Our Response to the COVID-19 Virus Situation

We hope you and your family continue to be safe and well in these difficult times.

Following the Prime Minister's announcement on Monday 4th January our showrooms are temporarily closed to the public. Our sites remain open for Service appointments - you should call the relevant Branch to make an appointment - as well as offering an appointment based Click & Collect service and Nationwide Home Delivery service via our Online team on 01482 567260, who are available at the following times: Monday-Friday: 8.30-8.00; Saturday: 8.30-5.30; Sunday: 10.30-4.30; .

Buying Your Next Vehicle

Our friendly team are still available online, over the phone and on social media, available to help you choose and buy your next car. We’re also now offering greater flexibility, with our new ‘click and collect’ service operating across all of our branches in addition to our nationwide home delivery service (see below for further information on both). Our online team can be contacted during the hours of 8.30am-8pm Monday to Friday, 8.30am-5.30pm Saturday and 10.30am-4.30pm Sunday on 01482 567260, via email [email protected] or through our live chat system on our website.

You can secure your selected vehicle with as little as a £99 deposit. Please follow this link and enter the required details to apply for finance https://www.motordepot.co.uk/apply-today 

Click & Collect

We are offering a safe and contactless appointment based vehicle collection service across all our branches:

  • All customers will receive our Click and Collect COVID 19 safety plan prior to arrival
  • All paperwork and payments will be completed remotely prior to vehicle collection
  • You will be given an allocated time for collection.
  • The vehicle will be thoroughly cleaned and fully sanitised prior to collection.
  • Our teams will follow strict social distancing measures whilst wearing the required protective equipment
  • An allocated collection slot, date and time will be confirmed via text message.
  • Please do not come to branch without an allocated time slot.

For further information, please see both ‘Our latest COVID- 19 Health & Safety Info’ and ‘Public Health England Guidance COVID-19 Health & safety Info’ links in the More Information section below.

For more information on our Click and Collect service please visit our How Does Contactless Car Buying Work? page

Nationwide Home Delivery

We have made several changes to our Nationwide Home Delivery service, ensuring the constant safety of our teams, our customers and their families. We have consistently followed and maintained COVID 19 guidelines and policies to ensure that we remain fully compliant with the latest Public Health England guidance related to the delivery of cars. These include:

  • All paperwork and payments will be completed remotely prior to delivery
  • As part of the pre-delivery valet the vehicle will be fully sanitised
  • Our drivers will wear protective equipment at all times during the delivery of your vehicle
  • The car will be disinfected prior to hand over at the point of delivery

For further information, please see both ‘Our latest COVID- 19 Health & Safety Info’ and ‘Public Health England Guidance COVID-19 Health & safety Info’ links in the More Information section below.

For more information on our Nationwide Home Delivery service please visit our How Does Contactless Car Buying Work? page

Vehicle Preparation

Our vehicle preparation processes have been further enhanced to ensure that each vehicle is prepared in a safe and compliant way, adhering to all ‘Public Health England’ guidance standards:

  • Protective equipment will be worn when required by each of our preparation teams.
  • All touchable surfaces will be wiped/sprayed using the correct anti-bacterial disinfectant products after every stage of the preparation process, followed by a comprehensive final valet including sanitisation of the vehicle
  • Every sold vehicle will under-go a final quality control preparation check, prior to handover or delivery to the end user.

For further information, please see both ‘Our latest COVID- 19 Health & Safety Info’ and ‘Public Health England Guidance COVID-19 Health & safety Info’ links in the More Information section below.

Visiting a Branch

From Tuesday 5th January, our showrooms will be temporarily closed to the public inline with Government advice. This means that at those sites customer viewing is strictly not permitted and test drives are not allowed. This means that customer viewing is strictly not permitted and test drives are not allowed.  Customer visits are only allowed via a pre-booked Click and Collect appointment or Service appointment.

If you have reserved/ordered a vehicle and not yet taken delivery:

  • We are currently working through all the current orders that we have taken to prepare the vehicles for Nationwide Home Delivery or our Click and Collect service.
  • We will be contacting you very soon to talk through the process and discuss the options available.

For further information, please see both ‘Our latest COVID- 19 Health & Safety Info’ and ‘Public Health England Guidance COVID-19 Health & safety Info’ links in the More Information section below.

Servicing & M.O.T bookings

Our service team are at hand to answer any questions and deal with booking service & MOT requirements, they can be contacted by calling the relevant Branch. 

  • Please call your local branch and our teams will happily book your service/M.O.T for when we have an available day.
  • We will give an allocated drop off time to ensure we can keep within the current social distancing measures. 
  • Locking wheel nuts and service packs will need to be left on the passenger seat of the vehicle
  • We are not able to offer loan cars or waiting appointments at this time.
  • All vehicles will need to be left with us and as soon as your vehicle is ready, we will contact you to arrange an allocated collection time.
  • Keys will be sanitised when handed to and from our service advisors.
  • The vehicle will need to be ventilated and touch points sanitised before and after they have been worked on by our technicians and service advisors.

For further information, please see both ‘Our latest COVID- 19 Health & Safety Info’ and ‘Public Health England Guidance COVID-19 Health & safety Info’ links in the More Information section below.

We would ask everyone to be patient at this time, our priority is to ensure the safety of our customers, our staff, and their families.