UAE dealer for Chevrolet and Cadillac wins coveted award for salesand service excellence

Dubai, April 7,2012: General Motors Middle East has awarded Liberty Automobiles, one of the biggestGM dealers in the Middle East,the prestigious annual GrandmastersAward for 2011.

Theglobal award, which is givento outstanding dealers of Chevrolet andCadillac vehicles, recognizes the best-of-the-best GM dealers across the globe.

LibertyAutomobiles won the award on successfully meeting the criteria of the GM Grandmasters Programme, including New Car Sales, CustomerSatisfaction, Financial Reporting and Customer Data Management.

TheGM Grandmasters awardcelebration function washosted by General MotorsMiddle East at the Liberty Automobiles showroomin Sharjah. It was attendedby John Stadwick, President and Managing Director of GM Middle East, Sheikh Khalid Bin Abdul Aziz Al Qasimi,Chairman of Liberty Group, Duncan Peat, Managing Director, Liberty AutomobilesCompany, top officials of GM Middle East, as well as management and the entirestaff of Liberty Automobiles Company.

Liberty'shigh level of customer service has helped to increase first quarter sales in2012 by 30 perc ent year-over-year. The sales momentum is expected to bemaintained throughout 2012 as Liberty plans to introduce six new models in theUAE: the all-new Malibu midsize sedan, Colorado midsize pickup and TrailBlazer SUV, as wellas the Camaro ZL1, the CadillacATS and the Cadillac XTS.

Addressingthe gathering, John Stadwick said: "The aim of the Grandmasters Award isto raise levels of customer care in terms of sales and aftersales service, andto ensure that all GM dealers provide a world-class shopping, buying andownership experience for every customer. We are delighted to honour LibertyAutomobiles Company with this award for meeting General Motors' stringentcriteria under the Grandmasters programme."

SheikhKhalid Bin Abdul Aziz Al Qasimi added: "LibertyAutomobiles is proud to have won the Grandmasters recognition from GeneralMotors, which is a remarkable achievement in today's challenging times. Theaward is an endorsement of values that Liberty has cherished for the past 35years, and reflects our enduring commitment to exceed our customers'expectations. I congratulatethe entire Liberty team for their role in bringingus this important recognitionfrom General Motors."

The awardceremony also highlighted Liberty's achievementof winning four of the five 'functional awards' under the GM GrandmastersProgramme in categories of Fleet Sales, Retail Parts Sales, Service Operationsand Customer Value Management,thus furtherconsolidating its position as a major dealer of General Motors in the UAE.

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