Ssangyong aanounces five more dealers, and with new cars, sales should rocket - I am still waiting for the promised test.

• Five new SsangYong sales & service dealerships appointed in Batley, Doncaster, Horsham, Stockton-on-Tees and Telford

A further five new dealers have joined the SsangYong franchise, with new appointments currently running at around one a month.

The new appointments are:

• Burrells Motor Group - Doncaster
• Driven Car Sales - Stockton-on-Tees
• Hammertons - Batley, West Yorkshire
• Horsham Car Centre - Horsham, West Sussex
• Shukers - Telford

“The arrival of the new Tivoli B-segment crossover, has certainly increased interest in the franchise from across the motor trade,” said Paul Williams, CEO of SsangYong Motor UK.

“Confidence in the SsangYong brand has been growing steadily as our sales performance indicates, but Tivoli has really fired-up enquiries from potential dealers.  We’re also now hearing from businesses representing premium brands looking for another string to their bow.

“Additionally, we’re finding that existing SsangYong dealers are wanting to add the brand to other locations they either already have or want to open for us, Shukers in Shrewsbury and now Telford being a case in point.  This is hugely encouraging,” added Mr Williams.

SsangYong is actively looking for the right quality of dealers, with an entrepreneurial ‘can do’ attitude, to represent the brand in a number of locations, and current open points include: Aberdeen, Ayr, Barnstaple, Basingstoke, Bedford, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cambridge, Chester, Derby, Dover, Dundee, Edinburgh, Folkestone, Greater Manchester, Grimsby, Hull, Inverness, Isle of Man, Kings Lynn, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Mid & North Wales, Newbury, Nottingham, Orkneys, Perth, Portsmouth, Reading, Salisbury, Shetlands, Southampton, Worcester and York.

Ssangyong announces five more new dealers - that's 10 this year.

• Five new SsangYong sales & service dealerships for Bicester, Carmarthen, St Austell, Sheffield & Witham
• Includes two more former Chevrolet dealers

A further five new dealers have signed-up to represent SsangYong, Korea’s oldest car brand, bringing to 10 the number of new dealers appointed since January.

SsangYong Korando	SsangYong Rexton W
SsangYong Korando Sports pick-up	SsangYong Turismo MPV

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The new appointments are:

• County Specialist Vehicles, Bicester, Oxfordshire
• Grant & McAllin, Holbrook, Sheffield
• Howards of Carmarthen, Carmarthen, South Wales
• Mid Cornwall Cars, Roche, St Austell
• Witham Vehicle Solutions, Witham, Essex

“We warmly welcome these five new dealers to the SsangYong franchise, two of whom - County Specialist Vehicles and Howards of Carmarthen - formerly represented Chevrolet," said Paul Williams, CEO of SsangYong Motor UK.  “Confidence in the SsangYong brand is unquestionably growing, and our business proposition for dealers is increasingly being recognised as the 10 new appointments so far this year testify.

“Every car in our four model range has been refreshed for 2014: face-lifted Korando, new Rexton W, improved Korando Sports pick-up and the recently launched Turismo, the most competitively priced MPV on the market.  Never before have we had such a complete range - a line-up of SUV and 4x4 vehicles that no other value-brand comes anywhere close to offering their dealer network and customers.

“That confidence is also being shared by customers as our sales figures so far this year would indicate.  And while one swallow doesn't make a summer, we are quietly optimistic about the rest of the year.”

SsangYong is actively looking for the right quality dealers to represent the brand in a number of locations.  There are a number of open points across England, Scotland and Wales including Aberdeen, Borders, Bradford, Greater Manchester, Leicester, Liverpool, London & South East, Mid & North Wales, Newcastle, Reading, Southampton, Teesside and Watford.