Sinclair Group acquires extra Jaguar Land Rover dealerships

Sinclair Group has expanded its portfolio of Jaguar Land Rover dealerships in its newest acquisition.

It has taken over the Stratsone Cardiff and Newport JLR dealerships in South Wales from Lithia UK, which gained the websites when it took over Pendragon’s dealerships.

Sinclair joined the JLR community in 2018 when it purchased Likes Land Rover in Hay-on-Wye after which a 12 months later it acquired its first Jaguar and second Land Rover companies at Swansea from Pendragon.

Sinclair Group has expanded its portfolio of Jaguar Land Rover dealerships in its newest acquisition.

It has taken over the Stratsone Cardiff and Newport JLR dealerships in South Wales from Lithia UK, which gained the websites when it took over Pendragon’s dealerships.

The Cardiff-based AM100 group then gained its first enterprise in England in 2022 when it purchased Shukers Land Rover at Ludlow plus Shukers’ Aberystwyth Land Rover dealership .

In 2023 it relocated the Swansea companies right into a new-build dual-brand ARCH fashion Sinclair Jaguar Land Rover dealership, and the multi-million pound funding grew to become the primary enterprise inside the group to characteristic a drive-in service reception full with automated automobile well being test know-how.

Relating to the growth with JLR throughout South Wales, the corporate mentioned: “We’re proud to welcome Jaguar Land Rover Cardiff and Newport to the Sinclair Group household. These places will now function as Sinclair Jaguar Land Rover Cardiff and Sinclair Jaguar Land Rover Newport.

“We’re excited to deliver the Sinclair buyer expertise to much more Jaguar LandRover drivers throughout South Wales.”

All 60 employees employed throughout the 2 websites have transferred to the Sinclair Group, which was named 2024 Land Rover Retail Companion of the 12 months on the JLR Retailer of the 12 months Awards in March when the enterprise was honoured in 5 classes for its excellence in service and efficiency.

The Cardiff web site opened in 2017 incorporating JLR’s Arch idea design and contains a 18-car showroom along with a show space for as much as 80 used autos and a 22-bay workshop.

The Newport operation on Longditch Highway was initially a devoted service centre however was redeveloped as an accepted used JLR specialist in September 2023. It will possibly show as much as 30 pre-owned autos and retains full after gross sales functionality with a 10-bay workshop.

“Over the previous seven years, Jaguar Land Rover has develop into an more and more key a part of our group and, as a enterprise, we’ve been keen to enhance our illustration for a while following our earlier acquisitions,” mentioned Andy Sinclair, managing director, Sinclair Group (pictured alongside Nicky Boyce, head of the Jaguar Land Rover division at Sinclair Group)

“As we have fun our eightieth anniversary, this growth is one other vital landmark for us. It’s an honour to characterize JLR throughout the whole lot of South Wales – the manufacturers are world-class and to now showcase them from six websites is one thing we’re very proud about.”