Fort Myers Toyota earns prestigious President's Award

COURTESY PHOTO The busy lot at Fort Myers Toyota. Fort Myers Toyota, located at 2555 Colonial Blvd., has won Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.'s prestigious President's Award for outstanding sales and service. The dealership has won this coveted award 11 times.

The President's Award pays homage to Toyota dealerships throughout the U.S. that achieve high standards of performance in all facets of the automotive dealer profession, including vehicle and parts sales, service and customer satisfaction.

"Fort Myers Toyota earned one of Toyota's highest tributes, the President's Award, through its outstanding professionalism and commitment to quality," said Ed Sheehy, president, Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC, Deerfield Beach. "Their team achieved exemplary standards of performance in sales and service, and most importantly, in satisfying our customers' needs."

TMS has recognized dealers with the President's Award annually since 1986.

Toyota established operations in North America in 1957 and currently

operates 14 manufacturing plants. There are more than 1,800 Toyota, Lexus and Scion dealerships in North America, which sold more than 2.4 million vehicles in 2008. Toyota directly employs over 43,000 in North America and its investment here is currently valued at more than $21 billion, including sales and manufacturing operations, research and development, financial services and design. Toyota's annual purchasing of parts, materials, goods and services from North American suppliers totals more than $30 billion.