FORT WORTH, Texas—General Motors Financial Company, Inc. (“GM Financial” or the “Company”) named Grand Rapids Auto Auction, Jenison, Michigan, as 2015 Open Sale Auction of the Year and ABC St. Louis, Centreville, Illinois, as the 2015 Closed Sale Auction of the Year. These prestigious awards are part of GM Financial’s annual nationwide Auction of Excellence program.

"I have been privileged to partner with GM Financial for more than 10 years, and it’s an honor for GRAA to be recognized with this coveted award,” said Mark Capel, General Manager, who received the award on behalf of Grand Rapids Auto Auction. “GRAA has been named to this honor previously, so our staff has had a benchmark to operate at a very high level. It’s knowing those high standards that I want to thank GM Financial and my staff - senior management, operations, internal, external, transportation and our compliance department at GRAA - who worked so diligently to operate near perfection for the GM Financial account."

2015 marks the first year GM Financial has recognized two winners - one for Open and one for Closed sale performance. Recipients were chosen after reviewing each of the Company’s 46 auction partners’ performance in customer service, marketing promotions, pre-sale activities and overall auction success.

"Our auction team at ABC St. Louis is a very competitive group. It is such an honor to win the Auction of Excellence Award from GM Financial,” said Jason Hockett, President, who accepted the award on behalf of ABC St. Louis. “GM Financial runs at some very strong auto auctions, so to be honored as the top-performing auction is a testimony to the hard work and service of Todd Ritter, General Manager, and his team at ABC St. Louis."

A quarterly and year-end overall winner is awarded to one auction in each of GM Financial Remarketing’s five regions. This year’s Regional Auction of Excellence winners are as follows:

  • Midwest Region: Grand Rapids Auto Auction, Jenison, Michigan
  • Northeast Region: Manheim Pennsylvania, Manheim, Pennsylvania
  • Southeast Region: Manheim Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Southwest Region: ADESA Austin, Austin, Texas
  • West Coast Region: Manheim Portland, Portland, Oregon

Dan Heinrich, SVP Remarketing at GM Financial, extended his congratulations to all awarded auctions.

"Many of these auctions’ successes can be attributed to the extraordinary people who work the GM Financial lanes. Without them, honoring each of these locations would not be possible. Thank you to everyone involved in moving GM Financial vehicles through the auction process. Congratulations to all of our winners.”

About GM Financial

General Motors Financial Company, Inc. is the wholly-owned captive finance subsidiary of General Motors Company and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. For more information please visit www.gmfinancial.com.

Contacts

GM Financial
Lane Borrello, 817-302-7525
Lane.Borrello@gmfinancial.com