Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 7, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free Joity a feature excellence in Quality and service key to Park Pontiac Success for 30 years Ark Pontiac Buick Gumc has been Rone of Winnipeg most successful automobile dealerships for the past 30 years because the Man who runs it understands what customers want Quality vehicles and respectful when Dave Dvells purchased the former Winnipeg motor products Dealership in following the death of owner Sam he had no idea he was embarking on a business venture that would see him and his sons Ron and Jeff manage one of the top car dealer ships in the Over the Park Pontiac and Dveris have received Many Industry there have beef eight general motors triple Crown the Circle of excellence award Gas most prestigious and the time mag Azine Quality dealer of the year award for Manitoba in its quite an accomplishment for a Man who literally got into the car Busi Ness by while recuperating from a spinal fusion following a serious Auto Accident suffered in 1953 while working As a Driver for Perth dry Dveris was invited by Sam Stern to try his hand at Selling Sam started me on the used car lot at Lipton and Dveris so there i still in a body cast and knowing nothing about i didst have a at 1459 Regent Avenue pm members of the professional sales marketing in recognition of distinctive achievement of the highest Standard in automotive Park Pontiac Buick Gumc is located but Dveris proved to be a fast As he quickly Learned the importance of honesty and integrity when dealing with after just six Dveris was Selling cars at the new car showroom on North main Street oppo site Johns before he became the new car after purchasing the Dealership in 1967 and renaming it Park Dveris struggled to make a go of in five years leasing ouf building on main we made just says realizing he needed to do something to change his Dveris embarked on an ambitious plan to relocate the Dealership to Regent he purchased property and despite the Many doomsayers became the first domes tic Auto dealer on what is now known As the other car dealerships quickly Learned that Dveris was ahead of his time for Relo Cating to Regent there Are 10 dealerships concentrated on the our first 25 years on Regent have been very successful for Dveris the reason for that is the fact my people Are very Good at what they they always try their Best to give prompt and full service to our Cus that includes everybody from mechanics to the business office Many of the company 86 employees have 20 or More years of some originally worked with Dveris at Winnipeg including Doreen Hob John Glenn Norm Bill Jansen and Gerry Van All of our department managers have come up through the says we believe strongly in promoting from that helps to give peo ple a Good sense of that they Are valued and Dveris practice Tom total Quality management Long before it became the in thing to strive weve been practising it for it Means treating your customers and employees with and at the same time providing Excel Dave president and founder of Park Pontiac Buick Lence of Park located a few blocks East of Kildonan carries 200 to 300 new cars and 75 to 100 used cars on the the hottest thing to happen at 1459 Regent has been the surge in popularity of Gumc pickup which account for on third of the prestigious Buick is still a mainstay of the dealer ship for those wanting a to Quality and the Pontiac remains immensely for the futuristic Bonneville has the double Appeal of sporty appearance and High perform All vehicles sold at Park Pontiac receive Superior after sales service because the Dealership is fully equipped to handle everything from dents to there is a three Bay drive through for customers wanting service on their cars or Light and separate areas for body mechanical paint even a car at Dveris still puts in a full Day at his two of his three sons Are in the business with a dentist by has been with the company for 11 while vice president and general joined the company in we maintain a full history of each vehicle we says that enables us to remind customers when the vehicle May be due for a servicing we Are Able to provide a very comprehensive Range of ser vices As we keep up to Date on All the technological As Vic president and general Ron specializes in customer merchandising and the company imaginative promotional Cam including some memorable radio and television Hes especially proud of the wicked and you got it among other creative approaches he has initiated which have helped put Park Pontiac on the map among while noting that advertising is Ron says word Mouth is the dealerships Best source of new its impossible to beat direct refer alls from our existing you get ref Ralls by treating people fairly when you make a that Means being very open about the people at Park Pontiac also believe strongly in giving Back to the they support numerous Community including the Amant Centre and Larche Winnipeg Park Pontiac is also an enthusiastic 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