Area winners of FCA’s 2019 Customer First Award for Excellence include Bettenhausen Motor Sales (Tinely Park), Bosak Motors of Merrillville, Fields CJDR (Glenview), Grieger’s Motor Sales (Valparaiso, Ind.), Heller Motors (Pontiac), Liberty CDJR (Libertyville), Marino CJDR (Chicago), Pearl CJDR (Peotone), Prescott Brothers (Mendota), River Front CJDR (North Aurora), South Oak DCJR (Matteson), St. Charles CDJR, Taylor CJDR (Bourbonnais), Tyson Motor Corporation (Shorewood), and Wickstrom CJDR (Barrington).
 
Winners of Honda’s 2019 President’s Award include Continental Honda in Countryside and Valley Honda in Aurora.

 

Bill Jacobs BMW in Naperville and Laurel BMW of Westmont were among 35 U.S. dealerships named BMW 2020 Center of Excellence award winners.

 

John C. Crane (Hawk Volkswagen of Joliet), John Jennings (Jennings Volkswagen, Glenview), John Martino (Bill Jacobs Volkswagen, Naperville), and Mark Muller (Muller Volkswagen, Highland Park) were named members of Volkswagen’s 2019 Wolfsburg Crest Club, for extraordinary sales and customer experience efforts.

 

Charlie Watson, of Advantage Chevrolet of Bolingbrook, is part of the March 2020 graduating class of the NADA Academy.
 
Mercedes-Benz bestowed its 2019 Gold Laurel to Autohaus on Edens (Northbrook), Mercedes-Benz of Chicago, and Mercedes-Benz of Naperville. Winners of the 2019 Silver Laurel include Loeber Motors (Lincolnwood) and Mercedes-Benz of Orland Park.

 

Hanley Dawson IV (Patrick Cadillac, Schaumburg) and Tony Rizza (Rizza Cadillac, Tinley Park) are among 20 winners of the 2019 Cadillac Dealer of the Year Award.

 

Terry D’Arcy (D’Arcy Buick-GMC, Joliet) is one of 22 winners of the 2019 GMC Dealer of the Year Award.

 

Ernest D. Semersky (The Porsche Exchange, Highland Park) is one of 29 U.S. dealers named a 2020 Porsche Premier Dealer.
 
The 2019 Honda Masters Circle honor, given to the top 50 dealerships nationwide in sales volume, was given to Valley Honda, in Aurora.

 

McGrath Acura of Westmont was named a 21-year recipient of Acura’s Precision Team, for exceptional client relations and a focus on a driver-centric buying experience. Arlington Acura in Palatine won the award for a ninth year.
 
Honda Financial Services named the honorees of its 2019 Council of Excellence award. Bill Kay Honda (Bourbonnais) is a 12-year award winner; Honda of Downtown Chicago and Pauly Honda (Libertyville) are one- to nine-year winners of the award.
 
Acura’s 2019 Council of Excellence award winners include Joe Rizza Acura (Orland Park), a 12-year winner; and Pauly Acura (Highland Park), which has won the award one to 11 years.

 

Dominic Pugliani (Pugi Mazda, Downers Grove) is among the winners of the 2019 Mazda President’s Club award.

 

Napleton’s Valley Hyundai, in Aurora, is among the winners of the 2019 Hyundai Board of Excellence award.