Fuccillo Automotive Group Gives Away More Than $140,000, Trips, Shopping Spree

Fuccillo Automotive Group announced the winners of four March radio contests and $26,000 during drawings held Monday at Fuccillo Kia of Cape Coral.

During the event, Fuccillo drew the names of two winners of Beasley Broadcasting radio contests:
Michael Quackenbush, of Fort Myers, won a trip for two to the Kentucky Derby including flights, hotel and $960 spending cash. The winner was selected from among 120 entrants who prequalified during the month of March through WRXK-FM (96 K Rock). Qualifiers were awarded $96 from Fuccillo, totaling more than $11,000.

William Jones, of Fort Myers, won a trip for two to the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas includes a four-day, three-night stay, flights via “Air Huge” and $5,000 cash. The winner was picked from among 240 entrants who prequalified during the month of March through WXKB-FM (B 104.9). Qualifiers were awarded $103 from Fuccillo, totaling more than $24,000. In addition, six qualifiers received a cash prize of $1,000:

• Patricia Ackerman of Cape Coral, FL
• Wendy Dixon of Cape Coral, FL
• Deborah Harmen of Cape Coral, FL
• Lisa Manning of Lehigh Acres, FL
• Tabitha Morris of Lehigh Acres, FL
• Joshua Rowan of Fort Myers, FL

Billy Fuccillo also drew seven grand prize winners for Clear Channel Radio contests. Two winners received the chance to “Shop Like Caroline for a Day” in Miami, Fla. The prize includes airfare from Fort Myers to Miami, limousine transportation from the airport to Dolphin Mall in Miami, lunch and $10,000 cash. The winners were selected from entrants who prequalified on air. Eighty of 160 qualifiers on WOLZ-FM (95.3) received a $100 Visa gift card, and the other half received a $50 Visa gift card. Of the 160 qualifiers on WZJZ-FM (Y-100), 80 received a $100 Visa gift card, while the other half received a $50 Visa gift card. Prizes to qualifiers totaled more than $24,000.

• David Skeen, of Fort Myers, won the WOLZ- FM (95.3) “Shop Like Caroline for a Day” contest.
• Kalla Harris, of Acradia, won the WZJZ- FM (Y-100) “Shop Like Caroline for a Day” contest.

In addition, 10 qualifiers each received a cash prize of $1,000.
The five qualifiers from WZJZ- FM (Y-100) who each won $1,000 were:

• Alan Fischman of Cape Coral, FL
• Roberto Garcia of Cape Coral, FL
• Daisy Jamaica of Cape Coral, FL
• Sally O’Neill of Bonita Springs, FL
• Radoslava Rusinko of Cape Coral, FLY

The five qualifiers from WOLZ- FM (95.3) who each won $1,000 were:

• Lynn Magyar of Fort Myers, FL
• Jeananne Moloney of North Port, FL
• Loretta Munoz of Fort Myers, FL
• Gary Shemes of Fort Myers, FL
• Dionne Tucker of Punta Gorda, FL

Fuccillo selected five winners in the “Deal or No Deal” contest that ran on Clear Channel Radio’s WCKT-FM (Cat Country). Winners chose one of five briefcases to claim a prize. The winners were selected from 107 entrants, who were awarded $107 each from Fuccillo, totaling more than $10,000.
The five individuals that won the “Deal or No Deal” contest were:

• Tom Gricar, of Cape Coral, Fla., who won a 2013 Kia Soul
• Troy Hammett, of Estero, Fla., who won a 2013 Bombardier Jet Ski
• Donna Ott, of Naples, Fla., who won $2,000
• Shannon Poundsberry, of Bonita Springs, Fla., who won two tickets to the CMA Music Festival
• Joe Russo Jr., of Naples, Fla., who won a 2013 Honda Ranger ATV

In addition to the five planned briefcases, Fuccillo gave away a bonus prize in a sixth briefcase:
Wendy Stetson, of Fort Myers Beach, Fla., won $1,500
Billy Fuccillo also gave away $1,000 to 25 individuals, one of whom received $2,000, for a total of $26,000. These winners were selected from approximately 5,000 qualifiers who registered at the Fuccillo Kia of Cape Coral during the month of March.

