Our history

The leader in nearly new cars for over 25 years

1998

• The UK’s leading independent car retailer opens for business in Derby
• Motorpoint spearhead's the BBC’s "Rip Off Britain" campaign

1999

• Motorpoint launches Boomerang, its ground-breaking Personal Contract Purchase (PCP) plan

2000

• Motorpoint opens its national call centre

2001

• Motorpoint opens its second site in Burnley

2003

• Motorpoint opens its third site in Glasgow

2005

• Motorpoint opens its fourth site in Newport

2006

• Motorpoint becomes the first car retailer to sell to every postal area in England
• Motorpoint opens its fifth site in Peterborough

2007

• Motorpoint becomes first car retailer to sell to every postal area in Scotland

2008

• Motorpoint celebrates its 10th anniversary

2010

• Motorpoint becomes first major car retailer to gain Specialist Automotive Finance (SAF) approval

2011

• Motorpoint opens state-of-the-art training facility in Derby

2012

• Motorpoint launches National Apprenticeship Scheme
• Motorpoint opens its sixth site in Chingford

2013

• Mark Carpenter appointed Group CEO
• Motorpoint named Car Supermarket of the Year by Motor Trader magazine
• Motorpoint opens its seventh site in Birmingham
• Motorpoint is named the UK’s number one independent car retailer by Motor Trader magazine

2014

• Motorpoint named the Ultimate Digital Car Supermarket by Auto Trader
• Motorpoint opens its eighth site in Widnes

2015

• Motorpoint named one of the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies to Work For in the UK
• Motorpoint opens its ninth site in Birtley

2016

• Motorpoint is listed on the London Stock Exchange
• Motorpoint opens its tenth site in Castleford
• Motorpoint opens its eleventh site in Oldbury

2017

• Motorpoint opens its twelfth site in Sheffield

2019

• New Head Office opens in Derby

2020

• Motorpoint opens its thirteenth site in Swansea
• Motorpoint opens its fourteenth site in Teeside
• Launched home delivery service

2021

• Dedicated preparation centre to serve Scotland opens in Motherwell
• Record levels of customer satisfaction as measured by NPS (83 in H2)
• Motorpoint opens its fifteenth site in Manchester (October 2021)
• Customer fully digital finance offering enabled

2022

• Motorpoint opens its sixteenth and seventeenth sites in Maidstone and Portsmouth
• New record levels of customer satisfaction recorded by NPS (84 in H2)

2023

• Opened three new stores in Edinburgh, Coventry and Ipswich
• Motorpoint celebrated its 25th year
• Recognised by the Financial Times as one of Europe’s climate leaders

2024

• New three year extended warranty product
• Introduced new in-house MOT testing facility
• Commenced five million share buyback
• Completed 3.6 million share buy back at cost of £5 million.
• New three and four year extended warranty product
• Recommenced opening programme with store in Norwich