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Your Ford Center Group has announced plans for a new Dundee car dealership after expanding its portfolio in the city previously served by former brand franchisee Arnold Clark.
The Dundee Ford Center is scheduled for a summer 2023 opening on a redeveloped 10.5-acre site in Baird Avenue, Dundee – formerly home to a Tesco Distribution facility.
The creation of the new dealership to service the new Your Ford Center Group franchise was described in AM as “a natural expansion for the family-owned group”, which already represents Ford in Cupar, Kirkcaldy, Dalkeith and Peebles.
Group managing director David Short said: “We are delighted to be the preferred Ford operator for the area and very much look forward to becoming part of the life of Dundee.”
The new Dundee Ford dealership will offer the full Ford car range, as well as a display of more than 100 used cars and commercial vehicles, a six-bay workshop and MOT facility.
Short said it is expected the new business will create up to 25 jobs.
He added: “The site is in a prime location with great visibility, and we believe that when completed it will deliver a facility we can be proud of.
“It is an ideal location and will have ample space to allow a comprehensive display of new and used cars for the people of Dundee and the surrounding area.
“We expect works to begin on site in early 2023, with completion scheduled for the summer.”
Jarvis Simpson, zone sales manager at Ford Motor Company, said: “We are excited to move Your Ford Center to the area formerly covered by Arnold Clark.”
Arnold Clark announced its surprise exit from both the Toyota and Ford franchises in February this year in a move Hawthorne described in an interview with AM as a “refranchising exercise”.
The move affected six Toyota dealerships and 20 Ford sites.
Ford has announced a new car retail strategy ‘Ford 2025 dealer plan’ in 2020 which will result in the closure of almost half of its 400 UK franchised car retail sites.
Arnold Clark has now refranchised the sites, or started its Motorstore used car operation, and Hawthorne told AM last week that the AM100 group would become the sole Scottish retailer of the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) brand BYD in 2023.
Ford, meanwhile, is celebrating the prospect of a new dealership in Dundee, a city working to drive an EV revolution just as the US OEM giant is doing.
Simpson said: “Dundee has excellent low carbon and green energy standards, and this will help support Ford’s transition to EVs such as the Mustang Mach-E, Puma and Transit over the next few years as we towards 2030.
“With many years of Ford experience within the group, we are delighted that Your Ford Center will bring the Ford brand and their commitment to service excellence to Dundee and the surrounding area.”
Your Ford Center Group says its new Dundee Ford Center will support local community initiatives as much as possible, demonstrating the commitment it recently received a CAR (Community Activity Recognition) Star Award 2022 from to the Scottish Motor Trade Association (SMTA).
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