Auto Remarketing has officially announced its 2014 CPO Dealer of the Year, presented by NCM Associates, and earning this year’s honors is Hyundai of New Port Richey.

This dealership, located on the Gulf Coast of Florida, was featured as Hyundai’s top certified pre-owned seller in “The Best CPO Dealers in the USA” issue of Auto Remarketing this year after moving 1,357 certified cars in 2013. That was more than 500 units higher than any other Hyundai store.

The store is led by president, chief executive and owner Scott Fink, who owns several dealerships in Florida, including another Hyundai store and Chevrolet and Mazda franchises. Fink has been the chair of Hyundai’s national dealer council for more than six years.

“We’re honored to have Hyundai of New Port Richey earn this award and join us on site at the CPO Forum as part of Used Car Week,” said Auto Remarketing publisher and Used Car Week chair Bill Zadeits. “Hyundai’s growth in the certified pre-owned business has been an exciting story for our publications and events to cover, and Hyundai of New Port Richey is exemplary of that success.

“Congratulations to Scott Fink and his entire team of professionals,” Zadeits added. “Hyundai of New Port Richey join the legacy of excellent, industry-leading dealers who have been named as CPO Dealers of the Year, including Bert Boeckmann at Galpin Ford (Calif.), Brian Benstock at Paragon Honda/Acura (N.Y.), Gary Kron at Karl Chevrolet (Iowa), and Will Amiri and the team at Longo Toyota (Calif.) from the Penske Group.”

Michael DePaul, senior group manager of retail operations at Hyundai Motor America, said:  “We are very pleased that Scott Fink and Hyundai of New Port Richey are being recognized as Auto Remarketing’s CPO Dealer of the Year. Scott has consistently been the No. 1 volume dealer for both new and CPO sales.   

“Two years ago, when Hyundai’s monthly CPO sales averaged only 10 sales per store, Scott committed to 100 CPO sales per month.  He hit that number the very next month and has maintained that momentum for the past 24 months,” DePaul said. “Congratulations to Scott and all of the Hyundai of New Port Richey staff for their commitment and support of the Hyundai CPO program.”

NCM Associates president and chief executive officer Paul Faletti Jr., said: “Understanding what it takes to be a truly outstanding CPO operation, NCM recognizes the significance of being named CPO Dealer of the Year.  It is our privilege to be a part of the formal recognition Scott Fink and his pre-owned leadership team at Hyundai of New Port Richey are receiving for their outstanding efforts. We look forward to presenting them with the CPO Dealer of the Year Award in person next month at the CPO Forum.”   

Hyundai of New Port Richey will be presented the award at 4 p.m. PST on Nov. 10 at CPO | The Pre-Owned Conference as part of Used Car Week.

Troy Morgan, who is the service manager of the dealership’s stand-alone CPO sales center, is accepting the award on site at the event. He will be joined by Jose Froelich, who is Hyundai’s senior manager of certified pre-owned, and Paul Stowe, director of retail operations for NCM Associates.

Then at 10:30 a.m. PST on Nov. 11, Morgan will join a panel discussion on the “Top 10 Things You Can Do Now to Improve Your Store and Create a CPO Sales Champion.”

Also on that panel are:

• Will Amiri, Longo Toyota
• Rod Rowley, Larry H. Miller Group
• Kraig Quisenberry, DCH/Lithia Motors
• Moderator:  Kathi Kruse of Kruse Control Inc.

A complete agenda for the CPO Forum can be found here:
http://cpo.autoremarketing.com/agenda.

For more information or to register your team for the event, visit http://cpo.autoremarketing.com.

The CPO Forum is presented by AutoTrader.com.

Additionally, you can find a complete attendee list for the CPO Forum here:
http://cpo.autoremarketing.com/attendees

For more on Hyundai of New Port Richey, see the special CPO Dealer of the Year section of the Oct. 15 Auto Remarketing, here we include a feature on Fink plus a Used Car Manager in Action profile on how the dealership excels in the certified business.