Yorkshire-focused AM100 dealer group DM Keith has acquired car and motorcycle dealer group Colin Appleyard, adding four Suzuki dealerships at Bradford, Keighley, Huddersfield and Ashton-Under-Lyne.
Colin Appleyard is preparing to marked its 40th year's trading since the unveiling of its first Suzuki car dealership in the UK with a series of customer events throughout 2019.
Colin Appleyard has opened a new Suzuki dealership in franchise after “outgrowing” the group’s franchised site in nearby Shipley.
A motorist was handed a six months suspended jail sentence and handed a £20,000 court bill after attacking a vehicle with a sledgehammer at his local Subaru dealership.
Colin Appleyard managing director Robin Appleyard on the Yorkshire dealer group's self-funded success.
Colin Appleyard Cars has been presented with the Suzuki Dealer of the Year Award for the sixth time, after a year in which it increased its market share of brand vehicles sold in the UK.
Suzuki has acknowledged the best retailers in its UK network during its annual national dealer conference in Amsterdam.
Colin Appleyard Cars has invested in excess of £1 million on the expansion of three of its showrooms.
With just a few weeks to go until the end of the year, Colin Appleyard Cars is on target to register over 1,600 new Suzuki cars for the first time in its 40-year history.