Crown Automotive Group Adds 25 Awards to Growing List of Accolades

St. Petersburg, FL, March 30, 2017 --(PR.com)-- Crown Automotive Group received a total of 25 dealership awards from two of the nation's top annual customer service rating programs: Edmunds Five Star Dealer Awards and DealerRater Dealer of the Year.

Crown Automotive Group recently earned a total of 25 awards from two of the industry’s most respected car dealership customer review and rating programs: Edmunds Five Star Dealer Awards, and DealerRater Dealer of The Year.

DealerRater honored the automotive group with a total of 15 accolades during its annual awards announcement, made early this year at the National Automobile Dealership Association (NADA) Convention. It recognizes dealers with two annual programs: the Dealer of the Year Awards, and its complementary Consumer Satisfaction Awards.

· Crown Buick GMC
- Dealer of the Year in the US –Buick
- Dealer of the Year in the US –GMC
- Dealer of the Year FL – Buick
- Dealer of the Year FL – GMC

· Crown Eurocars of Dublin (Mercedes-Benz)
- Dealer of the Year – OH

· DealerRater Consumer Satisfaction Award
- Audi Clearwater
- Crown Buick GMC
- Crown Eurocars St Pete
- Crown Honda
- Crown Hyundai
- Crown Nissan
- Capital Mercedes-Benz
- Capital BMW
- Crown Eurocars Dublin (Mercedes-Benz)
- Crown Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM Dublin

The dealership group also earned 10 Edmunds Five Star Dealer Awards across a number of its dealership brands. Awards were open to Edmunds Dealer Partners with an overall sales rating of five stars on a minimum of 20 reviews on Edmunds.com over the past year, and a 4.5-star average over the past two years.

Edmunds 5-Star Dealer:

-Crown Acura
-Crown Buick
-Crown Eurocars St Pete
-Crown Honda
-Crown Hyundai
-Crown Nissan
-Crown CDJR Dublin
-Capital BMW

"Programs such as the Five Star Dealer Awards that recognize excellent customer service can make a real difference to dealers looking to stand out from the competition. We celebrate these exceptional dealers and congratulate them for going above and beyond for their customers,” said Avi Steinlouf, CEO of Edmunds.

About DealerRater Dealer of The Year Awards:

DealerRater’s Dealer of the Year awards are given annually to the top U.S. and Canadian car dealers based on a Bayesian algorithm called PowerScore™, which considers the dealership’s average DealerRater star-rating as well as the total number of reviews written about the dealership during the 2016 calendar year.

Categories for scoring include customer service, quality of work, friendliness, pricing and overall experience.

About Edmunds Five Star Dealer Awards

The Edmunds Five Star Dealer Awards are given annually to dealerships across the nation that consistently deliver great car-shopping experiences. Now in its fifth year, Edmunds presented awards to 817 car dealers who have earned the highest overall rating for customer satisfaction in Edmunds' dealer sales ratings.

In order to be eligible, dealers must participate in the Edmunds Dealer Partner program and must have earned an overall sales rating of five stars on a minimum of 20 reviews on Edmunds over the past year. Additionally, they must have maintained at least a 4.5-star average over the past two years to be recognized.

About The Crown Automotive Group

Over the last 40 years, Crown Automotive Group has grown into one of the largest privately owned dealership groups in the nation, with operations in Florida, Ohio, and Tennessee.

Every Crown Automotive dealership features an extensive selection of new, certified, and meticulously inspected pre-owned vehicles with financing options for every budget. Customers can also expect superior service from a team of highly trained technicians at Crown's signature award-winning service facilities.

Driven by four core values: Customer Focus, Teamwork, Integrity and Growth, the group is committed to providing each customer with “The Better Way To Buy.”