Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award

The Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award (TMQDA) is an annual Time Magazine-sponsored award honoring new-car dealers in America who exhibit exceptional performance in their dealerships and perform distinguished community service. It is the automobile industry's most prestigious and coveted award for car dealerships. Dealers are nominated by members of the Automotive Trade Association Executives (ATAE).^[1] Finalists and winners are chosen by a panel of faculty members from the University of Michigan's Tauber Institute for Global Operations. The "TIME Magazine Dealer of the Year" award is presented at the annual National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) convention.

National TIME Dealer of the Year Winners

1960s

• 1960 — W. Bankston
• 1961 — John Landers
• 1962 — Richard Stoudt, Sr.
• 1963 — I. Burton (I.G. Burton Company, Inc. in Milford, Delaware)
• 1964 — Charles Medick
• 1965 — Herb Abramson (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts)
• 1966 — George Higgins
• 1967 —
• 1968 — C. Thomas
• 1969 — William Rohrer

1970s

• 1970 — O. Noller
• 1971 — Nicholas Lattof
• 1972 — Roy Butler (Coors of Austin in Austin, Texas)
• 1973 — Harmon Born (Beaudry Ford, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia)
• 1974 — Rolland Patterson (Rancho Mirage, California)
• 1975 — W. Cook
• 1976 — Frank England, Jr. (England Motor Company in Greenville, Mississippi)
• 1977 — Warren McEleney (McEleney Motors, Inc. in Clinton, Iowa) and Robert Rice (Bob Rice Ford Inc. in Boise, Idaho)
• 1978 — Edward Glockner (Glockner Chevrolet in Portsmouth, Ohio)
• 1979 — John Pohanka (Pohanka Oldsmobile-GMC, Inc. in Marlow Heights, Maryland)

1980s

• 1980 — Edward Rikess (Scottsdale, Arizona)
• 1981 — Ray Shepherd (Ray Shepherd Motors, Inc. in Fort Scott, Kansas)
• 1982 — Richard Strauss (Richmond, Virginia)
• 1983 — John Cooper
• 1984 — James Willingham (Boulevard Buick-Pontiac- GMC Truck in Long Beach, California)
• 1985 — H.F. Boeckmann, II (Galpin Motors, Inc. in North Hills, California)
• 1986 — Joshua Darden (Colonial Chevrolet in Norfolk, Virginia)
• 1987 — Bob Russell (Russell Chevrolet Co. in Sherwood, Arkansas)
• 1988 — Sam Pack (Lee Jarmon Ford, Inc. in Carrollton, Texas)
• 1989 — Lou Fusz (Lou Fusz Automotive Network in St. Louis, Missouri)

1990s

• 1990 — James Lupient (Lupient Oldsmobile-Isuzu-Sterling in Minneapolis, Minnesota)
• 1991 — Jack Krenzen (Krenzen Indoor Auto Mall in Duluth, Minnesota)
• 1992 — Sheilah Garcia (Garcia Honda in Albuquerque, New Mexico)
• 1993 — Richard Fitzpatrick, Jr. (Crest Lincoln-Mercury-Isuzu in Woodbridge, Connecticut)
• 1994 — Lorne Schlatter (Quality Motors, Inc. in Independence, Kansas)^[2]
• 1995 — William Adamson (Adamson Motors, Inc. in Rochester, Minnesota)^[3]
• 1996 — David Parker (Parker Cadillac Inc. in Little Rock, Arkansas)^[4]
• 1997 — Talton Anderson (Baxter Auto in Omaha, Nebraska)^[5]
• 1998 — Dale Critz, Sr. (Critz Auto Group in Savannah, Georgia) and Randy Hansen (Randy Hansen Chevrolet, Inc. in Twin Falls, Idaho)^[6]
• 1999 — Charlie Zook (Charlie Zook Motors, Inc. in Sioux City, Iowa)^[7]

