Movento at the Faconauto congress

The latest Faconauto congress and expo took place earlier this month in Madrid. This is the most important event for the automotive sector anywhere in the country and was attended by over 1,000 people, including the senior management team of Movento – the private mobility group of Moventia.

This congress has successfully positioned itself as the only event attended by all the stakeholders in the sector – dealerships, brands, business associations and manufacturers – to present the latest trends and best practices from the automotive sector.

 The 29th Faconauto event this year was heavily focused on training and offered over 30 workshops for attendees.

Auser Terrassa opens new premises in the city

Auser, the official Renault and Dacia dealership of the Movento group, is relocating to new premises at 44 Calle Cinca in Terrassa on 2 March. These new premises mean that the Movento group will be working with nine brands in the city – Renault, Dacia, Mercedes, Smart, Seat, Audi, Volkswagen, Cupra and Skoda – with an exceptional offer of new and used cars, as well as all the best point of sale services. The new Auser dealership in Terrassa is fitted with all the latest technology for serving its customers.

The premises, which cover a total area of 5,776.27 m², will be environmentally sustainable thanks to automatic lighting with motion sensors and LED technology.

This centralisation process has been accompanied by the implementation of new working methods that involve process systematisation and digitalisation, as well as the latest technologies aimed at continuing to offer a customer-focused quality service.

“We’re very proud and happy to present these new premises, and we’re convinced they will be highly popular with our customers, to whom we will continue to offer the same outstanding service”, explained Antoni Sánchez, General Manager of Auser.

Sarsa Skoda opens new facility in Sant Cugat del Vallès

Sarsa, the official dealership for Seat, Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda and Cupra, has opened a new facility focused on selling and providing after-sales services for Skoda vehicles in Sant Cugat del Vallès.

Located at 16-32 Calle Mercè Rodoreda in the city, where Sarsa already sells Volkswagen vehicles, the space measures over 300 m2, has 9 vehicles on show and provides 3 jobs.

The new space is fitted with the latest technology and based on an innovative concept. “We’re sure this facility will be highly popular with our customers”, explained Jordi Domenech, the Manager of Sarsa Seat Skoda. “Adding a new Sarsa space in the city is great news”, he added.

Sarsa receives Volkswagen Excellence Award

Sarsa, a member of the Movento group, has been recognised by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles for the second time as one of the brand’s best dealerships in Spain. The dealership received the Volkswagen Excellence Award at the convention organised by the brand on Wednesday 23 January in Madrid. The award was collected on behalf of Sarsa by José Salgado, Manager of Volkswagen at Sarsa.

This award recognises the superb results at the dealership in terms of sales and after-sales business, staff dedication to their customers and its commitment to achieving maximum satisfaction from the sale of all its products, as well as coverage, specialisation and representation for the brand in the region. This means that Sarsa is currently one of the top five dealerships in Spain for Commercial Vehicles from the Volkswagen brand.

The effort made by the entire Sarsa team over the course of the last year has now been recognised with this award, which positions Sarsa Vallès as one of the best dealerships for the Volkswagen brand. The Commercial Vehicles sales team at Sarsa, led by Enric Fauste and José Salgado, is made up by Joaquim Plana and Andreu Llovera as Sales Managers, and by Marc Comellas, Ferran Beltran, Francesc Civit, David García, David Sucarrats, Francesc Manchón, Edgar Balagué, Adrià Garcia and Joan Martínez in the sales team.

Motorprim opens new dealership in Granollers

  • Spanning more than 4,000 m2, these installations can be found at 14 Avenida Puigcerdà in Lliçà de Vall, only 5 minutes from Granollers
  • This dealership joins the two already opened by Motorprim in Badalona and Mataró in 1993 and 2010, respectively

 

Motorprim, the official dealership for the Hyundai brand of the Movento group, is opening new installations in Lliçà de Vall (Barcelona) to join the two dealerships already owned by the group in Badalona and Mataró. The new space, which covers an area of more than 4,000 m2, is located at 14 Avenida Puigcerdà in Lliçà de Vall and officially opened for business last week.

The dealership is fitted with the latest technology and offers both sales and official after-sales services for the Hyundai brand. The new centre, which consists of new and modern installations in a strategic location within El Vallés Oriental, boasts a new and second-hand vehicle showroom with some 80 cars in stock, as well as a garage.

Employing 12 people, the centre is environmentally sustainable thanks to a design based on harnessing natural light and motion sensing automatic lighting technology. Its innovative concept seeks to offer the best service and an exclusive user experience.

“We are very happy to be adding a new dealership to the Motorprim family in an area – El Vallés Oriental – where we previously lacked a presence, and we’re sure that it will be highly successful and popular”, explained Lluís Conesa, Motorprim Manager. “The range of Hyundai vehicles is growing all the time, especially sustainable vehicles, and Motorprim will be there to offer its services”, he added.

Movento at the 39th Barcelona Second-Hand Vehicle Show

For another year, the dealerships forming the Movento group will attend the 39th Barcelona Second-Hand Vehicle Show (from 29 November to 8 December at Fira de Barcelona) with the brands they represent: Mercedes-Benz, Smart, Seat, Audi, Volkswagen, Skoda, Dacia, Renault, Hyundai, Land Rover and Jaguar.

