Top end dealer group HR Owen battled with tough trading conditions in the year to 30 June 2024 with pre-tax profits falling to £2.29m compared to £7.6m last time on turnover down 1.8% to £556.6m. Its retail business comprises 18 sales and 18 aftersales operations, representing Aston Martin, BAC, Bentley, Bugatti, Czinger, Ferrari, Hennessey, Lamborghini, Lotus, Maserati, Radford, Rimac and ...
Read More »HR Owen is top dealer group for employee salaries
HR Owen was revealed as the top dealer group for employee salaries in the Motor Trader Top 200 Dealer Groups in association with AGA. It pays an average salary of %2,808 to the average employee, just ahead of TC Harrison Group which pays an average of £52,471. In third slot was Jemca Car Group whose average employee is paid £48,870 ...
Read More »H.R. Owen takes on Lotus franchise for first time
Top end dealer group H.R. Owen is to represent Lotus for the first time in the UK. The new Lotus showroom is in Hatfield, located at H.R. Owen’s new flagship multi-marque facility, which houses a dual-storey Ferrari showroom as well as Lamborghini, Maserati and Bentley dealerships. The Lotus range comprises the new Lotus Emeya, an electric four-door hyper-GT, the Eletre ...
Read More »HR Owen profits hit by inflationary pressures and higher finance costs
Specialist luxury and sports car retailer HR Owen took a hit in the year to June 2023 with pre-tax profits falling to £7.6m from £15.6m the prior year on turnover up 5.8% to £567.1m. The group represents Aston Martin, BAC, Bentley, Bugatti, Czinger, Ferrari, Hennessey, Lamborghini, Maserati, Radford, Rimac and Rolls-Royce. It also has a used car business, bodyshop and ...
Read More »HR Owen Hatfield: ‘The ultimate luxury car experience’
H.R. Owen first announced its plans for a multi-franchise site in Hatfield in 2021, bringing together several of its luxury and high-performance brands under one roof. Now, in 2023 the dealership is beginning to open, and will eventually house Bentley, Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati. For now, H.R. Owen has officially opened the Bentley showroom. The new flagship site is the ...
Read More »HR Owen opens Bugatti aftersales centre in Hatfield
HR Owen has opened an aftersales centre for its Bugatti dealership in Mayfair. As the only Bugatti Service Partner of Excellence in the United Kingdom, this new 554 sqm facility, located Hatfield, North of London has seven bays and top-end diagnostics equipment. It can service and repair Bugatti models that are part of the Chiron1 and Veyron 16.4 families, as ...
Read More »H.R Owen Ferrari Hatfield officially opened by Carlos Sainz
The new Ferrari showroom at H.R Owen Hatfield has been officially opened by Ferrari F1 driver Carlos Sainz. As well as the H.R. Owen Ferrari showroom in South Kensington, the Group also opened a Mayfair-based Ferrari showroom in 2019 before this launch of the Group’s third – and largest – showroom in Hatfield. Enrico Galliera – Ferrari chief marketing and ...
Read More »HR Owen celebrates triple success at Rolls-Royce awards – UPDATE
HR Owen celebrates triple success at Rolls-Royce awards – UPDATE Rolls-Royce Motor Cars London, part of the H.R. Owen Group, has been named Rolls-Royce Global Dealer of the Year for the second time in five years, joint with Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Philadelphia. The London showroom also became the first to win three awards in total during a single year, winning ...
Read More »H.R. Owen officially opens new Bentley Hatfield showroom
H.R. Owen has officially opened its new Bentley Hatfield showroom. The new flagship site is the first in the UK to feature Bentley’s new design concept. Bentley Hatfield joins other H.R. Owen-operated Bentley showrooms in Surrey and Mayfair, London. Richard Leopold, UK regional director of Bentley Motors, said: “The opening of Bentley Hatfield is a milestone moment for our UK ...
Read More »HR Owen tops salary charts in Motor Trader Top 200 Dealer Groups
HR Owen has topped the salary charts of dealers in the Top 200 Dealer Groups paying an average employee salary of £50,287. The top-end dealer group narrowly edged out TC Harrison Group into second place followed by Jemca, Park Lane BMW and Sandal Group. Report author Chris Oakham commented on the overall salaries for the Top 200 said: “There are ...
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