Car dealership selling one of UK’s most popular motors to be DEMOLISHED & replaced with brand new business

A CAR dealership radical that sells 1 of the nation’s favourite small motors is acceptable to demolish a showroom arsenic portion of a bold caller plan. 

Marshall Motor Group’s Mini showroom, located successful Wallisdown Road, Poole, successful Dorset, is acceptable to beryllium removed and replaced with a car wash. 

But that doesn’t spell the extremity of Mini income successful the area, arsenic the much-loved car marque is acceptable to determination into the BMW dealership that’s situated conscionable adjacent door. 

Bosses, who assertion the determination volition amended car parking for customers, said successful a statement: “The Mini showroom presently is connected 2 levels with steps and wheelchair assistance allowing entree to the precocious level. 

“The backmost of location country of the gathering is utilized for valeting and storing vehicles.  

“The caller BMW firm individuality allows for Mini to beryllium incorporated into the BMW showroom space, creating an easier lawsuit travel connected tract with each products being successful 1 space.  

“Additionally, the existing BMW showroom is each connected 1 crushed level level, truthful being much accessible to each customers and staff.”

Marshall Motor Group added that they program for the caller car lavation and valet work to beryllium placed astatine the rear of the site. 

They said: “With this separation of store and sales, it allows for the sound disruption of the income tract to beryllium minimised successful an country of chiefly residential properties.

“Overall, this projected enactment volition supply Marshall Motor Group with an improved tract installation for their customers.”

Best of all, nary unit volition beryllium losing their jobs arsenic a effect of the change. 

Marshall Motor Group was founded successful 1909 and is the seventh largest centrifugal retail radical successful the UK.

Mini, owned by German giants BMW, builds their cars successful the UK astatine BMW’s Oxford plant. 

In November, the Mini Cooper was revealed to beryllium the champion selling car with 4,412 vehicles shifted – beating the runner up Nissan Qashqai by much than 600.

The Mini Cooper was besides named Sun Motors’ car of the twelvemonth for 2024.

Editor, Rob Gill,commented: “The Mini Cooper is hands-down our favourite caller bargain from our caput and heart. 

“Classier wrong and out, with a little is much approach, and that meal plate-sized touchscreen carries the aforesaid cutting-edge tech arsenic a £100k BMW. 

“Mega amusive to drive, arsenic it ever has been."

This comes arsenic a classical car that erstwhile rivalled the archetypal Mini is poised for a melodramatic comeback - immoderate 35 years aft it was discontinued.

According to reports, the Citroen 2CV is acceptable to marque a comeback with a retro-inspired look that could spot it spell toe-to-toe with the caller Renault 5.

The 2CV erstwhile earned its stripes arsenic a French system car and is recognised for revitalising post-war France.