BMW gives Sales Awards to best dealers in the world

BMW gave sales awards to their 36 best dealers in the world. The Excellence in Sales awards ceremony was held in Munich and presented by Ian Robertson, BMW AG Management Board member for Sales and Brand BMW, Aftersales BMW Group. 2016 was a year that beat many records in terms of sales and BMW Group recognises the contribution of their dealers to this success.

“The international dealer body is one of the most important elements in the BMW Group’s ongoing success,” commented Ian Robertson. “By inviting these outstanding dealers to Munich, we are saying thank-you to our partners who helped us achieve new record results in 2016. Now we’re working together to achieve even better figures this year. That ambition will be supported by the introduction of the new BMW 5 Series and by our model offensive, with 40 new and updated models due onto the market in the next two years.”

The six categories of Excellence in Sales awards are awarded in the BMW Group’s six sales regions worldwide. From these 36 regional winners, six global winners are selected, one in each category, by an impressive jury from the BMW Group. These recognise exceptional achievement in the areas “Sales”, “Conquest and Loyalty” and “Customer Care” as well as outstanding sales results regarding the brand’s flagship “BMW 7 Series” and – reflecting the BMW Group’s leadership in electrification – “BMW i & iPerformance” cars. The final category is awarded to the “Manager of the Year”. There were 3,000 entries received from 80 different countries.

The winners were invited to Munich for a chance to drive some of the brand’s most iconic classic cars through the city centre and enjoyed a craft beer seminar as part of a Bavarian lunch.

The BMW brand is represented by around 4,400 dealers in 150 countries. 2016 was the first year in the brand’s history it sold more than 2 million vehicles with 2,003,359 delivered to customers around the world, an increase of 5.2% on the previous year. The brand offers the world’s broadest range of premium electrified vehicles; over 62,000 units were sold last year.

The winners:

Category: Best Dealer in Sales

Dusseldorp Apeldoorn, Netherlands

Barigui, Brazil

Balcom BMW, Japan

Peformance Motors, Singapore

Shanghai Baozen, China

Becker-Tiemann, Germany

Category: Best Dealer in Conquest & Loyalty

Pelras, France

Tulley BMW, USA

Eurosib Lahta, Russia

Borusan Otomotiv, Turkey

Shangyu Jinchang Baoshun, China

Heermann-Rhein, Germany

Category: Best BMW 7 Series Dealer

BMW Centrauto, Belgium

South Bay BMW, USA

Bavarian Motors, South Korea

Abu Dhabi Motors, UAE

Beijing Yan De Bao, China

Euler, Germany

Category: Best Dealer in BMW i & iPerformance

Bilia Skøyen, Norway

South Bay BMW, USA

Deutsch Motors, South Korea

Abu Khader Automotive, Jordan

Chengdu Zhongbao, China

Procar Automobile, Germany

Category: Best Dealer in Customer Care

Lloyd Blackpool, United Kingdom

Auto Welt, Mexico

Sime Darby Auto Bavaria, Malaysia

Astra Sunter, Indonesia

Weifang Shengbao, China

Kruft, Germany

Category: Manager of the Year

Antonio Amoros García, Móvil Begar, Spain

Boris Said, BMW of Murrieta, USA

Luke E. Dreyer, Auto Bavaria, South Africa

Shachar Shemesh, Delek Motors, Israel

Zuming Zhang, Shaoxing Baoshun, China

Björn Heilmann, Hansa Nord, Germany