About Grange Motors:
Motoring Heritage Since 1956
Engage With Luxury
Authentic. Emotive. Luxurious.
Grange Motors has, for over 65 years, delivered luxury motoring experiences that put you, our Guests, at the heart of everything we do.
Grange Motors have over 65 years of proud and authentic motoring heritage representing some of the world's most luxurious motoring marques.
We strive to deliver motoring excellence at all times and deliver a 'world-class' experience to all our visiting Guests.
We are privileged to be an official representative of the Aston Martin, Bentley, INEOS, Jaguar, Lamborghini, Land Rover, McLaren, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, and Triumph Motorcycles marques across twelve locations.
We are committed to delivering all our Guests with an exceptional level of service excellence.
Grange Motors: Our Journey Begins
Grange Motors was founded by Frederick Chambers in 1956 with the first business in Brook Street, Brentwood, trading as a Service and Repair Workshop and a Petrol Station.
In December 1958, Grange Motors (Brentwood) Ltd was formed to acquire the business founded by Frederick Chambers and the business was gradually built up over the years to represent a number of marques. This included; Lotus, Volkswagen, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Jensen, Fiat and Saab.
The Grange Motors business was later taken over by his two sons, Colin and Graham Chambers. They expanded by opening up a new business in Welwyn Garden City in 1985, which was a Jaguar and Aston Martin dealership. They further expanded with a brand-new flagship site in Exeter in 1989, which served as a Jaguar and Aston Martin Dealership.
Grange Motors have been fortunate to deal with iconic marques and names throughout our history. Some of the original marques that were proudly represented, have returned to our estate many years later.
Today, Grange Motors is a fast-growing and successful, prestigious, franchised new and approved used luxury car dealership group based in the United Kingdom.
Grange Motors operates as a division of an award-winning, Motor Trader Dealer Group of the Year, Cambria Automobiles Ltd.
Grange Motors: Marques
With over 65 years of motoring heritage we are very proud of our association with these highly respected and admired automotive marques.
Our association with Aston Martin, arguably some of the most sought sought-after cars in the world, has spanned over a decade. In recent years, Aston Martin has continued to flourish and push the boundaries of performance, whilst staying true to its legacy of style and luxury. These factors combined make the current, wide-ranging, line-up of the new Aston Martin DB11, the new Aston Martin Vantage, the forthcoming Aston Martin DBX, their first SUV are incredibly desirable propositions.
We are extremely proud to be an authorised dealer for the prestigious Bentley marque with a stunning range that includes the extraordinary new Bentley Continental GT. As one of the orginal marques represented in Brentwood, its great to welcome them again to Grange. Bentley Chelmsford and Bentley Tunbridge Wells are now open.
Our association with Jaguar, meanwhile, dates back to 1983, when we became the first standalone Jaguar Dealership of the company’s modern era. Since then, Jaguar cars have become some of the most recognisable and anticipated autos in the world, cultivating a truly international fan base. The current range of the Jaguar XE, XF, F-TYPE, F-PACE and the new Jaguar E-PACE and electric I-PACE are taking on all competitors on the market.
One of the few automotive companies that have retained a single engineering vision throughout their impressive decades of car manufacturing, we are proud to represent Land Rover. The range of the new Range Rover Velar, Land Rover Discovery, Discovery Sport, Range Rover Evoque, new Range Rover and Range Rover Sport offers luxury, capability and strength for any driving conditions.
Grange is incredibly proud to be an official dealer of the Raging Bull marque, the one and only, Lamborghini. We look forward to welcoming you to our new state-of-the-art Lamborghini dealerships.
The first of its kind with all the latest McLaren has to offer, Grange McLaren Hatfield is open now. Grange is thrilled to be authorised dealer for the world-renowned McLaren marque an be associated with such an icon of motor racing. See the latest range of the most advanced sports cars in the world at McLaren Hatfield today including the McLaren 720S and new McLaren Artura.
Grange is delighted to now be an official dealer of the pinnacle luxury car marque, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars which inspire greatness each time you set your eyes on one. We look forward to welcoming you to our new dealerships in Edinburgh. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Edinburgh is open now.
We are delighted to have been made an official agent of the INEOS Automotive Marque with the first of the new, rugged, INEOS Grenadier, all terrain cars having just left the production line. Our dealerships in the Midlands and Scotland will be opening soon.
A British motoring icon, Triumph have been making motorcylces for over 120 years. We proudly represent this marque in our newly refurbished Pure Triumph bike dealerships in Woburn and Wellingborough.
Grange Motors: Modern Times
On 23 May 2003, Summit Motors Investment Limited, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation of Tokyo, purchased all businesses. This was run by SMIUK along with their other brands Invicta, Doves and Dees, until Cambria Automobiles Holdings Ltd purchased the SMIUK group on 31 December 2007.
In 2008, Doves Jaguar Croydon took on the Grange brand to become Grange Jaguar Croydon, along with Swindon Jaguar which became Grange Swindon.
