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Welcome to York Ward & Rowlatt

PROUD HISTORY SINCE 1841

  • Carriage builders, J York & Son founded in 1841 in Oxford Street, Wellingborough
  • Registered in 1912 as York & Ward Ltd, combining the separate businesses of York & Son coachbuilders and Ward Motor Makers
  • Name changed in 1920 to recognise the substantial interest of the Rowlatt family
  • 1958 – Appointed as Vauxhall Dealer

180 YEAR HERITAGE

  • 1987 The business was purchased by the current owners Grosvenor Leasing Limited
  • 1998 Vauxhall dealer - Hamblin's of Rushden were acquired
  • 1999 Our new Masterfit Centre was opened, one of the first in the UK
  • 2008 Acquired Eye Bury Trucks Limited, trading as Broad Green Peugeot
  • 2012 Appointed distributors for Ampera - Vauxhall's first electric vehicle
  • 2018 Our dedicated Commercial Vehicle Centre opened
  • 2019 Broad Green Peugeot and York Ward & Rowlatt Vauxhall merged to form a multi-brand vehicle sales and aftersales facility.

Facilities

Total site – 4.5 acres
2 showrooms – 8 vehicle display
75 used vehicle display bays
15 mechanical bays (inc. Masterfit)
2 Class 4 MOT bays
Vauxhall, Peugeot & Citroen Approved accident repair
10 valet bays
160 Sq. metres parts storage (inc. mezzanine)
5,172 parts lines
12,000 Sq. metres dedicated fleet operation (Rushden)