Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award


The Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award is an annual Time Magazine-sponsored award, in partnership with Ally Financial, honoring new car dealers in America who exhibit exceptional performance in their dealerships and perform distinguished community service. It is the automobile industry's most prestigious and coveted award for car dealerships. Dealers are nominated by members of the Automotive Trade Association Executives. Finalists and winners are chosen by a panel of faculty members from the University of Michigan's . The "TIME Magazine Dealer of the Year" award is presented at the annual National Automobile Dealers Association convention.

National ''TIME'' Dealer of the Year Winners

1960s

1970s

  • 1970 — O. Noller
  • 1971 — Nicholas Lattof
  • 1972 — Roy Butler
  • 1973 — Harmon Born
  • 1974 — Rolland Patterson
  • 1975 — W. Cook
  • 1976 — Frank England, Jr.
  • 1977 — Warren McEleney and Robert Rice
  • 1978 — Edward Glockner
  • 1979 — John Pohanka

1980s

1990s

2000s

  • 2000 — Don Williamson
  • 2001 — Martin NeSmith
  • 2002 — George Nahas
  • 2003 — John Bergstrom
  • 2004 — Paul Holloway
  • 2005 — Ralph Seekins
  • 2006 — Bennie F. Ryburn III
  • 2007 — Tracy Shields Jones
  • 2008 — Timothy J. Smith
  • 2009 — George P. Fritze

2010s