Caption: Deon Cooper Shane Drummond from Car Company and Rick Cooper
Mount Maunganui’s Sheaff Vehicles has won SsangYong Dealer of the Year 2014 – plus a 10 year long-term service award as part of Great Lake Motor Distributors dealer awards on Sunday night.
Taupo-based Great Lake distributes both Ssangyong and Chinese-made LDV vans.
Last year’s Dealer of the Year – The Car Company from Nelson – won LDV Dealer of the Year 2014, the SsangYong and LDV Service Award and a 10 Year SsangYong long-term service award, taking home the most awards for the night.
Waikato SsangYong re-launched a brand new dealership just over a year ago and their proactive attitude to marketing and consistent sales figures plus an good Fieldays outcome resulted in them winning the SsangYong Sales and Marketing Award for 2014.
Finally Auckland SsangYong won the SsangYong and LDV Parts award for the second year in a row. Sharrock Motors based in New Plymouth received a long-term Service award also.
The awards were held at Castaways Resort south of Auckland.
The company is on a high, with Frat Lake predicting a 51% rise in Sssangyong volume this year.
GLMD Managing Director Deon Cooper says it has been another huge year for everyone involved and whilst the whole dealer network deserves recognition for the significant growth achieved, there have been some outstanding achievements.
“Sheaff Vehicles has seen a huge improvement for 2014 across all areas of their business and we wanted to recognise them for that achievement,” said Cooper. “The Car Company Nelson are big stars, punching above their weight in all aspects and their three awards were thoroughly deserved.
“Both of these dealerships we are 100% proud to have representing our brands.”
Both SsangYong and LDV Dealers of the Year win a pacific holiday of their choice in 2015.
Chairman Rick Cooper also congratulated all Dealers for their input over the past 12 months.
“It has been a huge year for SsangYong and LDV and we appreciate the support of our dealer network and look forward to seeing what is achievable in the future,” he said.
“We feel we have two fantastic brands that suit the typical kiwi lifestyle and look forward to moving ahead again in 2015”
