One of the highlights of the UK motor retail industry’s calendar takes place on February 21 – the 2007 AM Awards.

The country’s leading dealers, repairers, manufacturers and support businesses will gather at Birmingham’s ICC to discover if their entries have been selected by our judges to receive an industry accolade.

From a flood of entries, the following finalists have been selected:

Finalists:

Carmaker of the year
Audi
Fiat
Honda
Lexus
Mazda
Suzuki
Toyota

Best Retail Group (more than 10 sites)
Ford Retail
Hatfields
Inchcape Retail
Perrys Group
Sandicliffe Motor Group

Best Retail Group
(up to 10 sites)
Chris Allen Garages Ltd
Donalds Ltd
Lipscomb Cars
Phoenix Car Company
TC Harrison

Best Dealership (more than £10m turnover)
Chiswick Honda
Hepworth Honda
Holdcroft Honda
Perrys Barnsley
Phoenix Honda
Phoenix Mitsubishi

Best Dealership (up to £10m turnover)
CMW Automobiles
Luffield Cars

Best Used car retailer
Available Car
Fords of Winsford
Holden Honda
Phoenix Honda
Sandicliffe Motor Group
TC Harrison

Bodyshop of the year
Alton Cars
Castle Coachworks (Northampton)
GB Flint Coachworks
Just Car Clinics (Mansfield site)

Repairer of the year
TBC

New car of the year
Fiat Grand Punto
Ford S-Max
Honda Civic
Jaguar XK
Vauxhall Corsa
Volvo C30

Used car of the year
Audi A6
Chrysler 300C
Ford Focus
Honda Jazz
Range Rover Sport
Toyota Prius

Best e-commerce initiative
Black Horse Motor Finance
BDM
Fastrack Software
Skupe Net
Solmotive Group

Best marketing programme
Ford Retail
Holdcroft Honda
Phoenix Car Company
Sandicliffe Motor Group
TC Harrison
XPart

Best training programme
Dutton Forshaw
Just Car Clinics
Nationwide Autocentres
Peter Vardy

Best recruitment policy
Donalds Group
Fords of Winsford
Just Car Clinics

Best dealer website
Bickets Motor Group
Fords of Winsford
LingsCars
Perrys Group
Peter Vardy
Thurlby Motors
Innovation in property
Bristol Street Group/Walton A&I Design
Lipscomb Cars/Bisset Adam
Chiswick Honda
Marshall Group (P’boro PAG)
Stratstone Land Rover/Adonis Construction
Excellence in customer service
Marshall Motor Group
Phoenix Mitsubishi
Luffield Cars
Fords of Winsford
Chiswick Honda
Hepworth Honda