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Ewards 2011 – Who won what?

THE wait is finally over! Today we can reveal winners of the Car Dealer Ewards 2011 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 eight categories, which are: Multi Franchised Dealer [...]

	Multi Franchised Dealer Website of the Year Eward: Citygate
Winner: Citygate.co.uk \| Produced by GForces Commended: sinclairgroup.co.uk, drivebenfield.com LAST year’s winner in the multi franchised category was a superb example of how to create a website to showcase a number of brands under one roof. This year we thought the competition would be even more fierce considering the winner would have to exceed last [...]

	Single Franchised Winner of the Year Eward: Jack Barclay Bentley London
Winner: Jackbarclay.bentleymotors.com \| Produced by Autotorq.com Commended: bsmarson.co.uk, nowvauxhall.co.uk THIS category has become known as one of the mostly hotly-contested in the four years Ewards has been running. It aims to root out the best dealer website that represents just one brand. The hot competition is probably due to the fact the site represents a [...]

	Car Supermarket of the Year Eward: Tesco Cars
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 [...]

	Car Manufacturer of the Year Eward: Citroen.co.uk
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 [...]

		Social Media User of the Year – Daksh Gupta
		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 [...]
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		Web Personality of the Year Eward: Peter Vardy
		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. [...]
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		Innovation of the Year Eward: Citroen DS4SEEKERS
		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 [...]
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		Ewards 2011: Last chance
		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 [...]
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		Ewards 2011: Our judges take a look at the first entrant
		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 [...]
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		All new Ford Focus
		FORD has pulled the covers off the all-new Ford Focus which will go on sale in Europe in early 2011. The new car is being billed as a true world model and will form the basis of 10 unique versions. Ford says total sales of the new C-car platform that underpins the new Ford Focus [...]
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