Halliwell Jones and Lloyd Motor Group are investing to make sure North of England motorists have higher entry to the specialist 4×4 automotive model Ineos Automotive.
Lloyd Motor Group is changing into the official Ineos vendor for Newcastle and the North East of England, offering check drives of recent and used Grenadier 4x4s at its current Lloyd Choose showroom in Newcastle, plus opening two websites close to Carlisle beneath a Lloyd AllRoad specialist 4×4 model.
The primary website is ideally positioned to serve the agricultural and farming communities, located close to an agricultural public sale website. A second new retail hub for Carlisle will open to present prospects within the area the professional recommendation and ongoing assist they want.
Halliwell Jones, which already retails Ineos at Chester, will open an authorised repairer at Wilmslow.
Ineos Automotive’s UK and Eire regional director Tom Johnson stated: “Whereas the community evolves and we proceed to introduce new companions over the approaching months, we’ll assist each new and current prospects by extending the remits of our exisiting websites and including cell service assist the place required.
“It’s nice to see our core companions increasing their operations so we will proceed to foster and develop our rising buyer neighborhood.”
Ineos not too long ago introduced it was switching from the company mannequin to a franchised vendor mannequin, lowering the scale of its community to assist its companions.
Ineos plans to function with 10 companions throughout 12 to 14 websites, although not all of these are in place in the intervening time. “I’m in energetic conversations with and searching for further companions within the South East,” Johnson advised Automotive Administration in April.
Ineos had operated as much as 26 websites by 19 companions, together with AM100 vendor teams reminiscent of Cambria Cars, CEM Day, Jardine Motors, and Halliwell Jones, and Johnson stated in April that the present “right-sizing” technique displays a extra refined understanding of market demand.
