Sydney, Australia, May 15, 2019:  AUSTRALIA'S top Jaguar and Land Rover retailers have been announced and their wins celebrated at the company's annual Retailer of the Year awards, held last Friday night in Sydney.

Marking another watershed year for the popular British marques, retailers joined Jaguar Land Rover Australia's Managing Director, Mark Cameron, and senior staff for the gala event.

This year's event, held at The Homestead in Sydney's Centennial Park, was hosted by Jaguar Land Rover Australia ambassador, Paralympian Curtis McGrath OAM, television sports presenter and journalist Abbey Gelmi and highly acclaimed chef James Viles.

The annual awards cap-off a year of achievement in which the sensational all-electric Jaguar I-PACE carried-off the rare 'triple crown' in the 2019 World Car of the Year awards, walking away with the World Car Design, World Green Car and World Car of the Year awards.

Presenting the awards, Mark Cameron said the past year had been a strong one for the two brands on a number of fronts, with World Car of the Year a wonderful addition to I-PACE's multitude of national and international awards.

A year highlighted by the success of last year's Sydney Invictus Games, the opening of the company's new state-of-the-art national headquarters, a multitude of national and international awards and the arrival of key new models gave Australia's Jaguar and Land Rover retailers reason to celebrate.

Jaguar Land Rover Australia's annual Retailer of the Year awards honour the best of the best and this year's event was no exception, with the top metropolitan, provincial and regional retailers recognised for their efforts.

With judging criteria measuring sales performance, customer satisfaction, retailer presentation and staff training, the awards not only pay tribute to retailers that are leaders in the fields of sales and service but also to the dealer principals who maintain the high standards needed to both run their businesses and meet customer needs.

Presenting the awards, Mark Cameron said the calibre of the award winners highlighted the fact the company's retail partners are not only meeting customer expectations in every way but often exceeding them.

"All of our retailers continuously put in their best effort but the Jaguar Land Rover dealerships we have awarded tonight have consistently achieved excellence in the key areas of the business," Mr Cameron said.

"Because of that it is a pleasure to recognise them for their continuing hard work and dedication to achieving outstanding customer satisfaction," he added.

The 2018/19 Retailer of the Year award winners are:

Metropolitan Retailer of the Year: Purnell Jaguar Land Rover, Blakehurst, New South Wales
Provincial Retailer of the Year: Rex Gorell Jaguar Land Rover, Geelong, Victoria
Regional Retailer of the Year: Port Macquarie Jaguar Land Rover, Port Macquarie, New South Wales
Overall Winner: Purnell Jaguar Land Rover

For their efforts, each category winner has won a trip to Exmouth, Western Australia, staying at the exclusive Sal Salis Ningaloo Reef Resort.

"It's a tremendous recognition of our team. We have 46 really good people at Purnell Jaguar Land Rover that put their heart in. This is a very strong accolade for the amount of work they've all put in as a team." commented Rodney Dale, Purnell Jaguar Land Rover Dealer Principal.

This is the second consecutive year in which Purnell Jaguar Land Rover has been named Retailer of the Year. It is also the second year in the last three that Rex Gorell Jaguar Land Rover has won the Provincial Retailer category, Dealer Principal Jason Gorell collecting the award on behalf of the retailer in 2017.

Jaguar Land Rover Australia heartily congratulates the winning dealerships.

ENDS

Editors notes:

About Jaguar Land Rover
Jaguar Land Rover is the UK's largest automotive manufacturer, built around two iconic British car brands: Land Rover, the world's leading manufacturer of premium all-wheel-drive vehicles; and Jaguar, one of the world's premier luxury sports saloon and sports car marques.

At Jaguar Land Rover, we are driven by a desire to deliver class-leading vehicles, which will provide experiences our customers will love, for life. Our products are in demand around the globe. In 2018 Jaguar Land Rover sold 592,708 vehicles in 128 countries.

We support around 260,000 people through our retailer network, suppliers and local businesses. At heart we are a British company, with two major design and engineering sites, three vehicle manufacturing facilities and an engine manufacturing centre in the UK. We also have plants in China, Brazil, India, Austria and Slovakia.  

From 2020 all new Jaguar Land Rover vehicles will offer the option of electrification, giving our customers even more choice. We will introduce a portfolio of electrified products across our model range, embracing fully electric, plug-in hybrid and mild hybrid vehicles as well as continuing to offer the latest diesel and petrol engines.

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