2000s

• 2000 — Don Williamson (Moore Buick Pontiac GMC Truck in Jacksonville, North Carolina)^[8]
• 2001 — Martin NeSmith (NeSmith Chevrolet-Buick-Pontiac-GMC, Inc in Claxton, GA)^[9]
• 2002 — George Nahas (George Nahas Oldsmobile, Inc. in Tavares, Florida)^[10]
• 2003 — John Bergstrom (Bergstrom Automotive in Neenah, Wisconsin)^[11]
• 2004 — Paul Holloway (Dreher Holloway Inc. in Greenland, New Hampshire)^[12]
• 2005 — Ralph Seekins (Seekins Ford Lincoln Mercury in Fairbanks, Alaska)^[13]
• 2006 — Bennie F. Ryburn III (Ryburn Motor Company, Inc. in Monticello, Arkansas)^[14]
• 2007 — Tracy Shields Jones (Century Automotive Group, Inc. in Huntsville, Alabama)^[15]
• 2008 — Timothy J. Smith (Bob Smith BMW/Mini in Calabasas, California)^[16]
• 2009 — George P. Fritze (Red River Motor Co. in Bossier City, Louisiana)^[17]

2010s

• 2010 — Scott H. Wood (Stanley Wood Chevrolet Pontiac Co./Scott Wood Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep in Batesville, Arkansas)^[18]
• 2011 — Thomas Castriota (Castriota Chevrolet) in Hudson, Florida^[19]
• 2012 — Mike Shaw (Mike Shaw Chevrolet Saab in Denver, Colorado)^[20]
• 2013 — Michael Alford (Marine Chevrolet Cadillac in Jacksonville, North Carolina)^[21]
• 2014 — Jeff Teague (Teague Ford Lincoln in El Dorado, Arkansas)^[22]
• 2015 — Andy Crews (AutoFair Honda in Manchester, New Hampshire)^[23]
• 2016 — Mary Catherine Van Bortel (Van Bortel Motorcar Inc. in Victor, New York: Subaru, Chevrolet, Ford)^[24]

Source: ^[25]

References

1. "Time Dealer of the Year: About". timedealeroftheyear.com. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
2. "KAN. DEALER SCHLATTER RECEIVES TIME AWARD". Automotive News. January 30, 1994. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
3. "ADAMSON WINS TIME DEALER AWARD". Automotive News. February 13, 1995. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
4. "PARKER IS WINNER OF TIME DEALER AWARD". Automotive News. February 12, 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
5. "ANDERSON WINS TIME'S QUALITY DEALER AWARD". Automotive News. February 3, 1997. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
6. "2 DEALERS SHARE TIME QUALITY AWARD". Automotive News. February 2, 1998. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
7. "IOWA DEALER ZOOK WINS TIME AWARD". Automotive News. February 8, 1999. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
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14. "Ryburn wins dealer award". Automotive News. February 10, 2006. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
15. "Alabama Dealer First Woman to Win TIME Award". Ward's Auto. February 4, 2007. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
16. "Tim Smith is Time's dealer of the year". Automotive News. February 11, 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
17. "Time magazine honors Ford Country dealer". Las Vegas Review-Journal. March 6, 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
18. "Wood is Time's top dealer". Automotive News. February 15, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
19. "Florida Chevrolet retailer Castriota is Time's top dealer". Automotive News. February 7, 2011. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
20. "Denver auto dealer Mike Shaw wins national award". The Denver Post. February 5, 2012. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
21. "Michael Alford is Time Dealer of the Year". Automotive News. February 11, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
22. "Arkansas' Jeff Teague is Time Dealer of the Year". Automotive News. January 27, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
23. "AutoFair CEO named Dealer of the Year". New Hampshire Union Leader. January 25, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
24. "TIME and Ally Financial Honor New York Dealer". The Business Journals. April 1, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
25. "TIME Dealer of the Year Winners". Ally Financial. Retrieved February 11, 2016.