Great garages

Great garages

09 Mar 2010

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Motor Codes' Golden Garages competition highlights UK's 50 most popular workshops

MOTOR Codes has revealed the 50 garages that have won through to the regional rounds of its national Golden Garages competition.

The top 5 garages from 10 regions around the UK have been identified as part of the hunt to find the country’s most popular service and repair centre.

The results were collated from more than 4,000 motorists who voted for their favourite garage on the website www.goldengarages.co.uk.

The contest, which was launched in February, is designed to raise awareness of Motor Codes and its Code of Practice for Service and Repair while highlighting the work and skills of high-quality workshops to drivers.

The contest has already been featured in national newspapers and radio stations and is being promoted by TV presenter Vicki Butler-Henderson (pictured).

Daily Telegraph Motoring correspondent Honest John and Aftermarket editor Tom Mallens are also on the judging panel to help select the eventual winner.

They will be joined by Motor Codes director Chris Mason, Professional Motor Mechanic editor Richard Bowler and Which? magazine motoring editor Richard Headland.

Chris said the aim of the contest was to highlight the great service well-run garages could offer motorists.

“We had over 4,000 votes from motorists across the country,” said Chris. “And they were all keen to shout about great service at their local garage.

“At this stage, we’ve identified the most popular garages that received consistently good customer feedback to create list of top garages per region. Motor Codes is determined to promote the best the service and repair sector has to offer so that every motorist can benefit from fair, honest, quality service,” added Chris.

What happens next?
Now that the regional shortlist of garages has been drawn up, drivers will be asked to vote again for one of the contestants in their region.

Ten final garages will then be selected and the Golden Garages team of judges will choose the winner.

Each of the 10 regional winner will pick up prizes including £300 of Unipart and Snap-on vouchers.

The eventual Golden Garages winner will take home a Snap-on Ethos diagnostic tool, a Lotus driving day, £2,250 of Unipart vouchers and Snap-on vouchers to the tune of £1,750.

Those 50 top garages in full

Yorkshire    
Autosafe Clifton, York
Benfield Ford, Leeds
Polar Ford, Barnsley
Polar Ford, Bradford
Prestige Services, Wakefield

Wales    
A1 Motorcare, Cardiff
Bayside Garage, Cardiff
Gareth J Hughes, Cardiff
P W Millar, Barry
White Dove, Cardiff

Scotland    
Arnold Clark, Paisley
Morrisons, Stirling
VW Van Centre, Edinburgh
North Road Garage    , Kelty, Fife
Seafield Coachworks, Edinburgh

Northern Ireland    
Charles Hurst, Newtownabbey
Monaghan Brothers, Lisnaskea
Regency Cars, Newtownards
SERE Motors, Lisburn
Agnews, Belfast

North East    
Motorcare Alnwick Ford, Alnwick
Alexandra Bridge Motors, Sunderland
Semples of Berwick, Berwick
Derek Slack Motors, Middlesbrough
Fred Henderson, Durham

North West    
ABP Motorsport, Crewe
Tudor Car Services, Barrow-in-Furness
Polar Ford, Stockport
Polar Ford, St Helens
Bury Road Garage, Radcliffe

Midlands    
Anglo Continental Cars, Milton Keynes
Church Road Garage, Baschurch
Heartlands Ford, Birmingham
Oldfields Garage, Leominster
Robins and Day, Lincoln

East    
Barrett-Lee, Sudbury
Cowley Road Garage, Cambridge
Grants Seat, Braintree
Kings of Witcham, Ely
Lovells Auto Body Centre, Peterborough

South West    
Berkeley Vale Motors, Bristol
Brunel Ford, Bristol
Coombe Down Garage, Bath
Cross Street Garage, Swindon
Clive Woolford Motors, Tewkesbury

South East    
Dave Coles, Gosport
Hollis Motors, Dover
Kinghams, Croydon
MGRS, High Wycombe
P D Motors, Billingshurst

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