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Winner: Tescocars.com | Produced by Tesco Cars Commended: motorrange.co.uk, eddiewright.co.uk THERE’S nothing like a shake-up in the market place to get dealers both talking and scratching their heads. The launch of Tesco Cars in 2011 was probably the biggest news to come out of the motor trade. There was speculation as to whether it was [...]

Winner: Citroen.co.uk | Produced by Dagobert Commended: Volkswagen.co.uk, Audi.co.uk WITH huge budgets and the capability to speak to some of the biggest names in web design, you would think that car manufacturers have the best sites in the business. That, unfortunately, is not always the case. In fact, there are some makers out there who [...]

Winner: Daksh Gupta Commended: Peter Vardy, Ling Valentine THIS was a brand new category to find the best user of social media in their respective business. It could be anyone – from a dealer principal to a product or service. The only stipulation was that the winner had, in the last 12 months, had to [...]

Winner: Peter Vardy Commended: Louis and Reg Rix, Daksh Gupta THE motor trade is full of personalities – from top dealer principals to Nigel and his used car lot under the railway arches. But there are few personalities who have a moralistic approach to doing business, and share this among their customers on the internet. [...]

Winner: Citroen DS4SEEKERS | Produced by Candyspace Commended: Mercedes-Benz ‘Escape the Map’, Google+ THE Innovation of the Year category set out to find a website, programme or special campaign that really made our judges stop and think for a moment. That’s a tall order when you consider our judging panel helps develop innovative websites every [...]

TODAY is the last day for nominations for the Car Dealer Ewards – held in association with Autotorq.com. If you want to be in with the chance of winning one of our top gongs then you need to get a move on. We’re looking for the best automotive websites in eight categories – FOUR of [...]

THE deadline for submitting your website for Ewards 2011 is rapidly approaching. JAMES BATCHELOR takes a final look at one of this year’s entries and our judges give their thoughts. In his entry for Ewards 2011, Jason Harwood sums up what frequently occurs every year in our search to discover and celebrate the best dealer websites. [...]

IN contrast to the dealers who hold one or more manufacturer franchises or an independent trader selling what he can, a specialist dealer has a completely different customer who they need to speak to, and a totally distinct business model. It’s this very situation that becomes clear in our Ewards and allows a specialist dealer to [...]

Has your website got what it takes to stand out? We’re starting our hunt for the best automotive websites of 2011. But you have to be in it to win it. Here’s how you can take part. The internet is one of those rare things that no matter what size of dealership or operation you [...]

THE wait is finally over! Today we can reveal winners of the Car Dealer Ewards 2010 in association with Autotorq.com. On our website today – and in the latest issue of Car Dealer Magazine – we announce the worthy winners of our coveted Ewards. We’ve named the winners in five categories, which are: Multi-Franchised Dealer Website [...]

Winner: Autoplanet.co.uk Produced by: Spidersnet Highly commended: smc-cars.com Highly commended: hrowen.co.uk This year the multi-franchised Eward was a new category and was added to reflect the challenges these businesses have of placating a variety of manufacturers. Group franchised dealers have to tread a fine line between getting their own branding across on their website while [...]

Winner: Hillsford.co.uk Produced by: GForces Highly commended: audinorthwest.co.uk Highly commended: alandayvw.co.uk Talk about a photo finish! This category was the closest of any we’ve judged in the three years we’ve been running the Ewards with just a point between first, second and third places! This category is aimed at franchised car dealers that represent just [...]

Winner: Autoquake.com Produced by: Autoquake Highly commended: CarShop.co.uk Highly commended: TheCarPeople.co.uk Stack ’em high, sell ’em cheap! It’s the motto of the car supermarket, but with so much stock and so much choice, producing a decent website to highlight it all is very hard work indeed. Nowhere is the importance of countless pictures, detailed descriptions [...]

Winner: ThameServiceStation.co.uk Produced by: GForces Highly commended: Mccarthycars.co.uk Highly commended: Motorite.co.uk Even independent dealers can compete with the big boys online and our Eward winner for 2010 is a perfect example of that. Thame Service Station has produced a stunning website for its new and nearly new sites in Oxford, High Wycombe and Aylesbury which highlights stock [...]

Winner: Citroen.co.uk Produced by: Dagobert Highly commended: Audi.co.uk Highly commended: LandRover.com JUST because they’ve got a budget the size of a small country to produce their website, it doesn’t mean they all get it right. Take a look at some of the websites for the biggest selling brands in the UK and you’ll find countless lessons [...]

Winner: Citroen C3 ‘Wash Me If You Can’ Produced by: The H Agency Highly commended: Nissan Juke microsite Highly commended: Vee24.com THE Special Achievement of the Year Eward is handed to a website, web-based product or digital project connected to the motor trade that judges feel has achieved something remarkable. This year the winner was [...]

Winner: Nissan Juke microsite Produced by: Digitas Highly commended: Citroen.co.uk Highly commended: Carsite’s RAC videos The Web Innovation Eward is handed to a web-based product or service for the motor trade that has done something truly innovative this year. We stipulated that it needed to be as revolutionary as possible – and our winner has hit the nail on the head! [...]

TODAY is the last day for nominations for the Car Dealer Ewards – held in association with Autotorq.com. If you want to be in with the chance of winning one of our top gongs then you need to get a move on. We’re looking for the best automotive websites in seven categories – four of [...]

AS Thursday’s Ewards deadline fast approaches, James Baggott takes a final look at one of the entrants. Time is running out to get your website in front of the Car Dealer Ewards judges! The awards, being held in association with Autotorq.com, will be voted for this month and the winners announced in the next issue. [...]

How many reports and spreadsheets appear on your desk or inbox every month and how many go unopened or only get glanced at due to other pressures? A danger of the digital age is that anyone can easily produce glamorous spreadsheets and reports that look impressive on your screen, but in reality tell you nothing [...]