Volkswagen names Dealer of the Year
The gala event, held at Auckland War Memorial Museum, celebrated winners within the Volkswagen Retail network across a range of departments, from Customer Experience to Sales and Marketing, before presenting the top awards of the night for Provincial, Metro and Overall Dealer of the Year. Tom Ruddenklau, General Manager of Volkswagen New Zealand, explained that the event was an opportunity to celebrate not only success, but the delivery of the Volkswagen brand in our communities. "Our dealer of the year awards is a momentous occasion where we recognise just how important our people are. We are blessed with world class products from Volkswagen, however it is our dealer teams who ultimately make the difference and transform our business who delivers cars to a company who brings to life a customer relationship with the Volkswagen Brand." The evening was also an opportunity for Volkswagen NZ to recognise all its newly certified staff and the four newly qualified Master Technicians taking the total from 17 to 21 across the country. Tom Ruddenklau added "as a nation in general we are not one to boast about how good we are, however it is important, especially among peers to recognise those that have gone above and beyond and have excelled." The Dealer of the Year winners are: Provincial Parts Department of the Year: Euro City, Napier Service Department of the Year: Phillips, New Plymouth Passenger Sales Department of the Year: Autoworld Timaru, Timaru Commercial Sales Department of the Year: Autoworld Timaru, Timaru Marketing Department of the Year: Autoworld Timaru, Timaru Provincial Department of the Year: Autoworld Timaru, Timaru Metro Parts Department of the Year: Ebbett Volkswagen, Hamilton Service Department of the Year: Ebbett Volkswagen, Hamilton Business Manager: Ebbett Volkswagen, Hamilton Passenger Sales Department of the Year: Continental Cars, Auckland Commercial Sales Department of the Year: Farmer Volkswagen, Tauranga Marketing Department of the Year: Tristram European, Auckland and Miles Continental, Christchurch Metro Dealer of the Year: Ebbett Volkswagen, Hamilton