The show, which closed last year with a record result of over 3,000 semi-new vehicles sold, expects to be highly popular again with people wishing to upgrade their car or buy another one. Visitors will be able to enjoy over 600 m2 of vehicles on show from Movento, including zero-kilometre, semi-new and second-hand models. Those wishing to do so can also take them on a test drive.

The event, which is being held for the 39th time this year, comes right before the Low Emissions Zone is launched in Barcelona and its metropolitan area, which will limit access by the most polluting cars

Regional expansion by Movento following integration of Motorprim

The acquisition of Motorprim forms part of the expansion strategy being implemented by the automotive group in Catalonia.

Movento, the automotive division of Moventia, recently incorporated Motorprim into the group, an official Hyundai dealership operating in Badalona and Mataró. Integration of this company forms part of the global growth strategy being implemented by the family business to boost operations around the region. The acquisition of Motorprim in the Barcelonés Norte and Maresme area has resulted in the addition of another automotive brand of recognised standing. This operation adds over 1,000 sales units to the Movento group.

Movento and Motorprim share a similar track record given insofar as that both have 25 years of experience in the districts of Barcelonés and El Maresme. Motorprim represents Hyundai while Movento operates with the Renault and Dacia brands.

“The addition of this new brand represents a new and encouraging challenge for Moventia, which will no doubt make a positive contribution to the consolidation and positioning of Movento within its automotive business”, said Miquel Martí, Chairman of Moventia Group.

At present, Motorprim employs a total of 33 people and owns two facilities in Badalona and Mataró. Over the course of 2016, the dealership sold 700 new and 350 second-hand vehicles. In light of its positive results, Motorprim was officially recognised by Hyundai as one of the best dealerships for the brand in Europe and was given membership to its special ‘Frontier Dealer Club’ programme. 

Stern Motor Padel Tennis Tournament in Terrassa

From 12 to 22 June, some quality padel tennis was enjoyed at the Club Atlètic Hockey Terrassa.

Gustavo Oliva and Alberto Pérez emerged victorious in the Men’s A category, who played a thrilling match against Jesus Fernández and Jordi Bartres. The champions in the Women’s A category were Eli Andrade and Lidia Prieto, who beat Carlota Sala and Meritxell Torrecilla in an exciting match.

The champions and runners-up in the Stern Motor Padel Tennis Tournament were given trophies to recognise their sporting victories. The highest-ranking Mercedes-Benz customers will be invited to play in the National Final with a partner of their choice from 8 to 11 September at Reserva del Higuerón (Malaga).

Besides the traditional trophy award ceremony, Stern Motor closed its Tournament with a generous prize draw full of next-generation items from Dunlop Sport and a great cocktail party that was highly enjoyed by all those present.

The 8th Stern Motor Padel Tennis Tournament, which forms part of the Mercedes Tennis & Padel Tennis Tour (a leading and benchmark circuit in Spanish amateur sport), concluded with successful results in terms of both sport and participation.

Stern Motor winning company 2017 Sensia Award

On 6 June, Mercedes-Benz España S.A.U. presented its 13th Sensia Award. Mr. Reiner Hoeps and Mr. Carlos Salto, General Manager Cars of Mercedes-Benz España and Sales Network Director, respectively, presented the award to the managers of the 10 winning dealerships.

Stern Motor was recognised at this event, thereby making it a benchmark company within the Mercedes-Benz network and reaching a new milestone in Spain: Stern Motor is the only dealership to have received an award at all 13 editions. This year, the award was collected by the Manager of Stern Motor, Joan Bta. Colomer Mirabell, and the dealership’s Quality Manager, Carmen Enrech.

The winning companies are a demonstration that the Mercedes-Benz brand is a leader not only in the products it brings to market but also in the excellence of its after-sales and sales processes in the Dealership Network focused on optimising the service offered to all of the brand’s customers every day.

Aleix Espargaró and Sam Lowes at Motospazio

On Thursday 8 June 2017, and coinciding with the Moto GP held at the Barcelona-Catalonia circuit in Montmeló, the top category riders Aleix Espargaró and Sam Lowes from the Aprilia Racing team paid a flying visit to Motospazio. The young riders from the top category, Moto GP, were signing autographs at Calle Calvet 49 in Barcelona from 18:30 to 19:00. Visitors were able to take part in a prize draw to win two tickets to see the Moto GP at the Barcelona-Catalonia circuit that was held on the following weekend, from 9 to 11 June. Aleix Espargaró was the man responsible for randomly picking a winner from the draw.

Furthermore, all visitors took home a free poster and were given the chance to buy an Aprilia cap for only € 7.

The whole event took place in a vibrant atmosphere surrounded by genuine competition motorbikes, such as the Aprilia Tuono 125, the RS 125 and the spectacular RSV4.

Aleix Espargaró is one of the Catalan Moto GP riders who returned to the top category in the world motorcycling championship in 2012 and won the championship in the CRT category that very same year. This season, he is competing with one of the brands represented by Motospazio, Aprilia. According to statements made during an interview with the sports newspaper Marca, the rider said that this change had let him be himself again on the track.

Sam Lowes, a British rider who joined the same motorcycle racing category in the same year, won the Supersport World Championship in 2013.