Large UK Motor Groups - list

[Porkis]

Hi Guys,

It's become apparent to me that not all dealers advertise their cars on here, or Autotrader, instead putting their cars initially at least on their own websites.

I thought it might be an idea to start a list of all the "large" UK dealers, so that keen buyers can try and spot a bargain before it goes national. So, let me start and feel free to add your own ..

Sytner
Stratstone
Arnold Clark
Parks
Listers
Lookers
EasternWestern

and so on ...

[sk7ine man]

Ford Retail
Penn Dragon

[LukeSi]

Bristol Street,
Quicks

[rob.e]

http://www.am-online.com/AM100/

[fozzymandeus]

rob.e said:

http://www.am-online.com/AM100/

Ooh. Blue Bell are still an indie BMW dealer and not a gestellt entity.

I miss Premier BMW North Wales.

[Porkis]

Thanks Rob, that's a stonking list

Porkis ..

[Deva Link]

fozzymandeus said:

Ooh. Blue Bell are still an indie BMW dealer and not a gestellt entity.

Never really thought about the numbers before, but nudging £100M from two garages seems pretty good going.

[fozzymandeus]

Deva Link said:

Never really thought about the numbers before, but nudging £100M from two garages seems pretty good going.

Isn't it?

It just conjured up distant mental images of BMW as a relatively small presence in UK motoring with a handful of small independent dealerships (I'm thinking early 80s here, pre-E30, so before my own recollection really, so possibly a rose-tinted view).

[LHD]

fozzymandeus said:

Deva Link said:

Never really thought about the numbers before, but nudging £100M from two garages seems pretty good going.

Isn't it?

It just conjured up distant mental images of BMW as a relatively small presence in UK motoring with a handful of small independent dealerships (I'm thinking early 80s here, pre-E30, so before my own recollection really, so possibly a rose-tinted view).

Blue Bell do a stload of fleet which will account for a chunk of their turnover.

Plus there are lots of BMW's in Cheshire.

[Deva Link]

LHD said:

Blue Bell do a stload of fleet which will account for a chunk of their turnover.

Ah, OK, didn't know that.

MB Retail looks high too - £1.25Bn - but then Inchcape, considering the numbers of delarships they run, seems comparatively low at £2.1Bn.

[LHD]

Deva Link said:

LHD said:

Blue Bell do a stload of fleet which will account for a chunk of their turnover.

Ah, OK, didn't know that.

MB Retail looks high too - £1.25Bn - but then Inchcape, considering the numbers of delarships they run, seems comparatively low at £2.1Bn.

MB Retail have 5 or 6 sites, all in the Greater London area.

Inchcape was the surprise to me too.

[Deva Link]

LHD said:

MB Retail have 5 or 6 sites, all in the Greater London area.

....and Birmingham and Manchester. I presume it includes the former MB Direct used sites too, and there's 9 of those.

LHD said:

Inchcape was the surprise to me too.

They own our local MB & VW dealerships. I've dealt with both of them and they're both *very* hard work.