RIP Stratstone Aston Martin Derby
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Bit of a sorry tale for the Stratstone group over the last couple of years. From 40% of the UK dealers down to two apparently because they refused to invest in the dealerships. I know few on here will shed many tears for Stratstone but AM Derby have given me good service over the last 4 years of ownership having started by sorting out all the s
t their partners on the A40 left me with when I bought my first Vantage. TBH most of the relevant people are being employed by the new dealership soon to open in Nottingham so at least most of those that deserve to keep their jobs have done. No cars on the forecourt today although a couple still inside behind closed doors including a rather nice red V12VS roadster with lightweights.
t their partners on the A40 left me with when I bought my first Vantage. TBH most of the relevant people are being employed by the new dealership soon to open in Nottingham so at least most of those that deserve to keep their jobs have done. No cars on the forecourt today although a couple still inside behind closed doors including a rather nice red V12VS roadster with lightweights.Haven't had too much time to make a positive/negative opinion about them but probably was one of their last customers, buying my used V8V a few weeks ago from them, a few teething problems all sorted out quickly and efficiently though, although it would have been better not to have any issues at all.
Looking forward to visiting the 'replacement' dealership in Nottingham and as has been mentioned nearly all the front and back room staff have moved over.
Sytner look like they are making a massive investment with the new showroom/workshop and I hope it all works out.
Would love to know what they are doing with the Aston signage and stuff, not sure how I'd get one of those massive planters home though.
Looking forward to visiting the 'replacement' dealership in Nottingham and as has been mentioned nearly all the front and back room staff have moved over.
Sytner look like they are making a massive investment with the new showroom/workshop and I hope it all works out.
Would love to know what they are doing with the Aston signage and stuff, not sure how I'd get one of those massive planters home though.
Edited by raceboy on Monday 3rd July 20:54
roughrider said:
It was one of the better Stratstones, with staff that really cared about the brand working there. Glad that most of them have been taken on again. Dawn of a new age, with some really impressive dealerships now appearing around the country.
Have to say the closure of Stratstone Houghton Aston Martin has resulted in a much better showroom with the new outlet at Silverlink near Newcastle. Same staff but much better premises! Bit annoying as they were 2 mins away from my workplace! However, I have a long standing resentment towards Stratstone which was started by Stratstone Jag in Derby nicking a set of rare Daimler shag pile mats when our old XJ went in for a service. Upon replacing that XJ we decided on a stock car they had, bought it and returned the next day to complete and pay. Apart from they sold it overnight to someone else at another of their dealers. I've also had the 'pleasure' of trying to buy a car from their Derby BMW dealership. Needless to say I didn't buy.
Fast forward to AM ownership and it went into Derby for a fault, was 'repaired' and came back with the same fault - not sure how they arrived at carrying out the work they did but it certainly didn't fix the issue. I took it to Grange Birmingham instead who did repair it correctly and also found and repaired some other items under my extended warranty for me.
Although it's now a bit of a drive I'm looking forward to having a nosey around the new Sytner, they did a great job of looking after me and my BMW's in the past.
Fast forward to AM ownership and it went into Derby for a fault, was 'repaired' and came back with the same fault - not sure how they arrived at carrying out the work they did but it certainly didn't fix the issue. I took it to Grange Birmingham instead who did repair it correctly and also found and repaired some other items under my extended warranty for me.
Although it's now a bit of a drive I'm looking forward to having a nosey around the new Sytner, they did a great job of looking after me and my BMW's in the past.
So said:
A real quality job they did of the goodbye notice then, and is that new or second hand gaffer tape they've used?
You beat me to it!They've made it look like the bailiffs have been round!!
At the very least I would have chosen the same words as the letter and used 'consolidated' rather than 'ceased trading', and would have printed it on some dealership letterhead, laminated it, and stuck it up neatly.
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