Delighted Malcolm Beattie on stage at The Brewery with awards night compere Mike Brewer, right, and Gareth Jones, left, director at G3 Vehicle Auctions, who sponsored the Best Used Car Website category.
A County Antrim car dealership has won a national accolade at the Car Dealer Magazine Used Car Awards – often described as the Oscars of the motor trade.
The trophy – for having the ‘Used Car Website of the Year’ – was presented to MB Motors at the glittering awards ceremony recently, held at The Brewery in London and hosted by the TV presenter Mike Brewer.
Hundreds of automotive retailers, plus MOT testing stations and workshops, enter the awards every year. Each one undergoes a rigorous judging process and mystery shopping test before the gongs are handed out.
In the Used Car Website of the Year category, judges werelooking for an attention-grabbing online presence, with an easy-to-use design and plenty of helpful features to assist people who are looking to buy a used car.
The MB Motors website scored highly across the board, with its well-photographed and clearly-described stock; Live Chat technology; and a focus on positive Google and Facebook reviews.
Owned and run by Malcolm Beattie and his team,MB Motors has been selling quality used cars in Ballymenafor more than 20 years.
After receiving his company’s trophy at the Used Car Awards, Mr Beattie said:
“I’m stunned and delighted! Werelaunched the website this year so it's nice to have thisrecognition. We’re absolutely thrilled.”
James Baggott, editor-in-chief and founder of Car Dealer Magazine, said:
“Many congratulations to the team at MB Motors Ballymena. They have triumphed in a category that was especially keenly contested this year so they should definitely feel proud of an amazing achievement.
‘“Our judges simply loved their user-friendly website. It ispacked with useful information, extremely well designed, and very easy to navigate.”
Awards night host Mike Brewer said:
“Quite often at the Car Dealer Magazine Used Car Awards, we say it was a difficult decision to decide the winner in a particular category.
“However, MB Motors made it easy for us in the Used Car Website section this year – they ticked every box and got everything right when checked them out online and they also impressed us when we went on to do our mystery shopping. This is a banging result for everyone involved. Well done all – you’ve smashed it out of the park!”
The Car Dealer Magazine Used Car Awards have been celebrating the top operators in the UK’s used car industry since 2012, rewarding manufacturers, car dealerships, workshops, and exceptional individuals working in the sector. They are organised by the UK’s leading automotive trade title, Car Dealer Magazine.