Inchcape has started construction on its new Porsche dealership in Portsmouth which is scheduled to open this summer.

The Portsmouth site on Western Road will be Inchcape’s second with Porsche, joining its showroom in Bournemouth.

The new site will occupy nearly two acres and will feature a 26 car showroom with roof-top parking, an eight ramp workshop and an MoT bay.

Visitors will have access to a “direct dialogue” bay where a Porsche-trained technician will do an on the spot diagnosis before any work is carried out.

The Porsche network in the UK and Ireland currently comprises 33 Porsche centres, stretching from Jersey in the Channel Islands to Aberdeen in the north of Scotland.