£3.5 million investment

• Seven new jobs including two apprentices
• Ferrari Global Aftersales Dealer of the Year
• Reduced service waiting times
• Hybrid vehicle servicing
• Only centre on the south coast to become an authorised Ferrari Classiche workshop

Located on the Hounsdown Business Park, the Ferrari service centre provides an additional servicing facility enabling the Meridien Modena team to complete restorations, pioneering technical refurbishments, as well as routine scheduled servicing on Ferrari vehicles.

Creating seven new jobs including two full-time apprentice technicians from September, Meridien Modena will have in excess of 40 staff running the centre to ensure exceptional service is delivered to its nationwide customer base.

With 13 service bays, scheduled service times will be dramatically reduced from a peak of six weeks to between three and five days. Two service bays will be dedicated to working on classic Ferrari's which are more than 20 years old as Meridien Modena has officially been recognised by the Italian brand as one of only nine authorised Classiche workshops in the UK.

The centre also includes a lounge for clients to relax and view the workshop through floor to ceiling glass.

Chris Ambrose, who is heading up the Ferrari service centre team as service manager, said: 'The opening of this additional facility is an exciting development for Meridien Modena. This revolutionary facility has the newest technology available for customers, so they can rest assured that their car will be in good hands if it requires any work to be carried out or routine maintenance.

'A key focal point in the centre of the workshop is a first-floor vehicle lift. The first-floor has 14 storage lifts which allows 35 vehicles to be stored to allow the workshop below to remain free flowing for daily work.'

Meridien Modena received the Ferrari Global Aftersales Dealer of the Year Award at the annual Ferrari Dealer Conference, held earlier this year at the Fiorano Circuit in Italy. The judges explained that the Lyndhurst-based dealership had won the award in recognition of 'hitting and exceeding various targets and for customer satisfaction throughout the year across the service and parts departments.'

Glenn Butt, director at Meridien Modena, said: 'We're delighted to be launching our new service centre to benefit our ever-growing client base. The significant investment in the new centre and its facilities ensures that we meet the exemplary standards expected from the Ferrari brand. 

'It is testament to the team's hard work that we were awarded Ferrari Global Aftersales Dealer of the Year 2017. We were absolutely thrilled to receive the Ferrari Portofino V8 Engine, which is on display in our new service centre for customers to come along and see up close for themselves.

'We are also proud to be the only centre on the south coast that will be able to offer the aftersales facility element of the Ferrari 'Classiche' service, a service which can be provided to classic and competition cars. At our new facility we'll be able to provide all the mechanical repairs and inspections needed to restore or rebuild a classic Ferrari and ensure each vehicle complies with the original specifications. This is an incredibly exciting element for us, as previously all parts of the Classiche service were carried out in Maranello, Italy.'

For more information, visit www.meridien.co.uk/

Photo credit: Ferrari North Europe
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