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Alabama's Nextran Truck Center Nabs Mack Dealer of the Year Honor

Nextran Truck Center of Tuscumbia, Alabama, has been honored as Mack's 2019 Dealer of the Year.

January 24, 2020
Alabama's Nextran Truck Center Nabs Mack Dealer of the Year Honor

(Left to right) Martin Weissburg, president, Mack Trucks; Dennis McDaniel, regional vice president, Southeast, Mack Trucks; Jon Pritchett, president and CEO, Nextran; Jonathan Randall, senior vice president, North American sales and marketing, Mack Trucks at the Mack 2019 Dealer of the Year Awards Ceremony.

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Mack Trucks has named its 2019 North American Dealer of the Year.

The honor went to the Nextran Truck Center of Tuscumbia, Alabama. Mack announced the winner during its annual dealer meeting, which brings together dealer leadership from the U.S. and Canada.

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The Dealer of the Year awards are presented to dealers that consistently exceed their business targets for sales, parts and leasing, as well as recognizing dealers who continue to grow their businesses and rate highly among customers for satisfaction.

“Nextran Truck Center of Tuscumbia drove significant improvement over the years to ultimately achieve outstanding results, and we’re pleased to be able to recognize their ongoing commitment to the Mack brand with this award,” said Jonathan Randall, Mack Trucks senior vice president, North American sales and marketing. “Nextran Truck Center grew its market share year-over-year and has excelled at parts sales and utilizing Mack Financial Services.”

Nextran has 16 full-service truck centers throughout Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.

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Mack Trucks also named 2019 winners for its regional sales divisions:

  • Northeast Region: Ballard Mack Sales & Service, Johnston, R.I.

  • Southeast Region: Nextran Truck Center, Tuscumbia, Ala.

  • Central Region: Kriete Truck Center, Milwaukee

  • Southwest Region: Vanguard Truck Center, Austin, Texas

  • West Region: TEC Equipment, Seattle

  • Canada Region: Vision Truck Group, Cambridge, Ontario

Tri-State Truck Centers, Memphis, Tenn., was named U.S. Mack Financial Services Dealer of the Year, while Vision Truck Group was named Canada Mack Financial Services Dealer of the Year.

The Mack Leasing North America Dealer of the Year Award went to Bergey’s Truck Center, Souderton, Penn. Mack of Nashville received the North America Remarketing Dealer of the Year Award, and the overall Customer Satisfaction Award went to Interstate Trucksource Inc., Romulus, Mich.

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