ALFA ROMEO REWARDS ITS BEST DEALERS
Melbourne Alfa Romeo dealer, Zagame Alfa Romeo, has taken the 2009 Alfa Romeo Dealer of the Year Award, with Alfa Romeo dealers in Sydney and Brisbane also taking top prizes.
“Our awards are designed to lift the quality of customer service both throughout all areas of each dealership and across the whole country,” explains Edward Butler, General Manager for Alfa Romeo in Australia. “The fact that no one dealer dominates the individual awards, that they are spread geographically across our key markets and that the overall winner was decided by fractions of point clearly demonstrates that Alfa Romeo owners can experience new levels of customer service at every dealer.”
“But,” says Mr Butler,” there has to be an overall winner and this year it has gone to Zagame Alfa Romeo in Melbourne. “Although they took just one of the individual areas – service – their remarkable dealership-wide consistency ensured that they were are a top or near performer in all areas and this enabled them to take 2009 Alfa Romeo Dealer of the Year award.
Judging for the Alfa Romeo Dealer of the Year Award is a year-long process, with each dealer measured and evaluated continuously in all areas of their businesses, from the overall presentation of their business and the facilities it offers customers, through to the key areas of sales, service and parts. Customers from each dealership are also questioned, providing a scoring system that elects winners in each key area as well as an overall result:
DEALERSHIP FACILITIES Alfa Romeo Brisbane Brisbane
SALES Alfa Romeo Brisbane Brisbane
SERVICE Zagame Automotive Melbourne
PARTS Thomson Alfa Romeo Sydney
CUSTOMER SERVICE Lance Dixon Alfa Romeo Melbourne
DEALER OF THE YEAR Zagame Alfa Romeo Melbourne
“This is an award for everyone at Zagame Alfa Romeo,” says Adrian Zagame, General Manager at the 2009 Award winning Alfa Romeo Dealership. “With judging taking place over 12 months, every aspect of the dealership under microscope and the competition so intense everyone at Zagame Alfa Romeo knows that each and every customer interaction could be the difference between winning and losing. Therefore we all have to be at the top of our game all day, every day, with everyone working as a team to provide the best possible customer service to be the best Alfa Romeo dealer in Australia.”
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Editors’ Notes:
Picture Captions:
Picture 15: Alfa Romeo Dealer of the Year winners from left to right Augusto Favrin (Zagame Alfa Romeo, Service Dealer of the Year); Greg Willims (Alfa Romeo Brisbane, Dealership Facilities, Sales Dealer of the Year); Adrian Zagame (Zagame Alfa Romeo, 2009 Alfa Romeo Dealer of the Year); Murray Fitzpatrick (Lance Dixon Alfa Romeo, Customer Service Dealer of the Year); Rocco Rinaldo (Thompson Alfa Romeo, Parts Dealer of the Year)
Picture 09: Adrian Zagame, Zagame Alfa Romeo, 2009 Alfa Romeo Dealer of the Year.
Please note that additional pictures of each individual winner and of them being presented with their awards are available on the Ateco Media Web Site.
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Alfa Romeo Australia / Fax: (02) 9701 3555
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Release Number: 615-alfa-AU
Date of Issue: 3 May 2009. Time of Issue: 11:38:05