5:30 am, February 17, 2011
SKODA has welcomed a brand new John Clark Motor Group dealership to its rapidly-growing retailer network.
The new site in Dundee is a former Peugeot dealership which will shortly be refurbished to the latest Skoda corporate standards.
It includes an eight-car showroom, a five-bay workshop catering for cars and light commercial vehicles and a 35-vehicle used car display.
John Clark, chairman and managing director of the John Clark Motor Group, said: ‘The Skoda brand is developing very strongly and, looking at the plans for the next five years, it is quite obvious this will continue. As a group we have always taken the view that we should invest in premises which provide the space a growing business needs.
We are delighted to be investing in this new business and look forward to bringing Skoda back into Dundee. We have a strong track record with Skoda through our established Specialist Cars Skoda dealership in Aberdeen. Our aim is to build on this expertise to extend our reputation for quality service and customer care with the new Specialist Cars Skoda in Dundee.”
Robert Hazelwood, brand director for Skoda UK, adds: ‘We are investing heavily in developing our retailer network across the UK, and are delighted to welcome Specialist Skoda’s Dundee business to our group. As a brand, we have an excellent reputation for second-to-none customer service and we fully support our retailers to make the buying and owning of a Skoda a great experience for all our customers. Specialist Skoda has continually proven it shares our attitude and ethos, and we are proud that it will be providing motorists in Dundee with our award-winning range of cars.’
John Clark Motor Group has has been trading for more than 30 years, and is projecting an annual turnover of £8m for the new Dundee dealership with anticipated sales of 400 new and used vehicles annually. The opening has created 14 new jobs immediately and the group expects this number will increase as the business develops.
