Auto Remarketing officially announced its 2013 CPO Dealer of the Year presented by NCM Associates this morning, and taking home the fourth annual award will be Galpin Ford.

The North Hills, Calif. dealership has been the automaker’s top-selling certified pre-owned dealer for more than a decade, and is led by award-winning owner Bert Boeckmann. His extensive list of accolades include membership in the Automotive Hall of Fame and the 1985 TIME Magazine National Quality Dealer of the Year award, plus many other honors.

“It’s only fitting that Bert Boeckmann and Galpin Motors be recognized as Auto Remarketing’s CPO Dealer of the Year,” said Todd Fites, Ford’s national CPO sales manager.

“Bert and Galpin Motors have consistently supported the Ford and Lincoln Certified Pre-Owned programs and have been the No. 1 CPO volume dealer for Ford Motor Co. for 12 straight years,” Fites added. “Congratulations to Bert and the entire Galpin organization for their commitment to serving their customers and their unwavering support of the Ford and Lincoln CPO programs.”

Galpin Ford will be presented the award at 4 p.m. (PST) on Nov. 11 at CPO | The Pre-Owned Conference as part of Used Car Week.  Presenting the award will be Paul Stowe, director of consulting at NCM Associates.

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

CPO | The Pre-Owned Conference is presented by AutoTrader.com.

“Bert Boeckman is one of the giants in the car business; we were very excited to see the Galpin group nominated and eventually selected for this honor,” said Auto Remarketing publisher and Used Car Week chair Bill Zadeits.

“Bert and his team of professionals are another in the line of excellent, industry-leading dealers who have been named as CPO Dealers of the Year, including 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.”

In an interview with Auto Remarketing, Boeckmann said most of the used cars that Galpin Ford carries are certified, and talked about how the dealership has gotten so greatly involved with the CPO process.

“Since we carry cars that easily qualify for it … the vast majority of our cars would be CPO,” he said. “And it just moves wonderfully, and the customer is happy. He’s back here for service, as is required, or certainly warranty work if it’s needed. And the customer is thrilled, we’re thrilled. It works well and he’s got a better financing arrangement, if he’s financing the car, and a better warranty benefit, as well.”

For more on Boeckmann, stay tuned to the print and digital editions of Auto Remarketing’s Nov. 1-14 CPO Dealer of the Year issue, which will have an in-depth profile on Boeckmann.

Our annual CPO Dealer of the Year issue will also feature a UCM in Action spotlight on Galpin Ford, an analysis of the top CPO trends and best practices for maximizing certified sales, and an update on how the market has performed so far this year.
 

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