Holt Mitsubishi in Derby has won the Midlands Car Dealership of the Year prize at the 2015 Acquisition International Business Excellence awards.

The award comes after the dealership on London Road, Alvaston, was named a five-star dealer in a nationwide Mitsubishi customer satisfaction survey.

Holt Mitsubishi dealer principal Brian Holt (pictured) said: “It is great to get this award as we are only in our third year of trading and have worked incredibly hard to establish ourselves, and this shows we are now starting to make our mark. Awards like this can be the fuel that drives businesses to do better.

“There are so many areas that we have focused on to push the business forward. However, the first thing for us to achieve this was to become a ‘five-star’ dealership and in the eyes of our customers we have certainly done that. We became one of only 18 five-star Mitsubishi dealerships in the UK out of 129.

“We are here to make sure that any transaction is as smooth and hassle-free as possible. Most importantly, we like our customers to feel they can trust our integrity. For both sales and aftersales we have one aim, of ‘exceeding expectations’.

“Moving forward, one major development we have seen is a huge swing in technology preferences over the last year with the arrival of our hugely successful Outlander Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). It’s clear that this type of transport will become our biggest seller.”