Australia's leading European car brand has honoured its best-performing dealerships at an exclusive event at Fiji's Marriot Momi Bay.
Volkswagen Premium Dealers 2016 recognises the elite 10 of the brand's 104 nationwide dealers.
Volkswagen Australia Managing Director Michael Bartsch announced three major category winners:
Metro and National Dealer of the Year – Five Dock Volkswagen (Sydney)
Dealer principal: Michael Della Franca
Provincial Dealer of the Year – Jackson Motor Company (Hobart)
DP: Kristy Stewart
Rural Dealer of the Year – Moss Vale Volkswagen (NSW)
DP: Ross Kelly
"Each of our 10 Premium Dealers embody the practices that will continue to carry Volkswagen beyond the status of a mere mainstream brand," Mr Barstch said. "Aside from their obvious sales success, they each grasp the essential truth that our customers are our most effective advocates and that the clear superiority of our vehicles needs to be matched at every customer touchpoint.
"Five Dock Volkswagen has recently moved to a flagship showroom at Leichhardt on Sydney's Parramatta Road, one that exemplifies Premium for the People. Jackson's show the importance of instilling this ethos from the ground up – they employ Volkswagen's Apprentice of the Year. With its contributions to Bowral Hospital, Moss Vale not only engages with the local community, they are pillars of it.
"All local business people could profit by their collective example."