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    A highlight of the UK motor retail industry’s calendar was held last night – the 2007 AM Awards.

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

    Winners

  • Hall of Fame
    Sir Peter Vardy

  • Personality of the year
    Peter Roberts, Thatcham chief executive

  • Retailer of the year
    Phoenix Car Company

  • Carmaker
    Suzuki GB

  • Retail Group (more than 10 sites)
    Winner: Sandicliffe Motor Group

    Highly commended: Inchcape Retail

  • Retail Group (up to 10 sites)
    Winner: Phoenix Car Company

  • Dealership (more than £10m turnover)
    Winner: Phoenix Mitsubishi

    Highly commended: Perrys Barnsley

  • Dealership (up to £10m turnover)
    Winner: CMW Automobiles

  • Used car retailer
    Winner: Fords of Winsford

  • Bodyshop
    Winner: Alton Cars

    Highly Commended: Just Car Clinics (Mansfield site)

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  • Repairer
    Winner: Nationwide Autocentres

  • New car
    Honda Civic

  • Used car
    Toyota Prius

  • E-commerce
    Solmotive Group

  • Marketing
    Winner: Sandicliffe Motor Group

    Highly commended: XPart

  • Training
    Nationwide Autocentres

  • Recruitment Fords of Winsford

  • Best dealer website
    Winner: Perrys Group

    Highly commended: LingsCars

  • Innovation in property
    Marshall Group (Peterborough PAG site)

  • Excellence in customer service
    Winner: Marshall Motor Group

    Highly commended: Phoenix Mitsubishi and Luffield Cars

  • Full details of the AM Awards will be in the February 23 issue.