CarShop chooses Leighton Buzzard for its second Express store

RETAILER of nearly new and used cars CarShop has chosen Grovebury Road in Leighton Buzzard as the location of its second Express store in the UK.

The store is set to open its doors to the public on Sunday 25th September and follows the success of CarShop’s first Express store, which opened in Leicester at the start of May.

While the Leighton Buzzard Express store will be the same as CarShop Express Leicester in that it will have no cars on site, it is slightly different through being attached to CarShop’s pre-existing Preparation Centre.

This 15-acre site, which opened in 2002, prepares, maintains and reconditions around 30,000 cars per year and is the epicentre of CarShop’s UK-wide operations. This connection will mean that stock can be easily accessed and retailed through the Express store when purchased. 

CarShop Express Leighton Buzzard’s part of the building, which covers 2,131 sq. ft, can be found at the front of the Preparation Centre’s site. It will have pods where customers can speak to a Specialist, a comfy waiting area and a covered external handover spot.

Its opening will allow local customers to browse CarShop’s entire range of cars online, get their preferred make and model transferred to the Express store for no cost at all, then they can come in to test-drive it or pick it up at a time that suits them.

Alternatively, if customers need help finding their perfect car, they can drop into the CarShop Express Leighton Buzzard store and browse the thousands of options using in-store technology with the support of an experienced CarShop colleague who will be on-hand to help them through the process.