Our History
The leader in nearly new cars for over 25 years
Motorpoint has grown from a single Derby location to become the UK's leading independent car retailer with nationwide presence, continuously innovating while earning industry recognition
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