RETAIL SITE History Home > About Us > History Our history The leader in nearly new cars for over 20 years 1998 The UK’s leading independent car retailer opens for business in Derby Motorpoint spearhead's the BBC’s "Rip Off Britain" campaign 1999 Motorpoint launches Boomerang, its ground-breaking Personal Contract Purchase (PCP) plan 2000 Motorpoint opens its national call centre 2001 Motorpoint opens its second site in Burnley 2003 Motorpoint opens its third site in Glasgow 2005 Motorpoint opens its fourth site in Newport 2006 Motorpoint becomes the first car retailer to sell to every postal area in England Motorpoint opens its fifth site in Peterborough 2007 Motorpoint becomes first car retailer to sell to every postal area in Scotland 2008 Motorpoint celebrates its 10th anniversary 2010 Motorpoint becomes first major car retailer to gain Specialist Automotive Finance (SAF) approval 2011 Motorpoint opens state-of-the-art training facility in Derby 2012 Motorpoint launches National Apprenticeship Scheme Motorpoint opens its sixth site in Chingford 2013 Mark Carpenter appointed Group CEO Motorpoint named Car Supermarket of the Year by Motor Trader magazine Motorpoint opens its seventh site in Birmingham Motorpoint is named the UK’s number one independent car retailer by Motor Trader magazine 2014 Motorpoint named the Ultimate Digital Car Supermarket by Auto Trader Motorpoint opens its eighth site in Widnes 2015 Motorpoint named one of the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies to Work For in the UK and then every year thereafter Motorpoint opens its ninth site in Birtley 2016 Motorpoint is listed on the London Stock Exchange Motorpoint opens its tenth site in Castleford Motorpoint opens its eleventh site in Oldbury 2017 Motorpoint opens its twelfth site in Sheffield 2019 New Head Office opens in Derby 2020 Motorpoint opens its thirteenth site in Swansea Motorpoint opens its fourteenth site in Teeside Launched home delivery service 2021 Dedicated preparation centre to serve Scotland opens in Motherwell Record levels of customer satisfaction as measured by NPS (83 in H2) Motorpoint opens its fifteenth site in Manchester (October 2021) Customer fully digital finance offering enabled See more of our achievements in our latest Annual Report View here © 2021 Motorpoint Group Plc Contact Us Disclaimer