New Aston Martin Dealership in Solihull

[SHIFTY]

On the A34 in Shirley Solihull just before the Birmingham Audi dealership big sign stating that a new AM dealership is being built.

Maybe Grange Birmingham relocating?.

[LuckyThirteen]

I thought it was the one from out Balsall Common that was moving?

[Nigel_O]

Wouldn’t surprise me - “Aston Martin Birmingham” is actually 16 miles from Birmingham city centre

Solihull would be much better than Balsall Common

[SHIFTY]

Aston Martin Birmingham is based at Balsall Common at the moment makes sense if they are moving as more central and near the M40/M42.

[Jon39]

SHIFTY said:

Aston Martin Birmingham is based at Balsall Common at the moment makes sense if they are moving as more central and near the M40/M42.

You might have meant, moving to be nearer more money.

[LTP]

Nigel_O said:

Wouldn’t surprise me - “Aston Martin Birmingham” is actually 16 miles from Birmingham city centre

It is, indeed Grange Birmingham of Balsall Common relocating to join most of the other premium dealerships on or close to the A34/Stratford Road.

Nigel_O said:

Solihull would be much better than Balsall Common

I disagree. Balsall Common is easy to get to and has some nice lanes plus 60mph dual carriageway on the doorstep Where they are going in Shirley has the A34 with hideous levels of traffic and 40 mph speed limits, with cameras.

It's going to be a bit like Western Avenue. I tried a car there before I bought my Vantage and it was great knowing how good an Aston could be in bumper-to-bumper, stop-start traffic

[LuckyThirteen]

I'd imagine they want to be close to JLR, Audi etc to tempt people into spending a bit more with them instead.

[ds666]

LTP said:

Nigel_O said:

Wouldn’t surprise me - “Aston Martin Birmingham” is actually 16 miles from Birmingham city centre

It is, indeed Grange Birmingham of Balsall Common relocating to join most of the other premium dealerships on or close to the A34/Stratford Road.

Nigel_O said:

Solihull would be much better than Balsall Common

I disagree. Balsall Common is easy to get to and has some nice lanes plus 60mph dual carriageway on the doorstep Where they are going in Shirley has the A34 with hideous levels of traffic and 40 mph speed limits, with cameras.

It's going to be a bit like Western Avenue. I tried a car there before I bought my Vantage and it was great knowing how good an Aston could be in bumper-to-bumper, stop-start traffic

It’s about 2 miles off the m42 ? Never found the traffic anything special on that bit of road .

[LTP]

ds666 said:

It’s about 2 miles off the m42 ? Never found the traffic anything special on that bit of road .

Try it on a Friday afternoon.

[ds666]

Try going anywhere on a Friday afternoon lol .
I take the Porsche down that way , never notice an issue .
Not as nice as going to the old place agreed .

[SHIFTY]

You also have Porsche, Ferrari and Maserati just around the corner (and BMW, Mini, Volvo and Mazda for the wife).

Forgot to add there are average speed cameras on this bit of road as well as fixed speed cameras close to the M42 it's slowed the Porsche test drives down quite a bit.

Edited by SHIFTY on Thursday 25th January 10:47