Breeze Van Centre Portsmouth struck gold at Volkswagen Business Automobiles’ annual seller Efficiency awards.

The Volkswagen franchisee, primarily based in Poole, Dorset, was the highest ranked retailer because the German OEM celebrated the efficiency of its community of over 60 Van Centres and 30 authorised repairers.

As Breeze claimed the top-ranking within the retailer class Hadwins Van Service, at Grange over-Sands, Cumbria, was named as Prime-performing Authorised Repairer and 6 different retailers gained class awards wins.

Van retailer-cum-Youtube influencer Chris Evans, from Swansway Group’s Volkswagen Van Centre Liverpool acquired a Gold Pin from the model, in the meantime, for his “distinctive service to the model.

Evans – nicknamed ‘California Chris’ on-line – has properly over 13,000 subscribers to his camper-themed Youtube channel.

Cian O’Brien, model director at Volkswagen Business Automobiles, mentioned: “After an thrilling 12 months of latest automotive launches, we thank our incredible community for all their arduous work.

“We’re proud to have a devoted community of Van Centres, who stay dedicated to going above and past for our prospects each day.

“Their help has been elementary as we introduce a number of latest merchandise and transfer in direction of a brand new and thrilling future for our model.”

Breeze beat Eurovans Crawley, Vindis Van Centre Northampton and Vindis Group’s Van Centre Northampton to the general win.

The class award winners had been:

• Sustainability – Marshalls Motor Group
• New Gross sales – Hawco Van Centre (Inverness)
• Service and Components – Wolsey Van Centre (Ipswich)
• Used Gross sales – Listers Van Centre Coventry
• Buyer Expertise – Listers Van Centre Coventry
• Most Improved – Alan Day Van Centre (New Southgate)

Volkswagen Business Automobiles launched the brand new ID. Buzz and ID. Buzz Cargo into the market through the interval coated by this 12 months’s Efficiency Awards.

It’s also getting ready to launch a new model of its Amarok pick-up.

JCT600 grew its Volkswagen Business Automobiles dealership to 5 places by means of the acquisition of two websites from Volkswagen Van Centre West Yorkshire in August 2022, whereas Jap Western Motor Group joined the community with a new facility in Edinburgh.