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Nissan Australia celebrates top performing dealers

Robert Barry · 0 comments

Nissan Australia recognised its highest achieving dealers for 2021 recently at a special gala event in Melbourne.

Each year, the Japanese brand celebrates the top-performing authorised dealers in Australia through its reward and recognition programs: the Nissan Global Award and Nissan Australia’s Elite Dealer Excellence Award.

The Nissan Global Award recognises the best authorised Nissan dealers around the world, this year three Nissan dealers from Australia were recognised. This is the highest accolade a top-performing Nissan dealer can receive; an acknowledgement given by Nissan’s Global Head Office in Yokohama, Japan.

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Eligibility for this exclusive award requires success in meeting the most stringent standards for sales effectiveness, customer experience and service recommendations.

The Nissan Australia Global Award winners for 2021 are:

  • Global Metropolitan Winner – Ferntree Gully Nissan (Ferntree Gully, Victoria)
  • Global Provincial Winner – Gladstone Nissan (Gladstone, Queensland)
  • Global Rural Winner – Great Lakes Nissan (Tuncurry, New South Wales

Global Metropolitan Winner – Ferntree Gully Nissan

Left to right: Peter Jones, Managing Director Nissan Financial Services, Michael Banjanin Ferntree Gully Nissan and Adam Paterson, Managing Director Nissan Australia

Global Provincial Winner – Gladstone Nissan 

Left to right: Peter Jones, Managing Director Nissan Financial Services and, Ross Turner Gladstone Nissan and Adam Paterson, Managing Director Nissan Australia

Global Rural Winner – Great Lakes Nissan

Left to right: Peter Jones, Managing Director Nissan Financial Services, Chris Eschler Great Lakes Nissan and Adam Paterson, Managing Director Nissan Australia

“Winning the Nissan Global Award takes an outstanding team effort across all aspects of the dealership,” Nissan Australia managing director Adam Paterson says. 

“From sales to aftersales, finance to training – the winners have proven they truly are the best of the best.  

“In addition, Nissan Australia’s Elite Dealer Excellence Awards have been recognised globally as best practice for the way they reward all aspects of dealer performance.  We are incredibly proud of all our dealer partners and would like to congratulate them all on a terrific year,” he says.

Elite Dealer Excellence Award winners for 2021: 

CATEGORY – A
Ferntree Gully NissanVIC
Yarra Valley NissanVIC
North Jacklin NissanQLD
Ipswich NissanQLD
Ringwood NissanVIC
Brookvale NissanNSW
Mantello NissanVIC
Macarthur NissanNSW
Townsville NissanQLD
CKD Nissan ChatswoodNSW
Werribee NissanVIC
Western NissanVIC
Northern NissanVIC
Essendon NissanVIC
 
CATEGORY – B
Gladstone NissanQLD
Lismore NissanNSW
Rod Grittner NissanQLD
Jarrett NissanSA
Barton’s Wynnum NissanQLD
Leo Franco NissanNSW
Bendigo NissanVIC
Rockingham NissanWA
McRae NissanVIC
Southern Vales NissanSA
Adrian Brien NissanSA
CATEGORY – C
Great Lakes NissanNSW
Gatton AutoQLD
Frank Spice Auto RepairsNSW
Ron Doyle Motors NissanNSW
Lieschke NissanNSW
Whyalla NissanSA
Crick’s Nambour NissanQLD
Motors Nissan BurnieTAS

Robert Barry

Robert Barry has been reporting on the Australasian automotive and transport sector since June 2003. A member of the New Zealand Motoring Writers Guild since 2005, Robert has also previously held the positions of secretary, vice-president and president. His work has appeared in newspapers, magazines, and on the web. He holds a Class 2 and a Class 4 heavy transport licence and knows his way around a manual transmission.

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