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| Zane Crawford at Honda Wing in Pietermaritzburg is the best bike salesperson among Honda Wing’s small dealerships. |
KZN dealerships and sales staff featured prominently in Honda Motor SA’s recent Dealer Excellence Awards.
The annual gala event, which was held at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg, honoured the performance of automobile and motorcycle dealerships nationwide. The Honda Auto dealers that walked away with the awards were Tygerberg, Pinetown, Port Elizabeth and Richards Bay, while Tygerberg, Cape Town and Pietermaritzburg were named the Honda Wing Dealerships of the Year.
Top bike seller among Honda’s smaller dealers, Zane Crawford, told Weekend Witness he mostly sells
the rugged XR to farmers who discovered cheaper Chinese bikes do not come with Honda’s level of parts support. “I’ve been with Honda since 1981 and this is the only corporate I know of that often fixes things out of warranty. This brand stands by its reputation for reliability. Honda bikes may not be the fastest, but they are the most reliable and also comfortable.”
the rugged XR to farmers who discovered cheaper Chinese bikes do not come with Honda’s level of parts support. “I’ve been with Honda since 1981 and this is the only corporate I know of that often fixes things out of warranty. This brand stands by its reputation for reliability. Honda bikes may not be the fastest, but they are the most reliable and also comfortable.”
Crawford encouraged commuters to get a leg over a scooter. “One of my clients, a photographer, got 48 km per litre from the NP750 [scooter] on a recent road trip... This is the kind of fantastic mileage scooters offer people.”
Honda Motor SA’s KZN winners:
Dealership of 2019
Category B — Honda Auto Pinetown,
dealer principal Darryl Sclanders
Category D — Honda Auto Richards Bay,
dealer principal Eddie Reid
New vehicle sales manager of 2019
Category B — Honda Auto Pinetown,
Darryl Sclanders
Category D — Honda Auto Richards Bay,
Jo-Ann Robinson
Service manager of 2019
Category B — Honda Auto Pinetown,
Neville Johnson
Category D — Honda Auto Richards Bay,
Zybrand Dippenaar
Parts manager of 2019
Category B — Honda Auto Pinetown,
Ebrahim Khan
Car sales executives of the year
Category B — Norman Pillay and Neil Painter at Honda Auto Pinetown.
Stefan Gerber at Honda Auto Richards Bay
Bike dealership of 2019
Category B — Honda Wing Pietermaritzburg, Dealer Principal: Duncan Parsons
Bike sales manager of 2019
Category B — Honda Wing Pietermaritzburg, Morné du Plessis
Bike sales executive of the year
Category B — Honda Wing Pietermaritzburg, Zane Crawford.
