7:00 am, November 17, 2014
WELL, here it is. The most eagerly-awaited story of the year for used car dealers everywhere…
Here is the shortlist for the Car Dealer Used Car Awards, which take place at The Brewery in London on Monday, December 1.
The glitzy black-tie event, hosted by Wheeler Dealer TV star Mike Brewer, is already a sell-out, with more than 400 tickets snapped up.
This year has been notable for two exceptional reasons.
First of all, there have been more nominations received this time around than ever before.
And secondly, the quality of the entries has reached an all-time high.
Blackball Media operations director Andy Entwistle, who oversaw the judging process, said: ‘Judging this year has been more robust than ever.
‘And the judges were very impressed by the quality we saw.
‘Some dealers this year have finished fifth in a category with a score that, 12 months ago, would have seen them win a trophy – that’s how tough the competition is.’
So here we go. The shortlist. If you’re on here, take a bow. It’s a serious achievement.
And don’t think you can read our minds and choose the winners from this list. Those shortlisted are in alphabetic order….
THE SHORTLIST
Used Car Dealership – under 50 cars
sponsored by Black Horse
Alexanders Prestige
Harvey Cooper Cars
Prestige Diesels Portsmouth
Rybrook Volvo Chester
Specialist Cars, Stoke-on-Trent
Used Car Dealership, 50-100 cars
sponsored by Black Horse
Big Cars Limited
Burton Kia
Grashion Automotive Solutions
Jim Reid Vehicle Sales
Quirks Car Company
Used Car Dealership, more than 100 cars
sponsored by Black Horse
Caralot
Cargiant
CCR Mitsubishi
Ken Jervis Kia
McCarthy Cars
Used Car Dealer Group of the Year
sponsored by Black Horse
CarShop
Evans Halshaw
HR Owen
JCT600
Perrys
Dealer’s Dealer of the Year
sponsored by Evolution Funding
you’ll have to wait until the night to find out!
Used Car Sales Team of the Year
sponsored by Car Finance
Harvey Cooper Cars Ltd
Ken Jervis Kia
SMC Ford
Quirks Car Company
Wrexham Volkswagen
Used Car Sales Manager of the Year
sponsored by Car Dealer magazine
Andy Crick (Jack Barclay)
Philip Diacono (TW White & Sons)
Phil McCaffery (Rybrook Chester)
Dario Vieira (Cargiant)
Gary Wood (Wrexham Volkswagen)
Used Car Dealer Principal of the Year
sponsored by HPI
Andrew Barnes (Crewe SEAT)
Maxine Croft (Just Citroen, Keighley)
Robert Edge (Rybrook Volvo Chester)
Jane Hargreaves (Wrexham Volkswagen)
David Peachey (Fownhope Mitsubishi)
Upsales & F&I Performance of the Year
sponsored by Car Dealer magazine
Phil Buchan (Jim Reid Vehicle Sales)
Sam Knight (Watford Audi)
Adam Smith (Quirks Car Company)
Terry Troakes (McCarthy Cars)
Darron Turvey (Jacksons Guernsey)
Best Used Car Customer Care
sponsored by First Response
McCarthy Cars
Quirks Car Company
SMC Ford Sittingbourne
Specialist Cars Umesh Samani
TW White & Sons
Used Car Product of the Year
sponsored by Lawgistics
Autoexposure Flex
Car Finance Checker
GardX
Glass’s Digital Guide
Sun Motors
Outstanding Achievement of the Year
sponsored by Sun Motors
to be revealed on the night.
Lifetime Achievement Award
sponsored by Northridge Finance
again, the recipient will be revealed at the awards ceremony.
Manufacturer Used Car Website of the Year
BMW
Citroen
Kia
Land Rover
Volkswagen
Dealer Used Car Website of the Year
sponsored by Autogard Warranties
Cargiant
CarShop
HR Owen
Nicholas Mee & Co
Perrys
Social Media User of the Year
sponsored by Evolution Funding
Caralot
Caroline Shield
Imperial Car Supermarket
Perrys
Prestige Diesels Portsmouth
Service and Repair Outlet of the Year
sponsored by Independent Garage Association
Anderson Clark Motor Repairs
Crescent
Marshall of Bolton
Melksham Mitsubishi
Newtownabbey Autos
Manufacturer Used Car Scheme of the Year
sponsored by BEN
BMW
Citroen
Kia
Nissan
Volkswagen
Used Car of the Year
sponsored by GardX
Citroen DS3
Kia Sportage
Volkswagen Golf
Best Performing Used Car of the Year
sponsored by Glass’s Guide
Audi Q3
Land Rover Freelander
Range Rover Evoque
Apprentice of the Year
sponsored by GardX
all will be revealed on the night.
