HB Dennis Motor Group, has set up a special company to import these UK cars to Ireland for sale at lower prices than comparable Irish used cars.
HB Dennis has been in business since 1957 and in 2004 moved from the city to a new site at Airside, just off the M1 at Swords in north Dublin. CEO John Dennis says he has no option but to sell used imports due to the present state of the Irish motor industry with new car sales in January down by 66 percent and dealerships closing every week.
He expects the new car market here could fall to just 50,000 this year, from an average of around 150,000 in recent years.
HB Dennis has now set up a company in the UK to buy directly from a limited number of trusted sources including MFL, the UK's largest fleet operator which has about 500,000 cars. They will supply 3-year old, one-owner cars with an average 20,000 miles to HB Dennis Motor Group. All will come with a full service history and MOT documentation that confirms mileage and a 2-year warranty.
Over 300 of these cars of all makes and models, will be available for inspection and test driving on the company's forecourt in Airside. Many will have higher specifications than the equivalent models offered here. All paperwork involved as well as arranging finance, car registeration and payment of VRT will be undertaken by HB Dennis. They will also take trade-ins. The company aims to sell around 1,000 of these cars in a year.
As agents for MFL used cars, HB Dennis is now in discussions with other dealers who are interested in offering these quality used cars for sale on their own forecourts.
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