Marco Calitz).

Johan van Zyl (Service Manager), Shinica Olivier (Parts Manager), Michelle Fourie (F&I Manager), Dewald Möller (Sales Manager), Karen Möller (Dealer Principal), Paul Botha (Franchise Director and CFO), and Neale Hill (President: Ford Motor Company Africa).

The Human Auto Group from the Free State and Northern Cape (main photo) continued its domination with its 4th sought-after Group Dealer of the Year Award. Although not taking the overall Dealer of the Year title this time around, it still managed two runner-up positions as Dealer of the Year in category A (Des Williams, Human Auto Bloemfontein) and a runner-up as Dealer of the Year in category C (Pierre Beukes, Human Auto Welkom).

The Human Auto Group also picked up the Sales Merit Club category C’s runner-up (Cliff Cawood, Human Auto Welkom), Service Merit Club (winner, category A, Okkie Louw, Human Auto Bloemfontein), Ford Credit Merit Club (runner-up, category A, Ludwig van Staden, Human Auto Bloemfontein), Best Ford Protect Volume Leader Award (runner-up, overall, Human Auto Bloemfontein), Ford Protect Merit Club (runner-up, category A, Human Auto Bloemfontein), Service Merit Club (winner, category B, Pieter le Roux, Human Auto Welkom).

Pine Pienaar (Franchise Director: Human Group) and Neale Hill (President: Ford Motor Company Africa).

Ford Dealer of the Year 2023:

Category E

Runner Up

Ben Niemandt

Action Ford Modimolle.

Category E

Winner

Karen Möller

Rola Ford Robertson

Category D

Runner Up

Marco Calitz

Rola Ford Hermanus

Category D

Winner

Attie Fourie

Action Ford Mokopane

Category C

Runner Up

Pierre Beukes

Human Auto Welkom

Category C

Winner

Chilton Penery

Halfway Ford Waterfall

Category B

Runner Up

Magda Mouton

Ford Fourways

Category B

Winner

Peet Venter

Action Ford Roodepoort

Category A

Runner Up

Des Williams

Human Auto Bloemfontein

Category A

Winner

Ben Pillay

Lazarus Ford

National Dealer of the Year 2023

Winner

Karen Möller

Rola Ford Robertson

Group Dealer of the Year 2023

Winner

Pine Pienaar

Human Auto Group

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