Mercedes-Benz 2022 Australia’s Retailer of the Year awards have recognised not only business and individual excellence across its Cars, Vans and Financial Services networks, but also paid tribute to four dealerships who most successfully embraced a fundamental change to the company’s retail model.
At the gala event held at in Melbourne, retailers representing Mercedes-Benz Cars, Mercedes-Benz Vans and Mercedes-Benz Financial Services came together to celebrate a year of achievement in which Mercedes-Benz Cars remained the No.1 luxury brand in Australia.
Simultaneously, Mercedes-Benz Australia continued a transition that begun in 2022, to be one of the first vehicle marques in Australia to implement the new agency model.
Transformation Champions
A special tribute to four retailers who significantly exceeded all targets under the new sales model, hailing them as the ‘Transformation Champions’ of 2022 for Mercedes Benz Cars Australia:
- Carlin & Gazzard (SA)
- Mercedes-Benz Adelaide (SA)
- Mercedes-Benz Berwick (Vic)
- Mercedes-Benz Toowong (Qld)
Retailers of the Year
Retailer of the Year awards for 2022 were presented to:
- Mercedes-Benz Finance Vans Retailer of the Year: Mercedes-Benz Melbourne
- Mercedes-Benz Finance Cars Retailer of the Year: Mercedes-Benz Brisbane
- Mercedes-Benz Vans Rural Retailer of the Year: Mercedes-Benz Bendigo
- Mercedes-Benz Vans Metro Retailer of the Year: Mercedes-Benz Melbourne
In addition, several awards for outstanding individual performance in 2022 were presented across the company’s operations.
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services:
- Financial Guild for Vans (runner-up): Mercedes-Benz Unley
- Financial Guild for Cars (second runner-up): Mercedes-Benz Melbourne
- Financial Guild for Cars (runner-up): G Brothers
Mercedes-Benz Vans:
- Service Advisor of the Year: Matt Cole, Mercedes-Benz Geelong
- Rural Service Manager of the Year: Ben Collins, Carlin & Gazzard
- Metro Service Manager of the Year: Scott Ussia, Mercedes-Benz Macarthur
- Rural Parts Manager of the Year: Darrell Benfield, West-Star Motors
- Metro Parts Manager of the Year: Stavros Konstantinos, Mercedes-Benz Brisbane
- Rural Sales Executive of the Year: Andrew Harrison, Mercedes-Benz Geelong
- Metro Sales Executive of the Year: Luke Vrettos, Mercedes-Benz Sydney
- Rural Sales Manager of the Year: Richard Sullivan, Mercedes-Benz Mornington
- Metro Sales Manager of the Year: Jonathan Hooper, Mercedes-Benz Brighton
Mercedes-Benz Cars:
- Rural Parts Manager of the Year: Jarrod Adams, North Jacklin
- Metro Parts Manager of the Year: Mahmut Baran, Mercedes-Benz Brighton
- Rural Service Manager of the Year: Ben Collins, Carlin & Gazzard
- Metro Service Manager of the Year: Anthony La Pierre, Mercedes-Benz Berwick
- Autobody Manager of the Year: Andrew Duncan, Perfect Auto Body
Star Guild
Star Guild awards recognise outstanding achievements in sales across the Mercedes-Benz Cars network.
- Rural Pre-Owned Vehicle Sales Consultant of the Year: Barry Churcher, Mercedes-Benz Bunbury
- Metro Pre-Owned Vehicle Sales Consultant of the Year: Rukie Wickramasinghe, Mercedes- Benz Waverley
- Rookie Salesperson of the Year: Metehan Korkut, Mercedes-Benz Sydney
- EQ Vehicle Consultant of the Year: Isaac Yang, Mercedes-Benz Brisbane
- AMG Brand Manager of the Year: Daniel Bey, Mercedes-Benz Berwick
- Rural New Vehicle Sales Consultant of the Year: Reme Irvine, Mercedes-Benz Wollongong
- Metro New Vehicle Sales Consultant of the Year: Kevin Wu, Mercedes-Benz Toowong
- Rural Pre-Owned Vehicle Sales Manager of the Year: Troy Neal, Mercedes-Benz Wollongong
- Metro Pre-Owned Vehicle Sales Manager of the Year: Jake Buxton, Mercedes-Benz Berwick
- Metro New Vehicle Sales Manager of the Year: Shaun Gross, Mercedes-Benz Berwick
Sneak peek
At the conclusion of the evening, retailers were given a sneak peek at a new model that is expected to become one of the most significant in the Mercedes-Benz passenger car range: the 2023 Mercedes-Benz GLC SUV.
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