• Cleverin Trouillor of Cape Coral, FL ($2,000 winner)
• James Altizio of North Fort Myers, FL
• Debbie Balogh of North Fort Myers, FL
• Geneva Blowers of Cape Coral, FL
• Melodie Bolin of Cape Coral, FL
• Sandy Davis of Cape Coral, FL
• John Gassner of Cape Coral, FL
• Brandon Gutierrez of Cape Coral, FL
• Erin Hertha of Cape Coral, FL
• Loretta Instase of Cape Coral, FL
• Scott Maselter of Cape Coral, FL
• Patricia Panella of Fort Myers, FL
• Erwin Probst of Cape Coral, FL
• John Randolph of Cape Coral, FL
• Peter Rogala of Cape Coral, FL
• Susan Rizzo of Cape Coral, FL
• Bob Ryan of Fort Myers, FL
• Don Saylor of Fort Myers, FL
• Don Schadle of Cape Coral, FL
• Cathy Schultheis of Cape Coral, FL
• Wally Smith of Naples, FL
• Clifford Swanson of Fort Myers, FL
• Bob Trader of Cape Coral, FL
• Joseph Turpin of Cape Coral FL
• Joan Wack of Cape Coral, FL

All winners had to be present to win the contests. No purchase was necessary to enter.
In March, Fuccillo broke the world record for most Kias sold in one month at one location, selling 1,301 new Kias during the month. He broke his own record, which was set in January 2012 when 1,200 Kias were sold at Fuccillo Kia of Cape Coral. Fuccillo also gave $1,000 to anyone who purchased or leased a new or pre-owned vehicle during the month of March at the Kia dealership in Cape Coral, for a total of more than $1 million.

Fuccillo Automotive Group is the largest automobile dealership in New York State. Owned by Billy Fuccillo, the Fuccillo Automotive Group comprises 22 dealerships and 31 franchises with locations across New York State and Florida. For more information on Fuccillo Kia of Cape Coral, visit FuccilloKiaCapeCoral.com.

Source: https://www.fuccillo.com/fuccillo-automotive-group-gives-away-140000-trips-shopping-spree/

Fuccillo Kia hires new pitch woman

Billy Fuccillo just made a huge decision!

Fuccillo Kia hired McKinzie Roth to appear alongside Billy and Gloria in TV ads.
Fuccillo told 4 In Your Corner Roth's experience advertising cars helped separate her from the other one-thousand applications they received!

Roth has experience working with Kia and Ford dealerships. She has also done work for NBA teams in the past.

Fuccillo says the trio had good chemistry during Roth's addition, but it was how she conducted herself with his customers that impressed him.

"She walked up to our customers in our showroom and said, 'I'm McKinzie, I'm new with Billy and just wanted to say hello and thanks for coming into our dealership'," said Billy Fuccillo.


Author Bio:
Billy Fuccillo is president of Fuccillo automotive group  Syracuse New York .  Fuccillo Automotive Group is the largest automobile dealership in the state of New York.

Source: https://www.fox4now.com/news/local-news/fuccillo-kia-hires-new-pitch-woman

Billy Fuccillo names McKinzie Roth new TV commercial sidekick

Cape Coral Kia car dealer Billy Fuccillo has hired his new TV and radio commercial sidekick.

McKinzie Roth, 36, replaces Caroline Renfro, who resigned from the role last fall after an eight-year run.

Roth, a model, TV reporter in Portland, Oregon and seasoned commercial star, won the job over about 20 other candidates. She was not present Nov. 9 in Port Charlotte, where 18 of the all-female candidates auditioned. She auditioned separately as well as others that week in Miami because of her schedule. Each of the candidates filmed two commercials with Fuccillo and Gloria Ordonez, a Miami model who has appeared in numerous TV spots over the past decade for Fuccillo.

Roth has almost 25,000 social media followers on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. She has a vast resume of TV and radio experience, having worked as the Indiana Pacers in-arena emcee. She has hosted radio shows in her native Indianapolis and Portland. Roth also spent about 15 years pitching cars for Andy Mohr’s various car dealerships throughout Indiana.

Roth said she has been learning the Kia line of cars and trying to master Fuccillo's catchphrase: "Huge!"

McKinzie Roth, 36 and a Portland, Oregon resident, landed the role as star of Billy Fuccillo's Kia commercials.

“I’ll tell you what,” Roth said. “I’m a hard worker. I grind. I’m multifaceted when it comes to television and radio. I just like getting to know different people. Of course, being a mom is my No. 1 priority.”

Roth and her husband, Patrick Roth, are parents to Lucy, 7, who is in the second grade.

