Drive Motor Retail Reviews 

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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

3.4

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Looking at 157 reviews, most reviewers were somewhat happy with their experience overall. Customers consistently praise the staff for their professionalism, helpfulness, and friendly approach, often going above and beyond. Many highlight sales advisors for their informative, no-pressure style and excellent customer service, making the buying process pleasant. The efficiency and responsiveness of service teams in resolving issues are also frequently appreciated. However, some customers faced significant dissatisfaction with communication and after-sales service, citing poor follow-up. Concerns also arose regarding product issues like breakdowns or misrepresented electric car ranges. Additionally, a few people mentioned pricing problems, including unexpected increases or charges for unresolved diagnostics.

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

I can't fault the process up until the point of sale. After the sale, I had to do considerable chasing and was always needing to be proactive. There wasn't any proactivity with comms on the pa... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I visited the Scarborough site on Saturday and was met by Matthew Kilby. He was extremely polite and welcoming and could not do enough to help. he organised a test drive and once safely back in the s... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Do not get involved with the heavy discounts on Vauxhall corsa.it is basically a con!if you take the £4000 discounted price it does not include the 0% finance,you have to pay 9.9% interest!!!never eve... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Purchased Seat Arona, dealt with sales rep Carl Boothby at the Hessle dealership. The car was advertised at a very competative price compared to others in our local area, arranged a viewing and was i... See more


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  2. Car Service

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Drive Motor Retail - Dealers for New & Used Cars, Vans, Motability & Servicing The nation’s premier Vauxhall, MG and Citroen dealer; Drive Motor Retail have a network of dealerships located across England in the North East, South West, East Anglia & the Midlands. We are very proud of the many years of experience we have enjoyed in the automotive industry which has been built upon an absolute commitment to delivering the very best customer care, each and every time you visit or contact a Drive Motor Retail Garage.


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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Car Dealer rip off

Just went to look at purchasing a Hyundai hybrid one year old car at the branch of Drive Hyundai Scarborough Happy with the car, sales chap said balance of a 5 year warranty comes with the car, but what really shocked me was the cost of advice should there be a problem with the car, one simple question was if I have a problem with the car and bring it back for an answer, they want you to sign a disclaimer that you would pay £144 if it’s not a warranty item, I asked how would I know if it is warranty item, there answer was it’s your problem that’s our procedure’s, well I don’t mind paying for some time for an explanation to find out what the problem is but a standard fee of £144 is shocking, practices like this bring the word rip off springs to mind. No way will I buy from this company.

19 December 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service team @ Bristol North

Great service team - after a recall on my Grandland-x went a bit wrong when they needed an additional part, Andy on the service desk couldn't have been more helpful in sorting it out - no fuss and got me back on the road. It not when things go well that shows how good service is, its when they go wrong and they do what they say they'll do when they say they will to just get it fixed.

18 December 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I have rung Drive Scarborough and left…

I have rung Drive Scarborough and left phone messages three times today, and not a single response? even after a promise they would!!

They have our Peugeot Van in for a warranty engine leak, which was supposed to have been sorted out 4 weeks ago, which they finally you got onto last week? advising us it would be ready for us to collect, but we cannot get any response from them. We can however get constant promises of return calls but nothing else?

Hope fully their contact box email will be answered because leaving phone messages is a complete waste if time.
We experienced the same problems last time but thought it was a one off occurence, but it appears this is the normal with their sales/service staff

Poor service throughout, would not recommend

8 December 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Well Done Drive Motor Retail Scarborough

Drive Motor Retail Scarborough

We have just purchased our third Hyundai i10 and on each occasion have worked with Danielle Boocock.

Danielle is very professional whilst doing her absolute best for her clients. She left the organisation for 18 months and we decided that we would not buy our next car from Hyundai Scarborough. She recently rejoined the company and we were thrilled and have just taken delivery of our third i10.

Danielle is an absolute asset. As a female purchaser I would prefer to deal with a fellow female and I felt Danielle had my interest at heart.

