Autoquake.com launches new handover site in Leeds

Autoquake.com, the online used car retailer, continues its meteoric growth and success with the launch of a new large scale distribution and handover site, with a capacity of 10,000 cars per year, in the former Vickers tank factory at Radial Park, Leeds.

Autoquake has bucked the trend in the automotive industry in the last 6 months growing by more than 200 percent, success which is driven by Autoquake’s innovative customer friendly, attractively priced and transparent, internet based service.

The new 250,000 square foot, Autoquake facility, comprises an indoor 6-acre space, is ¼ of a mile long and has a capacity to store 1,000 used vehicles. The facility will form a core part of Autoquake.com’s ecommerce distribution network and complements the existing site in Birmingham. The next site is planned in the vicinity of London and is scheduled for opening towards the middle of 2009.

Autoquake.com CEO, Garry Hobson said: “We are absolutely delighted to take over the historic Vickers factory here in Leeds for our new distribution and handover centre in the North of England. The new Leeds facility will play an integral part of the business as we upscale throughout this year and the years to come.”

“We have seen a rapid expansion of our business since launch proving that consumers have taken to the idea of buying vehicles online. No haggling, no salesman, straightforward, honest and simple – it takes the stress out of buying a used car. We have seen a sevenfold increase in our sales between 2007 and 2008, and we’re expecting sales to exceed 15,000 units this year”.

Autoquake.com sells used vehicles that are well maintained ex-fleet, generally 2-3 years old, with full history and many still under a manufacturers’ warranty. Customers can search the web site and see up to 50 photographs of each vehicle, including detailed reports of any damage. The chosen car can then be purchased online and can either be delivered to home or collected from one of the handover sites. All vehicles come with a no quibble full 7-day money back guarantee.