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If you would like to enter the awards go to our 'award categories and entry process' page.
(* audited category)
Dealers entering this award category should provide an excellent, comprehensive, customer-focused digital experience for consumers who are searching online for their next car, whether new or used.
Sponsored by Central Car Auctions
Dealers who enter this award category should provide an excellent, comprehensive, customer-focused digital experience for consumers who are searching online for their next car, whether new or used.
Sponsored by Blueprint Partners
Marketing should help you to build your brand as well as to find new customers and help you to grow sales in the short term. Open to dealers of cars or LCVs, whether independent or franchised, and vehicle manufacturers.
Bringing diversity and inclusion together provides a holistic opportunity to recognise and honour the companies that are looking after their staff in the best possible way by being an inclusive employer that priorities the mental health and wellbeing of their staff. Open to franchised and independent car and van retailers.
Sponsored by Autoglym
We want to recognise dealerships that are deeply rooted in their communities, support local causes and organisations, and have a culture of giving something back. Open to car and LCV dealers, including franchised and independent.
Open to industry suppliers that are helping to change dealers’ fortunes. We expect to see innovation and measurable results, including examples of beneficial use by your customers. Products or services must have been launched since January 2023.
Selected by a combination of readers’ and judges’ votes.
Selected by a combination of readers’ and judges’ votes.
Selected by a combination of readers’ and judges’ votes.
Sponsored by Warrantywise
Selected by a combination of readers’ and judges’ votes.
Selected by a combination of readers' and judges' votes.
This award enables AM and our audit partner UHY Hacker Young to give special recognition for the long-term strategic leadership of a motor retail business.
Outlets that have embraced electric vehicle sales should enter this category, demonstrating their success in developing a strong local market. Open to franchised and independent car or LCV dealers.
This award is open to any company or group that sells used cars and is intended to recognise those who have turned the practice into an art form – not to say a hugely successful and profitable business.
The workshop is a critical source of profitability and customer contact. This award seeks to recognise a superb, outstanding service site. Open to both independent and franchised workshops.
Open to both dealers and OEMs, this award requires that you demonstrate how you have gone the extra mile to support the use of electric vehicles. Entrants will have a passionate and knowledgeable workforce that advocates for EVs.
Sponsored by EnergyForce
This category is looking for the best motor retailers and carmakers which can demonstrate strategic planning and robust steps being taken to help build a more sustainable and better future.
Sponsored by Auto Trader
This category is open to single-site owner operators and to best performing dealerships within a larger group network – both single franchised and multi-franchised showrooms.
Sponsored by Visitor Chat
This award is open to any independent dealer that sells used cars and is intended to recognise the broad success across the group from its focus on used cars.
The motor retail industry is made up primarily of smaller, regional groups. This award category is designed to recognise and honour those companies. Entrants will be able to show how they meet the AM Awards’ original criteria of quality, innovation and service and how they have tracked their performance improvement over the past five years.
Sponsored by Motors.co.uk
This award recognises the unique complications and complexities that come from co-ordinating a large retail group, one with more than 10 dealerships. Entrants will be able to show how they meet the AM Awards’ original criteria of quality, innovation and service, and how they have tracked their performance improvement over the past five years.
Open to entries from industry suppliers making a significant difference to dealers’ fortunes.
Entries will be reviewed and voted upon by readers and the judging panel.
Sponsored by EMaC
This award recognises vehicle manufacturers that are developing and delivering the best products and technology consumers could want, both now and in the near future.
Nominated and voted upon by the judging panel.
Sponsored by Assurant
The winners from the two Best Dealer Group categories, plus Best Used Car Dealer Group (franchised or independent), come under the scrutiny of our judging panel once more to decide who is the deserving winner of our ultimate business award.
The winner will be a dealer principal or general manager who has done incredible things with difficult brands or marketplaces by demonstrating excellent leadership skills, drive and innovative thinking that has helped the dealership achieve business objectives.
To recognise strong leadership, vision, visibility and accountability at the highest level.
Nominated and voted on by the judging panel.
Sponsored by GardX Group
We recognise someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the automotive industry during their career.
The recipient is chosen by AM’s editor, Tim Rose, deputy editor, Aimee Turner and group editor Stephen Briers.
