The new centre is now open round-the-clock, from 6am on Mondays until 10pm on Fridays, and on Saturday mornings. Crucially, the three-acre site offers ample space for drivers to manoeuvre and park their vehicles.
The reception area includes comfortable rest and meeting facilities, while the 700 sq m Parts department carries broader and deeper stocks of Mercedes-Benz GenuineParts than has previously been possible.
The heart of the 2,500 sq m building, though, is its fully equipped workshop. This has nine full-length truck and trailer bays – three of which have 22-metre pits – with another eight set aside for van maintenance and repairs. There is an Authorised Testing Facility in which inspectors from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency will carry out truck MOT tests, while the dealer’s own van technicians will MOT vehicles in the Class 4 and 7 categories at times of the day or night that are most convenient to customers.
Motus Truck & Van managing director Lee Seward said: “This is an important area in which Mercedes-Benz has not previously been represented,” he explained. “It sits between our dealerships in East Anglia and at West Thurrock, and is going to play a big part in our growth strategy.
Motus Truck & Van represents the Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Mercedes-Benz Vans brands from a network of nine branches in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Hertfordshire. Like other members of the manufacturer’s franchised network, it also sells and supports the FUSO Canter light truck range.