Drive Motor Retail has added another of its locations to the Fix Auto UK body repair network.
Drive Vauxhall Darlington now takes it to five of Drive’s eight sites into cooperation with Fix Auto UK.
Managed by long-standing employee John Wears who reports directly into director Jason Bond, the site is a three-spray booth facility that also accommodates “high top” commercial vehicles and is currently repairing up to 200 vehicles a month but can accommodate more.
Due to its close association to the Vauxhall dealership, it holds the full Stellantis vehicle manufacturer approval encompassing all 14 brands associated with the company. It also holds the approval status for MG.
The Drive Vauxhall-owned Fix Auto Hartlepool, Fix Auto Redcar, Fix Auto Bury St Edmunds and Fix Auto Bristol North collectively have 40,000 sq ft of bodyshop space.
In addition, the network also has Fix Auto Durham and Fix Auto Washington in the region.
Bond said: “We have long been a prominent member of the Fix Auto UK network and have witnessed it continually grow and develop into arguably the country’s finest vehicle repair network.
“Bringing our Darlington site into the network is the obvious step for us as we continually look to develop our proposition and to help further strengthen and solidify Fix Auto UK’s position in the region.
“It’s a huge 18,000 sq ft repair centre, the largest we have within the Drive Vauxhall portfolio, with huge capabilities.”
Ian Pugh, managing director for Fix Auto UK, said: “To finally have Fix Auto Darlington fully on board is a major coup in our continual drive for growth.
“Strategically, the site really does underpin our proposition in the region which has long been established thanks to those existing repair centres we have there.”