Factory Five Wins “Best of the Best” Award!

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New

The Factory Five booth featured our Mk4 Roadster, 818S Sports Car, Type 65 Coupe, and ’33 Hot Rod.

The 2014 show season officially started this past weekend as the Factory Five road show headed to Springfield, MA for Frank Maratta’s Custom Auto Show and Race-A-Rama. Factory Five tech guys Tony Z., Dan G., and Joe S. were on hand to talk with customers about our fleet of vehicles and answer any questions during the two day event.

To close out the show, Factory Five was awarded a “Best of the Best” award for the Mk4 Roadster!

Factory Five’s Tony Z. , Dan G., and Joe S. with the “Best of the Best” award from Frank Maratta’s Auto Show.

We’ll be attending a bunch of car show events this year. Click here to check out our 2014 schedule.

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