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About Meridian

Twenty-eight years of saying no

Meridian Motorworks was founded on a simple, slightly unprofitable principle: reject anything that is not right. We look at roughly forty cars for every one we put on the floor.

Our standard

Prepared properly, or not sold

Every car arrives with us and goes straight onto a ramp, not onto the website. Our two full-time technicians strip it back, inspect it against a 154-point schedule, and produce a written report.

If it needs tyres, it gets tyres. If the service history has a gap we cannot account for, the car goes back to the vendor. We would rather take the loss on transport than sell you a question mark. That is why our floor rarely holds more than eight cars, and why most of them sell to people who were recommended to us.

By the numbers

A deliberately small operation

1 in 40 Cars inspected that we buy
68% Sales from referral
11 days Average preparation time
The people

You will deal with one of us, throughout

No call centre, no handover to a business manager at the last minute. The person who shows you the car is the person who does the deal.

Founder Alastair Finch

Twenty-eight years in specialist sales, formerly at a Porsche main dealer. Buys every car personally.

Head Technician Marek Sobczak

Master technician, sixteen years across German marques. Signs off every inspection report before a car is listed.

Client Manager Rosalind Achebe

Handles finance, part exchange and delivery. Will tell you when a car is wrong for you.

Come and see us

The showroom is worth the drive

Private appointments, seven days a week, one client at a time.