Iconic car brand closes over 50 retail dealerships across UK in huge shake-up to ‘better align with evolving needs’

AN ICONIC car marque has closed its doors for implicit 50 dealerships crossed the federation successful a immense shake-up to "better align with evolving needs".

The erstwhile fig 1 carmaker successful presumption of income has been astir since the opening of the past century.

Ford was 1 of the archetypal brands to connection applicable and affordable vehicles to customers.

Ford has confirmed that each but 3 of the UK dealers person retained their authorised repairer status.

Just implicit 4 years ago, the steadfast revealed its plans to trim its web of income outlets.

Back successful 2020, the 395 car dealers were located crossed the nation.

Hoping to halve these wrong 5 years, Ford was acceptable to trim this fig to astir 210.

In the precocious 1990s, the American automobile manufacturer was a pioneer of Customer Marketing Areas.

It was during this decennary that the institution deed fig 1 successful presumption of car sales.

To amended their profitability, Ford has acceptable retired plans to absorption connected a tighter web with less dealers.

This could spot a higher fig of cars going done shops with larger marketplace areas.

Following immoderate concern successful different marketplace areas, Ford has grasped a formidable web of Transit Centres.

A Ford spokesperson said: "We person been actively restructuring the trader web implicit the past respective years to amended align with the evolving needs of our concern and present enhanced service.

"It is besides worthy noting that each but 3 of the dealerships impacted person retained their Ford Authorised Service section, truthful they are inactive operating conscionable without a retail arm."

It comes aft the constricted variation Ford Escort RS Turbo S1 was spotted headed for auction.

Earlier this month, the conveyance which has been finished successful a signature Diamond White looked to spell connected merchantability from £55,000.

It was the archetypal car to usage the ground-breaking viscous-coupling LSD, revolutionising beforehand instrumentality thrust handling.