TIME and Ally Financial honor new car dealers

Bonner County resident Greg Taylor, Taylor & Sons Chevrolet in Ponderay, is among the 49 new car dealers out of approximately 16,000 nationwide who were been nominated for the 2017 TIME Dealer of the Year award, now in its 48th year.

This select group of dealers from across the country will be honored at the 100th annual National Automobile Dealers Association Convention & Exposition in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Jan. 27, 2017. Nominees, finalists and the national Dealer of the Year will be celebrated at the formal opening of the convention, which is expected to draw more than 20,000 individuals involved in the automobile industry. The announcement of this year’s nominees was made by Meredith Long, SVP: GM, News & Luxury, TIME, and Tim Russi, president of Auto Finance for Ally Financial.

The TIME Dealer of the Year award is one of the automobile industry’s most prestigious and highly coveted honors. Recipients are among the nation’s most successful auto dealers who also demonstrate a long-standing commitment to community service.

The award is sponsored by TIME in association with Ally Financial, and in cooperation with NADA. A panel of faculty members from the Tauber Institute for Global Operations at the University of Michigan will select one finalist from each of the four NADA regions and one national Dealer of the Year.