A TRIP to the supermarket might well provide the best way to get a bargain on your next car – with up to £10,000 off the price of a nearly-new, low-mileage car.
Derby-based Motorpoint is the UK's leading car supermarket and recently opened its sixth site in Chingford, north London, with a seventh new facility in Birmingham opening in July. Its other four sites are in Burnley, Glasgow, Newport and Peterborough; together they sell nearly 30,000 cars every year.
Motorpoint was started in 1998 by veteran car buyer David Shelton, who still owns the business.
Today, Motorpoint is a multi-million pound business that has seen an 18% increase in sales in the last 12 months and sells a car every seven minutes and 12 seconds.
In 2012, Motorpoint calculates that it saved its customers a total of £171 million off the list price of the cars it sold.
Motorists visiting Motorpoint have a choice of more than 3,000 new and up to three-year-old cars with less than 18,000 miles on the clock – and that covers everything from superminis to sports cars, with prices starting from just £4,999.
To offer the very best deals for its customers, Motorpoint buys in bulk at big discounts. It employs more than 400 people throughout the UK and invests a significant amount in staff training and development to deliver the highest levels of customer service through its online sales centre and at every branch.
As Motorpoint owner David Shelton explains: "Buying a car should be a pleasurable experience and we aim to give our customers the best service possible as well as the widest choice and greatest value for money."
The Derby Telegraph is teaming up with Motorpoint's Derby site to run a motorshow in Derby's Market Place on Friday, April 26, from 8am to 6.30pm.
With more than 30 cars of every shape and style on display, all available to buy from Motorpoint, visitors will get the chance to size up their next car – and that could mean booking a test drive on the day and even getting a finance quote.
The Motorpoint motorshow also offers visitors the chance to test their mettle in a Formula 1 simulator for free, complete with triple screens, realistic racing sounds and sensations of speed, all delivered through a force feedback steering wheel and paddle-shift gearbox – just like those used by F1 drivers!
The four fastest lap times on the day will win amazing prizes, including four tickets to see Bruno Mars, Jessie J and We Will Rock You at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, as well as four weekend tickets for the British Superbike Championship, sponsored by Motorpoint, at Donington Park.
So why not go to the Market Place on Friday, April 26, from 8am to 6.30pm to see how much money you could save on your next car?
