BMW Media Site BMW of North America Announces Best Dealership Awards  Contact: Mariella  Kapsaskis mariella.kapsaskis@bmwna.com   Phil  Diianni phil.diianni@bmwna.com     BMW of North America Announces Best Dealership Awards  Woodcliff Lake, NJ – March 13, 2019… BMW of North America today announced its annual Center of Excellence winners, awarding 33 centers out of 347 with the 2019 honors. This elite recognition, awarded annually, goes to top performing BMW dealerships for their superior performance in various areas of the business including sales, service, parts, operations, and customer experience.“Our Center of Excellence dealers are more than just ultimate performers,” said Bernhard Kuhnt, president and CEO, BMW of North America. “They represent the backbone of our business and their dedication to our brand and to our customers makes them an integral part of our team. All of us at BMW are proud to have such great dealers representing our brand. We thank them for their leadership and look forward to their continued success.”2019 Center of Excellence Award Recipients (listed in alphabetical order) Autogermana BMW, San Juan Puerto Rico BMW of Anchorage, AK BMW of Bridgeport, CT BMW of Cincinnati North, OH BMW of Fort Wayne, IN BMW of Grapevine, TX BMW of Honolulu, HI BMW of Morristown, NJ BMW of Murrieta, CA BMW of Peabody, MA BMW of Rochester, NY BMW of San Antonio, TX BMW of San Rafael, CA BMW of Silver Spring, MD BMW of Sioux Falls, SD BMW of Sudbury, MA BMW of Toledo, OH BMW of Warwick, RI BMW of Wilmington, NC Braman Motorcars, West Palm Beach, FL Crevier BMW, Santa Ana, CA Galleria BMW, D’Iberville, MS Habberstad BMW, Huntington Station, NY Hilton Head BMW, Bluffton, SC Kuni BMW, Beaverton, OR Otto's BMW, West Chester, PA Pacific BMW, Glendale, CA Passport BMW, Suitland, MD Schomp BMW of Highlands Ranch, CO South Shore BMW, Rockland, MA Towne BMW, Williamsville, NY Tulley BMW, Nashua, NH United BMW, Alpharetta, GA  BMW Group In AmericaBMW of North America, LLC has been present in the United States since 1975.  Rolls-Royce Motor Cars NA, LLC began distributing vehicles in 2003.  The BMW Group in the United States has grown to include marketing, sales, and financial service organizations for the BMW brand of motor vehicles, including motorcycles, the MINI brand, and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars; Designworks, a strategic design consultancy based in California;  a technology office in Silicon Valley, and various other operations throughout the country.  BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC in South Carolina is the BMW Group global center of competence for BMW X models and assembles the X3, X4, X5, X6 and X7 Sports Activity Vehicles as well as the BMW XM. The BMW Group sales organization is represented in the U.S. through networks of 349 BMW passenger car and BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 145 BMW motorcycle retailers, 104 MINI passenger car dealers, and 38 Rolls-Royce Motor Car dealers.  BMW (US) Holding Corp., the BMW Group’s sales headquarters for North America, is located in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.www.bmwgroup.comFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/BMWGroupTwitter: http://twitter.com/BMWGroupYouTube: http://www.youtube.com/BMWGroupviewGoogle+: http://googleplus.bmwgroup.comJournalist note: Information about BMW Group and its products in the USA is available to journalists on-line at www.bmwusanews.com, www.miniusanews.com and www.press.bmwna.com.