Renault Australia has rewarded its top performing dealers across its 52-strong network for 2016.
Ballarat Renault scooped the 2016 Renault Dealer Brilliance Award for the first time, ahead of Essendon Renault – the 2015 winner.
Brighton Renault claimed the third podium position.
Ballarat Renault dealer principal Carl Morandi says he is overjoyed that his dealership picked up the top prize.
“We began with Renault in 2014 and that year won the Provincial Dealer of the Year award and we won it again in 2015. When Justin Hocevar announced we had won the overall dealer award, it was an incredible, but humbling, surprise,” Morandi adds.
Aaron Brain from Shepparton Renault in Victoria collected the 2016 Renault Provincial Dealer of the Year, with Lars Harbo of Cricks Highway Renault in Queensland and Ben Davis of John Davis Renault in Orange, New South Wales named joint recipients of the Managing Director’s Award.
Essendon Renault also collected the award for highest sales volume overall within the network (an award it secured in 2015 and 2014), as well as the 2016 Commercial Dealer of the Year (also won in 2014).
“We renewed two of our three core models in 2016, so there was a lot of pressure on our network while we ramped up interest in the new Koleos SUV and Megane small hatch,” says Justin Hocevar, managing director of Renault Australia.
“For a small challenger brand such as Renault to have two new volume selling models introduced so close together also places strain on any dealership, so it was pleasing to see how seamlessly the network coped with these amazing new vehicles,” Hocevar says.
Further awards were presented to Shane Olsen at Village Renault, Queensland as 2016 New Dealer of the Year.
Brett Gorell of Rex Gorell Renault in Geelong, Victoria received recognition for Customer Service Excellence, the second time in two years the dealership has been so awarded.
Ballarat Renault dealer principal Carl Morandi was recalled to the podium to receive the 2016 Renault Approved Used Vehicle Dealer of the Year award, with Ben Newman of Neil Buckby Renault in Launceston, Tasmania also a finalist.
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