Mawson Lakes retains Volkswagen Dealer of the Year award for 2023

Mawson Lakes Volkswagen has retained the brand’s National Dealer of the Year and its Metropolitan Dealer of the Year awards in an unprecedented double.

The dealership is located in Salisbury, 12km from the Adelaide CBD. Mawson Lakes won both titles in 2022, its first full year of operation.

Volkswagen’s brand directors Ryan Davies (Commercial Vehicles) and Michal Szaniecki (Passenger Vehicles) praised Mawson Lakes’ leadership team for “capitalising on their initial success by continuing to excel”.

“These awards are hard-won,” says Davies. Winning both awards in the same year is a rare enough distinction; to win them in your debut year and retain them in your second is unprecedented.”

Provincial Dealer of the Year was awarded to Wodonga Prestige Volkswagen of Victoria.

Rural Dealer of the Year was awarded to Barry Maney Volkswagen of South Australia.

Volkswagen’s annual Dealer of the Year event was held at Sydney’s Hyatt Regency Hotel. Some 170 guests attended from the brand’s 106-strong nationwide network. 

DOTY’s second physical gathering since COVID-19 coincided with Volkswagen’s 70th year on sale in Australia—a year that Szaniecki said will “represent a transformational shift in our business … with six electric vehicles and one PHEV being launched”.

“Most likely, in 2025, there will be targets for Co2 emissions for each organisation,” he said. “This is why the Volkswagen brands and Volkswagen Group Australia will gain a competitive edge in the market.

“What makes us even stronger and poised for success in the next 70 years is that we seem better prepared for the changing profile of demand and legislation in Australia.”