The Indiana Independent Automobile Dealers Association is proud to announce SHAVER PREFERRED MOTORS of Merrillville as our 2011 Joe Krier Quality Dealer of the Year. This award was presented to Michael Shaver Sr. at the association’s annual golf outing and awards day which was held on September 11th at Ironwood Golf Club in Fishers. The Quality Dealer of the Year is chosen based on several attributes. The dealership must be consumer oriented, and the dealer must have a record of good business decisions based on honesty and integrity. Also, the dealership must represent themselves as a civic leader within the community. Shaver Preferred Motors represents all of these attributes.
In 1913, E. L. Shaver started in the automobile business as a Hudson-Essex distributor in Lake County, Indiana. The Shaver family has had second, third, and now fourth generations in the new and used car business, stretching from Indiana to California. Shaver Preferred Motors, Inc. opened its doors as a small independent dealership in 1994. Since then, it has grown from selling 15 units a month to selling in excess of 700 units per year. They specialize in prime and non-prime clientele and have a superior reputation in Northwest Indiana.
In 1999, Shaver Preferred Motors opened a seven bay repair center where they recondition their units before they are offered for sale. Also, they act as a regional repair center for their service contract customers, walk-ins, dealer referrals, and state authorized emission center. They have seven ASE certified technicians on staff to serve all their customers’ needs.
Michael Shaver Sr. has served on the Board of Directors of the Indiana Independent Automobile Dealers Association for eight years, with four of those years as its Treasurer. Mr. Shaver has also been a director at his Alma Mater Regis University in Denver, Colorado, member of the local and state Chambers of Commerce, member of an elite dealer panel for sub-prime dealer’s conferences, and a member of Leedom & Associates First Dealer Twenty Group for Secondary Independent Dealers.
Shaver Preferred Motors will represent Indiana at the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association Convention in Las Vegas, June 2012. They will compete with Quality Dealers from other states in the National Quality Dealer Award Program. The primary purpose of the Indiana Independent Automobile Dealers Association is to address legal and legislative issues that confront the used car industry and to promote the businesses of its members while serving the public interest. The Indiana Independent Automobile Dealers Association has supported independent used car dealers in Indiana for more than 24 years. The association is proud to have Shaver Preferred Motors as this year’s “Quality Dealer of the Year.”
Congratulations to Shaver Preferred Motors!
