Christmas at Devonshire Motors; Santa's not-so-little Helper!

First things first, we would like to wish all of our customers and readers of our Blog a very merry Christmas and- in case we miss it for one reason or another...- a happy New Year. Wishing you all the very best for a fantastic 2014!


We've been a busy team since the last time we updated- with December turning out to be a fantastic month for us with Sales at an all-time high for the time of year. Our annual mince pie and mulled wine event was a great success and we were also able to support our local Round Table in their quest to bring Santa to Barnstaple (& raise a phenomenal amount for local causes in the process!). 


We lent Santa (and his helpers from the Barnstaple Round Table) a top-of-the-range Mitsubishi Shogun 4X4 to tow his sleigh around the town in their annual Santa Sleigh Runs. The tours continued for a fortnight, with trips all over the area including Roundswell, Newport, the Town Centre and, a new route for 2013, Landkey. 

The tours were a huge success, raising an incredible £7031.30 for local charities (smashing their target of £6500 by some margin!) We were delighted to be able to help and loved seeing Santa driving past every evening as he started his journey. (Although he was sat on the cold sleigh behind, rather than in comfort watching a DVD in the back of the Shogun where we would have been ;))

A big congratulations to the Barnstaple and District Round Table and the people of Barnstaple for, yet again, getting behind what is a fantastic, fun, local attraction and helping it be such a success for the seventh year running. 

Second Major Award of 2013 for Your Local Dealership!

We are pleased to announce that the awards shelf has had another new addition- its second of 2013!

Nathan Tomlinson, our Dealer Principal, was named 'Used Car Dealer Principal of the Year' at the high profile Used Car Awards. The event- held at the Brewery in central London- was organised by leading trade title Car Dealer Magazine, and sponsored by Black Horse (part of Lloyds Banking Group). 

The Brewery, London

Launched last year with the aim of celebrating the hard work and efforts of everyone in the used car sector, the awards are already confirmed to be taking place again in 2014 at the same venue. 

More than 400 people attended the black-tie event, hosted by TV personality Mike Brewer (presenter of motoring show Wheeler Dealers) and awards were dished out to worthy winners in 20 categories including to our man in charge!

Nathan with his latest award!

Nathan was, justifiably, thrilled to have won and said, 'The Used Car award is a really great accolade for the dealership- it's been a fantastic year that's seen us go from strength to strength and to win this particular award makes me especially proud. 

We've invested a lot of time and effort in sourcing what we believe are the best used cars in the area. They are prepared and presented to a very high standard and come with the back-up you'd expect from a main dealer. To do this and be able to remain competitive on pricing means we have a unique position which has been recognised at national level".

Used Car Award Winners

As any of you who have purchased from us previously will know, we don't opt for the usual hard-sell routine you may have experienced from other car dealerships. We believe we're different and one of our main motivations for doing what we do is to prove that you can buy a car from nice people who genuinely do care about you and your interests. 

We'd like to offer our congratulations to all those shortlisted and the winners of the awards. A lot of fun was had by all (we won't go into discussion about the free bar ;)) and we're very much hoping to be in attendance next year. Good work Car Dealer Magazine!