In July 2014, Cambria added its first Land Rover dealership to its brand portfolio by purchasing Hadley Green Motors of Barnet, Hertfordshire. This also added Cambria's 6th Jaguar dealership.
On the 1st of May 2015, Cambria completed the acquisition of the trade and assets of the Land Rover franchise in Royal Wootton Basset, Swindon from TH White Limited. Read more about Grange Land Rover Swindon here.
On the 8th January 2016, Cambria completed the acquisition of the Land Rover franchise in Welwyn Garden City from the Jardine Motors Group and has since relocated it to a new state-of-the-art dealership, Land Rover Hatfield and Jaguar Hatfield are open now.
In May 2016, Cambria opened its third Aston Martin dealership in Birmingham.
Then on the 5th July 2016, we acquired the trade and assets of Stratstone Jaguar and Land Rover Woodford in South Woodford, North London from Pendragon Premier Limited, a subsidiary of Pendragon PLC.
In November 2017, we agreed on a partnership with luxury brand McLaren to open a dealership in Hatfield. Grange is extremely proud to have been selected to be an authorised dealer for the world-renowned McLaren marque.
In December of the same year, we also agreed on a partnership with Bentley. Bentley Chelmsford in Essex and Bentley Tunbridge Wells in Kent are now both open. We are again very proud to have been selected to be an authorised dealer for the prestigious Bentley marque.
In 2018, our new Lamborghini Chelmsford and Lamborghini Tunbridge Wells dealerships opened. This is a new partnership and Grange is delighted and proud to be an authorised dealer of such a prestigious supercar marque. We really look forward to welcoming you to our new state-of-the-art dealerships.
In April 2019 our Aston Martin Welwyn dealership relocated to a new facility in the Hatfield Business Park. Aston Martin Hatfield is a state-of-the-art, modern luxury retail experience where we look forward to welcoming new Guests and existing customers soon.
Most recently, in January 2020, we welcomed Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Edinburgh and Grange Aston Martin Edinburgh to our group as we expanded into Scotland. In 2022 we wlecome INEOS Automotive to Scotland and The Midlands.
Timeline of key events in the history of Grange Motors
1956 - Grange Motors was founded by Frederick Chambers in Brentwood, Essex and remained a family run business until May 2003.
1958 - Grange Motors (Brentwood) Ltd was established in December making Grange Motors Britain's largest independently owned Jaguar franchises and one of Britain's largest Aston Martin dealerships.
1985 - Grange Welwyn Garden City established with Jaguar Welwyn and Aston Martin Welwyn dealerships.
1989 - Grange Exeter was established with Aston Martin and Jaguar dealerships.
2003 - Acquisition of Grange Motors Ltd by Summit Motors Group Limited (SMIUK).
2007 - Cambria Automobiles Limited acquires Grange Motors Ltd as part of SMIUK deal.
2008 - Grange Jaguar Swindon and Grange Jaguar Croydon formed.
2014 - Acquisition of Hadley Green Motors of Barnet to add its first Land Rover dealership and add another Jaguar franchise to its growing business.
2015 - Acquisition of the trade and assets of T H White Land Rover in Swindon.
2016 (Jan) - Acquisition of Land Rover Welwyn Garden City from Jardine Motors Group.
2016 (May) - Opened Aston Martin Birmingham.
2016 (July) - Acquisition of Jaguar Woodford and Land Rover Woodford from Pendragon Premier Limited, a subsidiary of Pendragon plc.
2017 (Nov) - New partnership with luxury sports car marque McLaren to open a dealership in Hatfield in January 2018.
2017 (Dec) - New partnership with luxury brand Bentley to open dealerships, Bentley Chelmsford and Bentley Tunbridge Wells.
2018 (Jan) - New partnership with the world-renowned Lamborghini marque to open a new dealership, Lamborghini Chelmsford.
2018 (Aug) - We opened our second Lamborghini dealership, Lamborghini Tunbridge Wells.
2018 (Dec) - We opened our new 'Arch Concept' Grange Land Rover Hatfield and Grange Jaguar Hatfield dealerships replacing those based in Welwyn Garden City.
2019 (Apr) - We opened our new state-of-the-art Grange Aston Martin Hatfield dealership.
2019 (May) - We opened our stunning new state-of-the-art Grange McLaren Hatfield dealership in Hertfordshire on the Hatfield Business Park. Grange McLaren Hatfield is open now.
2020 (Jan) - We welcomed Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Edinburgh to the group bringing the pinnacle of luxury motoring to Grange. We also opened Grange Aston Martin Edinburgh dealership in Scotland, our fourth Aston Martin dealership.
2022 (Feb) - We welcome INEOS Automotive to Grange. We will proudly represent this new off-road INEOS Grenadier marque at Grange INEOS Midlands and Grange INEOS Edinburgh.
Engage With Luxury
We have hundreds of approved used luxury cars available for sale that suit all budgets, with competitive finance available on all vehicles. If you are considering purchasing a vehicle from us you can be assured that all our quality used cars and bikes undergo a comprehensive safety check to ensure they meet the highest standards.
This is a standard of excellence that has been well refined to delight our Guests since we were founded in 1956.