HINO Australia crowned its top dealers for 2021 at a virtual ceremony held this week.

The annual awards included, for the first time, the Hino President’s Award, which recognised six recipients: CMI Hino Adelaide, Jacob Hino (Albury-Wodonga), Sci-Fleet Hino Brisbane, Sci-Fleet Hino Gold Coast, CMI Hino Melbourne and Newcastle Hino.

The highly sought-after Dealer of the Year Metropolitan and Regional titles were awarded to CMI Hino Adelaide and Jacob Hino respectively.

CMI Hino Adelaide and Jacob Hino further added to their respective trophy cabinets with the Parts Excellence Awards in the Metro and Regional categories respectively, while the Hino Financial Services Dealer of the Year was won by City Hino.

“Since I started with Hino Australia, it has been my vision to bring this high-profile Hino award to Australia and I congratulate the recipients for their exceptional efforts in all aspects of sales, parts and service,” Hino Australia CEO and president Sam Suda said.

“CMI Hino Adelaide is one of the longest-standing Hino dealers in Australia and Jacob Hino has been representing the Hino brand for over 20 years – both of their teams should be congratulated on their exceptional results in 2021,” he added.

For the second consecutive year, Adtrans Hino was awarded the Customer Experience – Service (Metropolitan) award, while Milne Bros Hino Mackay won the regional equivalent.

It was a clean sweep of the major metropolitan sales awards for Sci-Fleet Hino Brisbane, which took out the Customer Experience – Sales (Metropolitan) and Sales Excellence (Metropolitan) awards and its fleet sales manager, Will Gaulton, won Salesperson of the Year after selling more than 300 trucks for the first time in Hino history.

Bendigo Truck Centre in Victoria was awarded the Customer Experience – Sales (Regional) title.

In the Service Excellence category, Mavin Hino was successful in the Regional category while the Metropolitan award was won by CMI Hino Melbourne, which was also recognised for its 30-year service as a Hino dealer.

Till Hino of Geelong, Victoria received the Sales Excellence Regional award for the second consecutive year.

Thanks to “the collective efforts of our entire dealer network and the Hino Motor Sales Australia team, we were able to achieve outstanding results in 2021. I commend all of the winning dealers on their results,” Mr Suda concluded.

 

2021 Hino Dealer of the Year Results:

 

Metropolitan Dealer of the Year:

CMI Hino Adelaide (SA)

 

Regional Dealer of the Year:

Jacob Hino, Albury-Wodonga (NSW-VIC)

 

Hino Financial Services Dealer of the Year:

City Hino, Sydney (NSW)

 

President’s Award:

CMI Hino Adelaide (SA)

Sci-Fleet Hino Brisbane (QLD)

CMI Hino Melbourne (VIC)

Jacob Hino, Albury-Wodonga (NSW-VIC)

Sci-Fleet Hino Gold Coast (QLD)

Newcastle Hino (NSW)

 

Customer Experience – Sales:

Metropolitan Class – Sci-Fleet Hino Brisbane (QLD)

Regional – Bendigo Truck Centre (VIC)

 

Customer Experience – Service:

Metropolitan – Adtrans Hino, Sydney (NSW)

Regional – Milne Bros Hino Mackay (QLD)

 

Salesperson of the Year 

Will Gaulton – Sci-Fleet Hino Brisbane (QLD)

 

Sales Excellence (Metro):

Gold – Sci-Fleet Hino Brisbane (QLD)

Silver – Adtrans Hino, Sydney (NSW)

Bronze – City Hino, Sydney (NSW)

 

Sales Excellence (Regional):

Gold – Till Hino, Geelong (VIC)

Silver – Johnson’s Truck & Coach Service, Mildura (VIC)

Bronze – Newcastle Hino (NSW)

 

Parts Excellence (Metro):

Gold – CMI Hino Adelaide (SA)

Silver – Sci-Fleet Hino Brisbane (QLD)

Bronze – CMI Hino Melbourne (VIC)

 

Parts Excellence (Regional):

Gold – Jacob Hino, Albury-Wodonga (NSW-VIC)

Silver – Bendigo Truck Centre (VIC)

Bronze – Heath Hino, Pinelands (NT)

 

Service Excellence (Metro):

Gold – CMI Hino Melbourne (VIC)

Silver – CMI Hino Adelaide (SA)

Bronze – Prestige Hino, Dandenong (VIC)

 

Service Excellence (Regional):

Gold – Mavin Hino, Taree & Kempsey (NSW)

Silver – Jacob Hino, Albury-Wodonga (NSW-VIC)

Bronze – Sci-Fleet Hino, Gold Coast (QLD)

By Matt Brogan