Reynolds and Reynolds Receives "Highest Rated" DrivingSales Dealer Satisfaction Award for DMS

DAYTON, Ohio, Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Reynolds and Reynolds Company has received the "Highest Rated" Dealership Management System (DMS) Award in the third annual DrivingSales Dealer Satisfaction Awards. The Reynolds POWER DMS received the highest ranking for dealer satisfaction in the DMS category, as determined by the thousands of auto dealers who are part of the DrivingSales.com community.  Reynolds offers two DMS platforms.  In addition to POWER, the Reynolds ERA DMS has also garnered the "Highest Rated" award twice in the previous three years.

Reynolds President Ron Lamb noted, "Being recognized by dealerships for the third consecutive year as offering the highest rated DMS in the industry is more evidence of the value our systems provide in delivering results for dealers. We're proud of this recognition for the Reynolds POWER DMS, and it's a tribute to all of our associates who play a role in making POWER such an impressive product."

The POWER DMS features a highly integrated suite of dealership software that provides a single source for every dealership's software needs. POWER drives a high degree of process control in all aspects of dealership operations with fully integrated sales, finance, parts, service, and Internet applications.

The DrivingSales Dealer Satisfaction Awards, presented in conjunction with the 2012 National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Convention & Expo, measure dealer satisfaction by allowing dealers to rate and review their vendors at DrivingSales.com Vendor Ratings, the industry's only neutral, comprehensive vendor rating forum featuring real-time peer reviews and honest competitor comparisons. The awards also incorporate the results of the 2011 Vendor Ratings survey, which was deployed to nearly 18,000 dealerships nationwide.

"We are proud to present the DrivingSales Dealer Satisfaction 'Highest Rated' DMS Award to Reynolds and Reynolds for achieving the most coveted accolade of all, the satisfaction of its dealer customers," said DrivingSales CEO and Founder Jared Hamilton. "This award, based on the direct input of the dealer community, recognizes service providers like Reynolds who are leading the way in innovation, performance, and customer service.  We congratulate Reynolds on excelling in meeting and exceeding the needs of its dealer customers.  

Full award results are available online at http://dealersatisfactionawards.com/. Broadcast coverage of the DrivingSales Dealer Satisfaction Awards ceremony will be available at www.drivingsalestv.com following NADA.

About Reynolds
Reynolds and Reynolds is the automotive industry's largest and most trusted provider of automobile dealership software, services, and forms to help dealerships improve business results.  The company is headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, with major operations in Houston and College Station, Texas, and Celina, Ohio.  (www.reyrey.com)

About DrivingSales Vendor Ratings
DrivingSales Vendor Ratings at is the industry's only neutral, comprehensive vendor rating forum featuring real-time peer reviews and honest competitor comparisons "searchable by category, company or rating"  and is one of the most popular features of DrivingSales.com. Dealers are asked to rate their vendors on a 1-5 star scale, including whether they would recommend the vendor product to colleagues, and why they would or would not recommend the product.

About DrivingSales.com
DrivingSales is the auto industry's fastest-growing, most influential trade media property focused on delivering actionable profit-building information and business intelligence to auto retailers and industry professionals. Approximately, one in every four dealerships in the United States has a registered member in the DrivingSales community.

DrivingSales' information network includes flagship property DrivingSales.com (www.drivingsales.com), the world's largest car dealer social network; DrivingSalesTV (www.drivingsalestv.com), an interactive web channel which helps car dealers and auto professionals keep tabs on their industry and emerging technologies 24/7; DrivingSales University, an on-demand training platform where dealerships learn the latest web strategies from top e-commerce experts; DrivingSales Executive Summit (DSES) the industry's leading conference where progressive dealers collaborate and learn from world renowned experts, and DrivingSales Dealership Innovation Guide, a quarterly free publication featuring case studies of the industry's most innovative dealerships, solutions and best practices. 

SOURCE The Reynolds and Reynolds Company