Freightliner Trucks has announced the recipients of the 2004 ASPIRE Awards.

The ASPIRE (Acknowledging Sales, Parts & service, Image and Relationship Excellence) Program recognizes dealers who demonstrate superior sales satisfaction, customer service and achieve high levels of performance in all aspects of their business. The award recipients were recognized at the recent Freightliner Trucks dealer meeting in Indian Wells, Calif.
As part of the awards program, the 2004 Freightliner Trucks Dealer of the Year award was given to Freightliner of Evansville Inc., Evansville, Ind., for exceptional dedication and performance in each ASPIRE awards criterion and delivering outstanding customer satisfaction and service in the Freightliner Trucks dealer network. Rip Nichols, president and general sales manager of Evansville of Freightliner Inc., accepted the award on behalf of the dealership.
The ASPIRE Awards recognize three levels of achievement: Summit, Alpine and
Peak. The Summit Award is for dealers who score in the top 5%; the
Alpine Award is for those in the next 10%; and the Peak Achievement
Award is for all participating dealers who earn a perfect score in key sales and parts categories. Recipients of the Peak Achievement Award could also be honored with a Summit or Alpine Award.
The 2004 ASPIRE Summit Award Winners are:
* Dave Syverson Truck Center Inc., Rochester, Minn.
* First Truck Center Inc., Edmonton, Alberta
* Fleet Maintenance Inc., West Seneca, N.Y.
* Freightliner of Evansville Inc., Evansville, Ind.
* Freightliner of Grand Rapids Inc., Wyoming, Mich.
* Fresno Truck Center, Fresno, Calif.
* Fyda Freightliner Columbus Inc., Columbus, Ohio
* Kansas Truck Center, Wichita, Kan.
* Peace Country Freightliner Ltd., Grand Prairie, Alberta
* River States Truck and Trailer Inc., Eau Claire, Wis.
* Truck Centers Inc., Troy, Ill.
* Tulsa Freightliner-Sterling-Western Star, Tulsa, Okla.
2004 ASPIRE Alpine Award Winners
* Freightliner of Red Deer, Red Deer, Alberta
* Cunningham Commercial Vehicles Ltd., Tolleson, Ariz.
* Barloworld Truck Center Inc., North Little Rock, Ark.
* Freightliner of Southern Connecticut, Branford, Conn.
* Freightliner of South Florida, Pompano Beach, Fla.
* Freightliner of Chattanooga LLC, Ringgold, Ga.
* Freightliner of Savannah Inc., Savannah, Ga.
* Stoops Freightliner Quality Trailer Inc., Anderson, Ind.
* Truck City of Gary, Inc. Gary, Ind.
* Lincoln Truck Center, Lincoln, Neb.
* Omaha Truck Center Inc., Omaha, Neb.
* Floyd's Sales and Service Inc., Scottsbluff, Neb.
* North Jersey Truck Center Inc., Saddle Brook, N.J.
* West Carolina Freightliner Inc., Hickory, N.C.
* Trucks of Bismarck Inc., Bismarck, N.D.
* Fyda Freightliner Youngstown Inc., Youngstown, Ohio
* Oklahoma City Freightliner, Oklahoma City, Okla.
* Team Truck Centers (London) Ltd., London, Ontario
* Berman Freightliner, Leesport, Pa.
* Freightliner Sterling Mont-Laurier, Mont-Laurier, Quebec
* Camions Freightliner Riviere-du-Loup Inc., Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec
* Mabo Truck Center Inc., Val D'Or, Quebec
* Amarillo Truck Center, Amarillo, Texas
* Wichita Falls Freightliner-Sterling-Western Star, Wichita Falls,
Texas
* Freightliner of Utah LLC, Salt Lake City, Utah
* Valley Freightliner, Pacific, Wash.
* Freedom Truck Centers Inc., Spokane, Wash.
2004 ASPIRE Peak Award Winners (who did not receive a Summit or Alpine
Award)
* Barloworld Truck Center Inc., Springdale, Ark.
* D & K Truck Coo. Lansing, Mich.
* Stoops Freightliner Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
For more information visit www.freightlinertrucks.com.