Motor Codes Names Top 10 Garages

The British motoring public has spoken – Motor Codes has revealed the top ten garages in the UK as voted for by more than 8,000 motorists as part of its nationwide ‘Golden Garages’ competition. The ten favoured establishments receiving the most votes, in alphabetical order, were:

• A1 Motorcare, Cardiff, Wales
• ABP Motorsport, Crewe, North West
• Anglo Continental Cars, Milton Keynes, Midlands
• Arnold Clark Renault, Paisley, Scotland
• Clive Woolford Motors, Tewkesbury, South West
• Fred Henderson, Durham, North East
• Kinghams, Croydon, South East & London
• Kings of Witcham, Ely, East
• Prestige Services, Wakefield, Yorkshire
• SERE Motors, Lisburn, Northern Ireland

Building on its goal of bringing of honest, trustworthy service to motorists across the UK, Motor Codes set-up the Golden Garage competition to highlight the best service and repair businesses in the country. The ten winners listed about will receive a number of prizes to a total value of £1,000 per winner, and the Motor Codes industry judging panel will now begin the difficult task of choosing the best garage from the ten.  To ensure the judging process is fair and thorough, Motor Codes will work with the RAC to conduct on site visits and independently assess each of the garages before deciding on a national winner, to be announced on April 6. The judging panel includes TV presenter and racing car driver Vicki Butler-Henderson who will visit the winning garage.

The national campaign to find the UK’s best garage will, says Motor Codes, help consumers feel more confident about their choice of garage, as well as reward reputable garage owners with the recognition they deserve. Research by Motor Codes found that over 14 million motorists feel short changed by their local service and repair garage, but that over 90 per cent using a Motor Codes garage were satisfied.

“Going to a garage can understandably be quite daunting for both men and women. You practically have to be a mechanic yourself to spot when you’re being ripped off by a dishonest garage,” commented panel judge and TV presenter, Vicki Butler-Henderson. “The Golden Garages competition will champion the best garages out there so that motorists can be confident when taking their car for a service or repair.”

Motor Codes director Chris Mason added: “Following on from our first round of voting, we’ve seen a further 4,000 votes cast by British motorists in the search for the nation’s best local garage. Such a high turnout of votes is a clear reflection of how important the public consider the issues raised by this campaign to be and it’s great that British motorists are embracing the chance to have their say.”

Motorists and garages can follow the final stages of the competition on the goldengarages.co.uk website as well as on Twitter at http://twitter.com/GoldenGarages.