ADT Announces 2017 Dealers’ Choice Awards Winners

Auto Dealer Today named the winners of the 13th annual Dealers’ Choice Awards.

by Staff

May 23, 2017

3 min to read

TORRANCE, Calif. — The publishers of Auto Dealer Today announced the winners of the 13th annual Dealers’ Choice Awards. First-place Diamond, second-place Platinum and third-place Gold honors are awarded based on a comprehensive online survey open only to dealers and dealership professionals.

Voters must manually enter the company names of their favorite vendors, suppliers, trainers and finance companies and score them on performance, value and whether they would recommend each company to another dealer. This year’s program includes 34 categories.

“Thank you to all the dealers who took the time to complete the survey and honor their industry partners. I know how much the awards mean to these companies,” said David Gesualdo, publisher of Auto Dealer Today and F&I and Showroom. “Congratulations to each of our winners.”

The winners of the 2017 Dealers’ Choice Awards are:

New-Vehicle Lead

Diamond: Autotrader
Platinum: Cars.com
Gold: Dealer.com

Used-Vehicle Lead

Diamond: Cars.com
Platinum: Autotrader
Gold: CarsDirect

Special Finance Lead

Diamond: CarsDirect
Platinum: Auto Credit Express

Digital Marketing

Diamond: ELEAD1ONE
Platinum: eBizAutos
Gold: Digital Air Strike

Website

Diamond: Dealer.com
Platinum: eBizAutos
Gold: VinSolutions

Chat

Diamond: Client~ConneXion
Platinum: ActivEngage
Gold: Contact At Once!

Mobile Media

Diamond: eBizAutos
Platinum: Dealer.com
Gold: Dealer Synergy

Social Media

Diamond: Ally
Platinum: Cartifex (fmr. DealerClickz)
Gold: Naked Lime

Reputation Management

Diamond: CDK Global
Platinum: Dominion Dealer Solutions
Gold: Digital Air Strike

Direct Mail

Diamond: ProMax Unlimited
Platinum: Strategic Marketing
Gold: Credit Mail Experts

Virtual BDC

Diamond: ELEAD1ONE
Platinum: AllCall Multi-Channel BDC

Online Inventory Listing Management

Diamond: eBizAutos
Platinum: Dominion Dealer Solutions
Gold: Auction123

Inventory Management

Diamond: Dealertrack
Platinum: vAuto
Gold: MAX Digital (fmr. FirstLook Systems)

Hiring and Recruitment

Diamond: Automotive Personnel Placement
Platinum: Hireology
Gold: GSFSGroup

Sales Training

Diamond: American Financial & Automotive Services
Platinum: Ziegler SuperSystems
Gold: Joe Verde Group

Internet Training

Diamond: Ally
Platinum: American Financial & Automotive Services
Gold: Dealer Synergy

Compliance Training

Diamond: American Financial & Automotive Services
Platinum: United Development Systems (UDS)
Gold: Compli

F&I Training

Diamond (tie): American Financial & Automotive Services
Diamond (tie): United Development Systems (UDS)
Platinum: Reahard & Associates
Gold: Ally

Special Finance Training

Diamond: DealerStrong
Platinum: NCM Associates
Gold: American Financial & Automotive Services

Fixed Ops Training

Diamond: DealerPRO Service Solutions
Platinum: CDK Global
Gold: The Cardone Group

F&I Products

Diamond: RoadVantage
Platinum: IAS
Gold: National Auto Care

Service Contract

Diamond: CNA National
Platinum: Protective Asset Protection
Gold: AUL

Service Contract Reinsurance

Diamond: CNA National
Platinum: Portfolio
Gold: SouthwestRe

F&I Desking Software

Diamond: ProMax Unlimited
Platinum: Dealertrack
Gold: Reynolds and Reynolds

F&I Technology

Diamond: F&I Express
Platinum: StoneEagle
Gold: MaximTrak

CRM

Diamond: ProMax Unlimited
Platinum: Reynolds and Reynolds
Gold: ELEAD1ONE

DMS

Diamond: Reynolds and Reynolds
Platinum: CDK Global
Gold: Dealertrack

Data Mining

Diamond: Dominion Dealer Solutions
Platinum: ELEAD1ONE
Gold: AutoAlert

Online Auction for Purchasing Inventory

Diamond: Manheim
Platinum: Ally SmartAuction
Gold: ADESA

Traditional Auction

Diamond: Manheim
Platinum: ADESA

Prime Captive Finance Company

Diamond: GM Financial
Platinum: Ford Motor Credit
Gold: Honda Financial Services

Prime Non-Captive Finance Company

Diamond: Ally
Platinum: Capital One
Gold: Wells Fargo

Subprime Finance Company

Diamond: Wells Fargo
Platinum: Capital One
Gold: Regional Acceptance

Biweekly Payments

Diamond: U.S. Equity Advantage
Platinum: SMART Payment Plan

More detail about this year’s awards will appear in a Special Awards Section in the August issue of Auto Dealer Today.

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