Sci-Fleet Motors
Timeline
| April 1979 | The Scifleet family purchases the existing Toyota businesses in Kedron & Windsor. Sci-Fleet Toyota is born. |
| 1981 | Kitchener Rd is added to Sci-Fleet’s portfolio where it’s Service, Parts and Pre-Delivery departments are now based. This facility also houses Sci-Fleet’s entire vehicle storage. |
| May 1990 |
Sci-Fleet acquires its first Lexus franchise and Lexus of Kedron opens its doors above the existing Toyota dealership at Kedron. |
| 1991 | A Hino franchise is awarded to Sci-Fleet which allows a Hino dealership in Kedron to be opened. Sci-Fleet Hino is born. |
| 1991 | Sci-Fleet Toyota wins its first Toyota President’s Award. The President’s Award for Excellence is the highest award able to be achieved by any Toyota dealership in Australia. It recognises dealers who achieve excellence in every category of the dealership operations. |
| March 1992 | Sci-Fleet purchases the first of what is to be numerous parcels of land required to make up the Indooroopilly property where the Lexus of Brisbane flagship dealership will later be based. |
| 1992 |
Sci-Fleet Toyota wins its second consecutive Toyota President’s Award. |
| 1994 |
Sci-Fleet Toyota wins its third Toyota President’s Award. |
| 1995 |
Sci-Fleet purchases the property on the corner of Gympie & Kitchener Rds to house its growing used car department. The Sci-Fleet group is now growing with increased sales volumes and trade-ins to the point that the new and used car departments are now no longer able to share the original Kedron dealership facility. Sci-Fleet Toyota’s main Kedron dealership, now the new car dealership, is renovated and is air conditioned for the first time. |
| June 1996 | A brand new luxury facility is completed in Ferry Rd, Southport and Lexus of Southport opens its doors for the first time. |
| 1998 |
Sci-Fleet Toyota wins its fourth Toyota President’s Award. |
| September 1999 |
Brisbane’s high-society converges on Indooroopilly for the “Hollywood-style” opening of Australia’s newest benchmark setting luxury dealership, Lexus of Brisbane. For many years to come, this dealership is to be a flagship for Lexus Australia and the motor Industry, with international motor delegates making the facility a must to visit whilst in Australia. |
| End of 1999 |
Sci-Fleet Toyota officially becomes Australia’s largest selling Toyota dealer. |
| June 2000 | The Sci-Fleet Toyota dealerships register 444 Toyotas in the month of June. |
| July 2000 |
Sci-Fleet acquires the existing Leo Muller Toyota business & facility in Albion and Sci-Fleet Toyota opens its doors for the first time in Albion. |
| 2001 |
Sci-Fleet Toyota wins its fifth Toyota President’s Award and its first Toyota Northern Region Metropolitan Dealer of the year Award |
| June 2001 |
The Sci-Fleet Toyota dealerships register 481 Toyotas in the month of June. |
| 2002 |
Sci-Fleet Toyota closes the doors in its Windsor dealership for the last time making the Kedron site, the only Toyota dealership on Gympie Rd from now on. |
| December 2002 |
Sci-Fleet is awarded the Daihatsu franchise, which makes it the first and only dealer to have all four Toyota Motor Corporation brands under the one umbrella. |
| 2002 |
Sci-Fleet Toyota wins its sixth Toyota President’s Award and its second Toyota Northern Region Metropolitan Dealer of the year Award |
| August 2003 |
The Taringa site & existing facilities is purchased in preparation for Sci-Fleet’s next Toyota dealership to service the Western suburbs. |
| September 2003 |
Sci-Fleet’s Head Office on Kitchener Rd re-opens after having been demolished and rebuilt. The existing administration staff are temporarily relocated to Albion during construction works. |
| 2003 |
Sci-Fleet Toyota wins its seventh Toyota President’s Award and its third Toyota Northern Region Metropolitan Dealer of the year Award |
| December 2003 |
Toyota presents an Achievement Award to Sci-Fleet Toyota in recognition of achieving 60,000 Toyota vehicle sales. |
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| September 2004 |
A second Hino dealership is opened in Cooper’s Plains to offer improved facilities and services to truck clients. |
| December 2004 |
A fourth Lexus dealership opens its doors for the first time in Fortitude Valley allowing Lexus to compete right on the doorstep of other luxury marques. |
| 2004 | Sci-Fleet Toyota wins its eighth Toyota President’s Award and its fourth Toyota Northern Region Metropolitan Dealer of the year Award Sci-Fleet Toyota is now recognised as the 15th largest selling Toyota dealer in the world! |
| September 2005 | Sci-Fleet wins an Equal Opportunity for Women Award in the category of “Outstanding results in the Advancement of Women” |
| November 2005 |
Lexus of Kedron sells its last Lexus and vacates its premises above the Toyota showroom in Kedron. Sci-Fleet believes that its existing dealerships in Fortitude Valley and Indooroopilly are able to service its customers to a higher level. The Lexus of Kedron service department remains on Kitchener Rd to meet the servicing needs of local Lexus customers. Brisbane Airport valet service is also run from the Lexus of Kedron servicing site because of its proximity to the airport. |
| April 2006 |
Sci-Fleet Toyota opens its doors in Taringa for the first time with the establishment of another Toyota franchise allowing Sci-Fleet to service the Western Suburbs. Prior to Sci-Fleet, Toyota had not had a presence in the Western suburbs since 1979. The opening of this new dealership reinforces Sci-Fleet’s position as the largest selling Toyota dealer in Australia. |
| 2006 | Sci-Fleet Toyota wins its ninth Toyota President’s Award. |
| May 2007 |
Sci-Fleet purchases a 40,500sq/m site to house its Pre-delivery department and vehicle storage area as it has outgrown its current 26,000sq/m Pre-delivery and vehicle storage area. |
| June 2007 |
The Sci-Fleet Toyota dealerships achieve a new all time record of 1185 Toyota registrations in the month of June. |
| 2007 | Sci-Fleet Toyota wins its tenth Toyota President’s Award and its fifth Toyota Northern Region Metropolitan Dealer of the year Award. Sci-Fleet is one of only a few heavyweight dealers in the country to receive the President’s Award which goes to prove just how difficult it is to achieve, and hence how prestigious the achievement it is. |
| June 2008 | The Sci-Fleet Toyota dealerships achieve a new all time record of 1262 Toyota registrations in the month of June. |
| Mid-2008 |
Sci-Fleet Toyota’s Kedron dealership is renovated to ensure that the facilities being provided to the customer are in line with customer expectations. |
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Future projects:
| 2009/2010 | Sci-Fleet Toyota’s Albion dealership is next in line to be renovated. |
| April 2010 | Sci-Fleet’s Pre-delivery department and vehicle storage area to move to the larger Brendale facility. |
Whilst this family company has grown tenfold from its humble beginnings, it has kept an emphasis on the family values that it was founded on. Thirty years has passed since the original Sci-Fleet dealerships opened their doors in Windsor and Kedron, and these values continue to be the foundation of the company’s culture. It’s a company with a strong people focus, and on building strong and honest relationships amongst both staff and customers alike.
The simple philosophy of knowing your product and being passionate about what you do has attributed much to the success of Sci-Fleet, who over the last thirty years, has become Australia’s largest selling Toyota dealer, and the 15th largest selling Toyota dealer in the world.