A big thank you to Danielle and I hope I will be able to deal with her when I buy my next car.

3 December 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Poor Service

Took my car to Drive Hartlepool for an Alarm fault, charged me £140 for diagnostics, told me it was the battery. Fitted a new battery but didn’t cure fault.
They then wanted me to pay for parts ad hoc to try to fix it! Found out from Peugeot that they should have raised a Technical ticket. They then wanted me to pay for further diagnostics!
Not what I would expect from a main dealer, steer clear!

28 November 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Car Purchase

Second car purchase having had a very positive experience last time that was 8 years ago.
All calls were followed up in a timely manner with enthusiastic and timely updates on our car purchase this time around too.

Only slight negative is the recent introduction of a centralised call system where you cant call sales team members directly,but call team do follow up in a timely manner

30 November 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Van was recalled by Vauxhall and needed…

Van was recalled by Vauxhall and needed a service nothing was wrong with the van drove perfectly. They phoned me to say they had done some checks on the van and it requires £3000 worth of work , no warning lights had come on , I said no , now three days later coincidentally the emissions light has come on ?

24 November 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Drive Defect

Bought a Renault Zoe EV. purchased with ease. The most economical ev I have ever driven, at 5 miles per kilowatt, most EVs are about 3.8 miles per kilowatt.

26 November 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Stockton -on-tees shocking

Stockton -on-tees: The attitude here is shocking. Sold us a vauxhall corsa griffen and in 2 years has been back to them with serious faults. Said we wanted to exchange for another Griffen but they tried selling us more expensive cars. Spoke to us like were scum. Manager never rings back and had the phone put down on us. After sales !! What after sales.DONT BUY FROM HERE. Con men who dont care

19 November 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Do not get involved with the heavy…

Do not get involved with the heavy discounts on Vauxhall corsa.it is basically a con!if you take the £4000 discounted price it does not include the 0% finance,you have to pay 9.9% interest!!!never ever known an interest that high on a brand new car.the charge for credit is £5000+ depending on deposit,tried everything with the sales person but got nowhere.the only way you get the discounted price is by paying entirely in cash.i have gone ahead with purchase but regretting it already.

15 November 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

YouDrive Darlington- Repair

Booked in for my car to be looked after after paying for this to be repaired elsewhere. YouDrive Darlington booked this in very quickly and after looking at the car we’re able to identify the problem quickly, my car required a full wet belt repair. The technician were brilliant and completed the work very quickly and getting my car sorted quicker than I thought they would, a lot of garages couldn’t get me booked in for at least two weeks but YouDrive got me in within a few days. The customer service from everyone I spoke to was excellent and I was updated throughout the process, the lad on the customer service desk named Jake was extremely helpful, knowledgeable and kept me up to date throughout the whole time. I must say the technician that carried out the repair has done this to a very high standard, I will be booking my car back in for a service and MOT and wouldn’t take my car anywhere else.

31 October 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Very poor

I enquired about a car at another branch and was told it would be delivered to my local branch, four weeks later and after many phone calls and emails it never came. No one communicates which each other or lets you know anything, shocking service, complete waste of my time, the first time I have not been able to buy a car off a garage.

13 October 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Jose Hidalgo

Jose Hidalgo, great service , very helpful I highly recommend, he is professional and kept me updated with my car , 5 star service

7 November 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

One star as its impossible to give…

One star as its impossible to give zero. It's fine so long as you never need to deal with the parts/servicing department for more than one day at a time. Timeframes don't appear to be a concept they understand and everything seems to be on a day by day approach hoping that a part arrives(now been over a week of this and all they can tell me is we dont know when the part will arrive(a part that is common to peugot, citroen, Vauxhall and toyota). It also seems they have no ability to provide courtesy cars which would at least mitigate the delay

3 November 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Jose Hidalgo

Jose Hidalgo ,
You could not have a more helpful, knowledgeable and friendly sales executive. He made my first motability experience most enjoyable, and we even had a laugh along the way. He was very patient and understanding and would highly recommend him to others for his service.

29 October 2025
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