Würzburg/Germany, 16 October 2007
The winner of Germany’s 2007 „Motorcycle Dealer of the Year“ award has now been announced: Team Voiges (Yamaha), based in Uetze near Hanover, received the coveted trophy at the »Bike & Business« trade fair’s retailers‘ evening last Friday. 170 representatives from industry, trade and associations were present at the ceremony. This was the third time that the editorial team from »bike und business«, Germany’s specialist magazine for the motorcycle business sector, had staged the competition, supported by the online marketplace, Mobile.de, and the financial service-provider, Santander Consumer Bank. A jury made up of some of the sector’s top names chose Germany’s ten best dealers in the motorcycle, scooter, quad/ATV and trike sector out of the 132 businesses which entered the competition.
To enter the competition – which is open to all businesses regardless of brand names and makes of motorcycle – the dealers had to complete a neutral questionnaire and provide the related documents. Ultimately, a visit was made to the ten best dealers before the final decision was made as to the ranking order.
Germany’s ten best motorcycle dealers for 2007
1. Team Voiges (Uetze), Yamaha
2. Helming & Sohn (Wietmarschen), BMW, Kymco
3. Motorradhaus Gollwig (Wuppertal), Kawasaki
Special prize to the „Newcomer of the Year“: Trike & Bike Center (Schwerin)
The other businesses in the top five:
Motorrad Huneke (Paderborn), Honda, Yamaha, Kymco
Auto- und Motorradcenter Kaiser (Nürnberg-Fischbach) Honda
The other businesses in the top ten:
Peter Fuhrmann (Berlin) Yamaha, Suzuki
Karl Maier (Neufinsing), BMW
Zweiradsport Meine (Bispingen), KTM
Natuschke & Lange (Delmenhorst), Yamaha, Peugeot
»bike und business« is a specialist magazine published by Vogel Auto Media, Würzburg. It fulfils the role of official publication of the BIV (federal guild association) for the German motorcycle mechanic trade and it has been delivering all the relevant information to professionals in the motorcycle sector since 2003. It includes articles from all the major sub-segments of the sector, information on associations, a chronologically structured official training section and the bike und business profi further training section for the level of European service technician. Further information can be found at www.bikeundbusiness.de.
If you have any queries, please feel free to contact:
Stephan Maderner
Editor-in-Chief of »bike und business«
Vogel Auto Medien
97064 Würzburg
Germany
Tel. +49 (0)931 418-29 18
Fax +49 (0)931 418-20 60
Email: stephan_maderner@vogel-automedien.de
