Some good news arrived today in the form of a letter from Andrew Simms European. From April 1st, no fool, they are filling the void left by the withdrawal of CCS by adding Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Citroën to the brands represented at their Newmarket premises. The showroom, parts and service facility will be on the corner of Broadway & St. Marks Rd, Newmarket, along with another North Shore Service facility.
Andrew Simms operate six Mitsubishi dealerships around New Zealand. However in the letter Andrew shared his background, which included working for Fiat & Citroën agents before Mitsubishi, and revealed he owns an Alfa Spider and 147 GTA race car.
This is great news for these brands, which are niche rather than the major players they are in Europe, and I wish Simms every success. I'll grab some photos of the new set-up sometime after the opening.
Excellent news. Down here with the failure of Williams & Adams, it’s been tougher for us guys with Renaults. They are still working under administration, I believe, but my mechanic had to pay cash to get some parts recently.
Posted by: Jack Yan | 03/13/2009 at 10:23 AM
H'mm, I have an interest in Fiat remaining. Hope not to call on the parts service too much, esp as the Bravo is a rare beast here (only a dozen or so I've been told) :)
Posted by: RobiNZ | 03/13/2009 at 06:54 PM
I wouldn’t be surprised at that number for your Bravo.
Posted by: Jack Yan | 03/14/2009 at 12:45 AM
I've only seen 2 others since have had it. One at a Fiat parts place (not in bits, one of the staff has one), the other on the motorway complete with reciprocal "Oh look there's another HGT" reactions :)
Posted by: RobiNZ | 03/14/2009 at 11:55 AM
I have seen one here, but that was a while back.
Posted by: Jack Yan | 03/14/2009 at 04:13 PM