Our Business, Our Story
Twenty-one years of doing right by drivers
Our story began in 2004 with one forecourt and just three vehicles. We wanted customers to enjoy choosing a used car. Today, that original ambition remains central to how Central Cars operates.
Inside Our Family Business
Built on trust, grown through recommendations
Returning buyers and recommendations from friends, relatives and colleagues account for most of our sales. That trust starts with the vehicles we select: cars chosen and prepared as if we intended to keep them ourselves, with prices we are happy to explain in detail.
We remain a family-run business in Grimsby. Our sales advisers, workshop technicians and aftercare colleagues work together in the same premises, so you deal directly with the people responsible for your car. Conversations are personal, without scripts, call centres or pressure to decide.
More than 4,800 cars later, we continue to stand by this promise: if we would not sell it to our family, we would not offer it to yours.
What You Can Expect from Us
Our commitments, put into practice
Advice with Your Interests at Heart
Our staff are salaried and receive no sales commission. Helping you reach a decision you are comfortable with matters more than securing a sale that day.
A Standard Every Vehicle Must Meet
A car must pass our workshop's 168-point inspection before entering the collection. Approximately a quarter of those we consider do not make the grade.
Open Information before You Buy
We compare prices against the market and explain our fixed £200 administration fee and delivery rate of £0.30 per mile. All known vehicle-history information and all costs are shared before you make a commitment.
Care That Continues after Delivery
Every purchase includes at least 12 months of warranty cover, a national network of repairers and direct access to a team that knows your vehicle.
From Inspection to Handover
The details that make a prepared car
- Understand its past — we verify mileage and service records and carry out an HPI check before purchasing.
- Complete 168 inspection points — brakes, suspension, electronic systems and diagnostics are checked, along with a road test.
- Bring servicing and MOT up to date — we carry out any service that is due and supply a new 12-month MOT if fewer than six months remain.
- Finish with a full valet — the interior and exterior are thoroughly cleaned before the vehicle is handed over.
Experience your chosen car on familiar roads
Buy online and have the vehicle delivered to your address in 5–14 days. You then have 14 days to drive and inspect it at home, with a full refund available if you choose to return it.