DealerRater.com Names Herb Gordon Volvo Dealer of the Year Award
January 20, 2009
DealerRater.com awards dealership for third consecutive year. Winning dealerships are committed to providing quality customer service.
Waltham, MA (January 20, 2009) – DealerRater.com, the nation’s premier car dealer review website, announced today the 2009 DealerRater.com Dealer of the Year awards. Each year, a select number of dealerships are awarded for outstanding customer satisfaction as expressed through customers’ online reviews, posted on DealerRater.com, of their dealership experience..
“We are very pleased to award Acton Toyota of Littleton, Massachusetts the DealerRater.com overall Dealer of the Year for 2009,” stated Chip Grueter, president of DealerRater.com. “Acton Toyota has won this honor for the past three years, which reflects General Manager Mike Hills’ strong commitment to quality customer service.”
Other car dealerships to receive 2009 DealerRater.com Dealer of the Year awards for their brand category include DCH Paramus Honda of Paramus, New Jersey managed by Barry Magnus; Nissan of Elk Grove, California owned and managed by John Driebe; MileOne Herb Gordon Volvo of Silver Springs, Maryland managed by Eddie Sarecky; and National Car Sales of Indianapolis, Indiana managed by Steve Howard.
The DealerRater.com Dealer of the Year awards are given each January to car dealerships located in the United States that have the highest PowerScore in their brand category.
Each dealership’s PowerScore is determined using a Bayesian algorithm that factors the dealership’s average DealerRater.com user rating over each of the year’s twelve months and the total number of reviews written about the dealership during the calendar year. The dealership must also have at least twenty-five (25) new reviews written on DealerRater.com during the previous calendar year and an average rating greater than 4.0, with 5.0 as the highest possible score. The dealership that’s awarded DealerRater.com’s overall Dealer of the Year is recognized for having a PowerScore that outranks other brand-specific Dealer of the Year winners.
About DealerRater.com
DealerRater.com was founded in 2002 as the first car dealer review website worldwide. DealerRater.com is committed to providing a central collection point for informative reviews. The site currently features more than 24,000 US and International car dealers and over 60,000 user reviews. DealerRater.com provides the opportunity for users to search for car dealerships, read current reviews, write their own review, and find car deals – all for free. Car dealers are rated on the criteria of customer service, quality of work, friendliness, price and overall experience. DealerRater.com users also have the option to recommend the dealer to other users and provide a descriptive review. Website users and car dealerships may post free auto classified ads. DealerRater.com visitors may request vehicle quotes and Certified Dealers receive free vehicle leads.
Herb Gordon Volvo
3121 Automobile Blvd. Silver Spring, Maryland 20904
Service: (888) 455-0220
Sales: (888) 526-7449
Introducing The All New 2009 Toyota Venza
January 19, 2009
The Venza is a (mostly) carlike, (not too) small (high-utility) passenger vehicle. It’s based on the Camry platform, with which it shares some specifications, and has a high level of standard equipment. That makes it more than a Camry station wagon, and maybe less, in some respects, than a Toyota Highlander SUV. But what it does, it does well, and frankly, we think a lot of people are going to like it.
The All New 2009 Toyota Venza
Toyota marketing sources say that the Venza is ideally designed to capture outflow from disenchanted SUV owners, who have been abandoning the truck market in droves. The base four-cylinder model comes standard with 19-inch wheels and tires. The V-6 comes standard with 20-inchers. That’s too big for most SUVs these days – the Highlander comes with standard 17-inch wheels. While large rims look good, smaller wheels and tires – even18-inchers – would improve the Venza’s ride quality and the tires would be cheaper to replace.
There are a few surprises that make the Venza stand out. The shifter is mounted in the center of the dashboard instead of lower in the console, between the driver and passenger seats. This allowed Toyota to create a huge cargo area in the center console, covered with a sliding cup holder tray. It’s a really interesting way of doing things.
A trip computer that displays the time, outside temperature and either driving range, mileage or average speed, along with air-conditioning settings, sits squarely atop the dash. This location is the perfect place for such a screen in terms of keeping the driver’s eyes trained on the road, and it’s unbelievably crisp and clear. This is also where the backup camera is located if you opt to get it as part of a $570 security package, without adding navigation. If you do get the nav system, the camera’s image appears in the nav screen lower on the dash.
Toyota’s biggest problem may be educating buyers, especially boomers, on what exactly the Venza is. It looks like an SUV, it has wagon utility, and it gets car-like gas mileage. It’s basically the car SUV drivers would want to drive – quite possibly making it the perfect car for today, when few people still want to buy an SUV.
MotorWorld Toyota
150 MotorWorld Drive
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18703
www.motorworldgrouptoyota.com
1.866.305.2676
