TrustFord has disposed of three dealerships to Pentagon as part of its ongoing review of its property portfolio.
The Ford businesses at Warrington, St Helens and Runcorn will be rebranded as Pentagon Ford.
The Pentagon deal follows the disposal in January of four dealerships in London to Gates.
Stuart Foulds, chairman and CEO of TrustFord, said: “As part of our ongoing review of our property portfolio we are in negotiation with the Pentagon Motor Group to sell them our Warrington, St Helens and Runcorn dealerships.
“All colleagues located in these businesses have been informed and will be transferring over to Pentagon so customers can continue to experience the same high levels of service for all their vehicle sales and servicing needs.’’
Pentagon managing director David Lewis (pictured), said: “We are very pleased to be adding Ford to the Pentagon group and working together with TrustFord this promises to be a smooth transition.
“We are keen to ensure that all current staff on the three sites transfer happily to Pentagon Ford and we will do all that we can to ensure this is the case. For customers it will be business as usual.”
Pentagon was acquired y by the South Africa firm Imperial Holdings in 2017 and is now part of its Motus vehicle division, which already operates Ford Transit Centres at Grimsby and Halesowen.
Rob Truscott, CEO of Motus in the UK, said, “As a group, we are committed to growth. Not growth at any cost, but where we see a real opportunity at sensible investment levels, and the acquisition of these three important Ford sites delivers on this for us.”