[1] The company, a family-owned business, in 1946 as a single garage shop on Sticker Lane in Bradford.

[2] The company name, JCT600, came from the personal number plate of a Mercedes-Benz 600 owned by Jack Tordoff, which he also used on his Porsche when he won the Circuit of Ireland Rally.

[3] The company employs over 2,400 colleagues, is one of UK's largest motor retailers, and has been a family-owned business for four generations[4][independent source needed] JCT600 sponsors Bradford City AFC, a fourth-division English football (soccer) club.

This is one of the longest running partnerships in English Football League History[citation needed].

[5] JCT600 founder Jack Tordoff was an honorary life president and was a lifelong supporter of Bradford City AFC, regularly taking his two sons to Valley Parade throughout their childhood.