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1TEC Auto Hub

Are you embracing the future? A message from Louise Davies, our Head of Concept Sales It’s been an exciting start to the summer for our business, from an encouraging and uplifting few days at Automechanika Birmingham, to the launch of our new concept garage platform, 1TEC Auto Hub – a personal highlight for me since the last edition of this newsletter.

For anyone who’s unfamiliar with how a garage concept can help their workshop, consider this an introduction! As a business, LKQ Euro Car Parts is on a mission to help the independent aftermarket compete on a more level playing field with the dealerships. Perhaps the biggest single reason a motorist might chose to use a dealership’s workshop or bodyshop is because of the OEM logo. But garages that belong to a recognised, successful access to exclusive benefits designed to help them not just meet, but exceed the level of service the dealerships can offer, locally and at a better price. Concepts have a big part to play by giving quality independent workshops

Shell, Pagid, Varta, Valeo, MPM, Schaeffler, ZF Aftermarket and us – supplying their support and access to the latest technical data, tools and products. In this sense, 1TEC Auto Hub is very much focused on the future and helping garages to adapt to rapidly developing trends in automotive world. The response to the 1TEC Auto Hub launch has been hugely positive, and the garages we’ve already onboarded have felt the benefits from day one. If you want to join them, and for more information on our range of garage concepts, then please don’t hesitate to contact a member of our team at concepts@LKQEurocarparts.com.

concept network, with its logo above the door, can provide that same level of reassurance. Being a concept garage sets an expectation that customers will receive a high standard of service, that the workshop will use quality products and that the team working there will be supported with external training and expertise. We believe that concept garages have a key role to play in supporting the sector’s future, and that’s why we’ve created 1TEC Auto Hub to sit alongside our existing partnerships with Bosch Car Service and the RAC. What separates 1TEC Auto Hub is the unique roster of partners behind it –

www.1TEC.co.uk

Garage Support | 2023 Issue 3 | Page 11