•  Audi Centre Sydney, Audi Centre Mosman, Audi Alto Macarthur and Audi Centre Townsville winners of their respective Dealer of the Year categories 
•  Sansom: “We applaud these winners for demonstrating the very best of Audi to our owners” 
•  Team Australia ready to take on the International Twin Cup Final in July, to be held in Munich

Zetland, 30 May 2022 – After another challenging year due to the Coronavirus pandemic and global supply chain difficulties, Audi Australia has acknowledged the outstanding efforts of its National Dealer Network at the 2021 Dealer of the Year Awards. Hosted by Audi Ambassador, Richard Roxburgh, the in-person event was held at the Howard Smith Wharves on the Brisbane River.

The 15 th annual Audi Dealer of the Year Awards finally returned to its highly-anticipated, black-tie event. After a tumultuous year of lockdowns and pandemic precautions, Audi Australia was delighted to recognize the outstanding achievements of dealers around the country in the face of numerous challenges that the pandemic presented to the dealer network. “The recognition that comes with the Audi Dealer of the Year Award is achieved through truly exemplary performance. Collectively, we applaud these winners for demonstrating the very best of Audi to our owners, in sales, service and all areas that this award encapsulates,” said Paul Sansom, Audi Director and Managing Director of Volkswagen Group Australia.

Audi Centre Sydney continued to hold its winning streak for the fourth year running as winner of the Major Metropolitan category. Audi Centre Mosman claimed first place in the Metropolitan category, Audi Alto Macarthur claimed first place for the newly created ‘Provincial’ category while Audi Centre Townsville received first in the Rural category.

In addition to the overall Audi Dealer of the Year categories, the evening celebrated the Audi Foundation award, which recognises engagement with the Audi Foundation’s charity partners, inspiring a real sense of philanthropy within Australian communities. This year, the award went to two equally deserving winners: Audi Centre Brisbane & Audi Centre Perth. This year’s awards were presented by Clare Reaney from the Humpty Dumpty Foundation.

The overall winners and place-getters for the 2021 Audi Dealer of the Year Awards were:

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1st Place – Major Metropolitan Audi Centre Sydney
2nd Place – Major Metropolitan Audi Solitaire
3rd Place – Major Metropolitan Audi Centre Perth
1st Place – Metropolitan Audi Centre Mosman
2nd Place – Metropolitan Audi Centre Gold Coast
3rd Place – Metropolitan Audi Sutherland
1st Place – Provincial Audi Alto Macarthur
2nd Place – Provincial Audi Alto Central Coast
3rd Place – Provincial Audi Mornington
1st Place – Rural Audi Centre Townsville
2nd Place – Rural Audi Centre Cairns
3rd Place – Rural Audi Centre Hobart

1st Place – Audi Foundation Award Audi Centre Brisbane & Audi Centre Perth In other recent news, Audi Australia recently held the national Twin Cup Final. The Audi Twin Cup is an internal championship where participants compete to demonstrate their customer service skills, parts knowledge and technical expertise in hypothetical scenarios. The national final for the 2021/2022 Audi Twin Cup took place on the 17 and 19 of May in Sydney. Nineteen finalists in Service, Technology and Parts put forward their very best attempt to progress to the international Finals in Munich, Germany from 16 to 22 July.

The Australian Team heading to Germany will consist of participants from Dealers across the country including Audi Centre Mosman, Canberra, Parramatta, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, as well as Audi Penfold Burwood.

Team Australia has placed 3 rd overall before in the 2019 Audi Twin Cup International Final, and so we wish this year’s competitors the very best of luck,” said Jerome Figuiere, Aftersales Director at Audi Australia.

“In addition, we would like to congratulate all participants of this year’s Twin Cup for setting the bar so high, in striving to deliver the very best aftersales service to Audi owners all around the country.”