For the past three years, Roth has been an entertainment and lifestyles reporter for KGW, an NBC TV affiliate in Portland. The cross-country distance from Florida almost cost Roth the job. She said traveling to Tampa took almost eight hours.

“There were pluses and minuses,” Fuccillo said of choosing Roth. “The negative to her, is she’s on the west coast. That makes it tough. One of her friends tipped her off to this job. That’s how she got a hold of the agency.”

The Pinkney Hugo Group, an advertising agency that has contracted with Fuccillo’s 25 New York car dealerships over the past 15 years, assisted Fuccillo in the hiring process.

The decision, however, came down to Fuccillo, whose Cape Coral Kia dealership is acknowledged by the Korean auto maker to be the bestselling Kia dealership in the world since opening off Pine Island Road in December 2011.

“She had perfect chemistry with Gloria and I,” Billy Fuccillo said of Roth. “It went well, all the way around. She’s sharp. She’s quick. You can tell it’s not her first time doing this. She has a lot of experience in radio and TV. So she kind of fit in well with us. But it was tough. There were a lot of girls we liked.”

When the hiring process began in the fall, Fuccillo had talked of giving an unknown a chance. But in the final analysis, he said Roth’s experience won him over.

“The thing it came down to, and our agency felt the same way, was the amount of shots we have to do in a day is so overwhelming,” said Fuccillo, who films about 100 commercials only a few days a year. “You can’t take too many cuts. Every once in a while, you might take a second cut. But normally, we do everything in one cut, and that’s it. The thing with her, we knew she could ad lib.”

Roth and Fuccillo already have taped their first commercials, which will be seen soon. They did a few Friday night at Sacred Pepper, a Tampa restaurant owned by Candy DeBartolo, wife of Eddie DeBartolo, former owner of the San Francisco 49ers.

Roth and Fuccillo reconvened for more commercials Saturday at Fuccillo’s Kia dealership in Wesley Chapel. The commercials will air in Fuccillo’s five Florida markets, with a sixth dealership under construction in Clermont.

Terms of Roth's contract were not disclosed, but she said she will be receiving a Kia Stinger as part of the deal. The sports cars start at $31,000.

Fuccillo turned 62 on Tuesday. Roth turned 36 on Monday. Maybe, Fuccillo and Roth suggested, their identical astrological signs had something to do with their TV pairing.

“We’re Capricorns,” Fuccillo said. “That might have been a factor, too. Two Capricorn nuts.”

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Fuccillo gives away two trips around the world to conclude 'Huge-A-Thon' 2017

Fuccillo Automotive Group celebrated the conclusion of its annual statewide "Huge-A-Thon" 2017 event by giving away two trips around the world. Two grand-prizewinners were randomly selected during a drawing on Tuesday, June 6, at Fuccillo Hyundai of Syracuse. The trips are valued at $42,000 each.

 

Gary Loncar of Grand Island and Patricia Wade of Ballston were selected the grand-prizewinners of the 86-day trip for two around the world. The trips are scheduled to depart from New York City in January 2018 and make stops in London; Lisbon, Portugal; Rome, Florence and Venice, Italy; Munich, Germany; Salzburg and Vienna, Austria; Budapest, Hungary; Bangkok, Thailand; Singapore; Sydney, Australia; Auckland and Queenstown, New Zealand; Honolulu, Maui and Kauai, Hawaii; San Francisco and Houston. They'll return to New York City in March 2018. The trips include complimentary air travel and hotel accommodations.

 

To qualify for the grand-prize drawing, entrants could register online or in person at any of Fuccillo's 23 New York state dealerships from April 28 through May 31. No purchase was necessary to enter. A winner was then drawn from each method of entry.

 

Fuccillo hosts "Huge-A-Thon" events annually in New York to give customers the opportunity to enter to win "HUGE" prizes. In the past, Fuccillo has given away cruises, trips to Jamaica, vacation houses, a truckload of cars, a tanker full of gas and cash prizes.

 

As the largest automobile dealership group in New York, Fuccillo Automotive Group has locations throughout Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Watertown. Owned by Billy Fuccillo, the Fuccillo Automotive Group comprises 28 dealerships and 33 franchises with locations across New York and Florida. For more information, visit www.fuccillo.com.

 

Source: https://www.wnypapers.com/news/article/current/2017/06/13/128861/fuccillo-gives-away-two-trips-around-the-world-to-conclude-huge-a-thon-2017