FLEET AWARDS GALA 2015

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have awarded 27 statuettes in the Fleet Derby 2015 Poll. The statuette ceremony took place on 14 May at the Hilton Hotel in Warsaw. Below we present the winners. This year's plebiscite was innovative, as we selected all the winners by means of an online vote, which lasted two months (from 16 March to 10 May this year). Votes were cast for products, services, fleet cars, but also for individuals and the automotive fleet brand. It is gratifying to see the great interest in the plebiscite not only from service providers, but also from voters. The plebiscite is one of the few ways in which fleets and people who actively manage company cars can express their appreciation of service providers through their votes. A real personality One of the most important awards is the one given in the Fleet Personality category. The most important, because it is awarded not for a product, not for a complex service or innovative implementation, but precisely for a personality. In this year's edition, the unqualified winner was Leszek Pomorski, President of the Management Board, CEO of Alphabet Polska Fleet Management, and also the long-standing President of the Polish Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association, currently serving as a member of the Programme Council. Leszek Pomorski was clearly amazed by the accolade and thanked warmly for all the votes cast for him. As is often the case with such people, modesty is one of the main virtues. Class brand The second award, which is slightly different from the others, is the one for the Automotive Fleet Brand. Why is this award special? Because the parameters evaluated included: quality of the offer directed at institutional customers, quality of the models offered, range of models offered, coverage of the country with a dealer/service network, quality of cooperation with the fleet department, customer service, price offer and discount policy, service policy of the concern/importer. In other words, all the aspects most important to fleet customers. In addition, in this category, voters were able to rate each aspect of the business from 1 to 6 points, where 6 means an excellent rating. The result was determined not by the number of votes, but by their average. This year's Automotive Fleet Brand title went to Volkswagen. This German brand not only had the highest number of votes, but, of course, also the highest average score, which was 5.6 points. Seventy cars In fourteen fleet categories, which we prepared together with experts from the Polish Automotive Industry Association, participants in the plebiscite could choose the best models. There were a few surprises, a few results that were close to each other, as well as several triumphs of firm favourites. Three statuettes were won by Hyundai, sending out a serious signal that this concern is becoming very serious about winning customers, especially in the smaller segments, as it won with the i10 in the A segment and the i20 in the B segment. The third statuette went to the ix35 in the crossover segment. Also, three awards were won by the Ford brand, including in these fleet-important segments, with the Focus winning in the C segment and the Mondeo in the D segment. The Transit Connect left no illusions to its competitors in the small van segment. Toyota picked up three statuettes, for the Verso model in the small MPV category and for the environmentally friendly car -Auris Hybrid. In the D Premium segment, the award went to the Lexus IS300h. A different brand, but one concern. In the E segment, the Infiniti Q70 model was awarded and in the large SUV segment, the Jeep Grand Cherokee. Also picking up one award each were Opel (Vivaro model), Renault (Trafic Passenger) and Fiat (Ducato). Products and services Here the competition was even fiercer than for cars. After two months of voting, it was possible to determine the winners in eleven categories. Especially in the categories; fuel card and tyre and tyre service, the battle lasted almost until the last day of voting. In these categories, the winners were, to use sports terminology, BP with the BP Routex Card and GoodYear Dunlop Tires Polska with the Premio service, respectively. We present below all the award winners and congratulate all those who received statuettes, but also those who submitted their products and services in the respective categories. We cordially invite you to the next edition of the Fleet Derby 2016 Poll.