Stallion Motors wins Most Improved Auto Company award

From BusinessDay

Stallion Motors, has won ‘Most Improved Auto Company of the Year 2012’ just as one of its automobile variants; Hyundai Accent was voted ‘Entry Level Car of the Year’ at the recently ended 2013 Nigeria Auto Awards.

The awards was presented at the 8th annual awards at the Eko Hotels and Suites Lagos in recognition of Stallion’s outstanding improvement and turnaround over the previous 12 months. In arriving at the decision, the panel of adjudicators said the ‘Most Improved Auto Award’ was viewed against Stallion’s recovery strategies that have borne remarkable results as well as its continued success and dealership expansion across the country.

According to Beach House Ventures, publishers of On Wheels Magazine and organizers of the annual award, it said that as part of the jurors’ appraisal, the multiple franchisees outperformed arch rivals Weststar Associates Limited, Mercedes Benz custodian and Dana Motors Limited, Kia Dealership in profitability, shareholder value, scale, net worth, turnover, and customer satisfaction to win the coveted plaque.

A subsidiary of the Stallion Group of Companies, Stallion Motors was incorporated about four decades ago and has grown steadily from its modest start in West Africa into a fledging multi-business conglomerate, representing 10 automobile brands with a manufacturing facility in Lagos where Ashok Leyland buses are assembled.

Stallion Motors currently wields considerable percentage of the local automobile market with franchise for Honda, Nissan, Hyundai, Porsche, VW, Audi, Skoda, SsangYong, Mahindra, Foton, JMC and Ashok Leyland.

Receiving the award on behalf of the company,  Parvir Singh, Managing Director, Stallion Motors said: “We are extremely excited to have won the prestigious ‘Most Improved Auto Company of the Year Award,” remarking that “We will continue to elevate the status of automobile marketing in Nigeria to reassure customers of the dealership commitment and bring forth new experience and new `sense of value,” he said.  

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