Jardine Motors Group, is a multi-national operator of franchised motorcar dealerships in the United Kingdom with international outlets in Hong Kong, Macau and China.
[7] By 1981 Lancaster were running Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Ferrari and Volvo dealerships in East Anglia, and Hong Kong–based Jardine Matheson purchased a 76% holding in the company.
[14] In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Jardine struggled to integrate the Appleyard businesses and saw profits slide,[15][16] but acquisitions soon resumed.
[19] Jardine posted strong results for 2005[20] and continued its expansion with new dealership openings such as Lamborghini in Reading[21] and McLaren in One Hyde Park in London[22] and by purchase of existing dealers from others; e.g. Milcars BMW in 2003,[23] Marshall Honda in Reading in 2006,[24] Pilling Land Rover in Welwyn Garden City,[25] Merritts Jaguar in Amersham[26] in 2010, the Wayside Group in 2011[27] and five Toyota and Lexus sites in 2012.
Zung Fu Company Limited (仁孚行有限公司) was acquired by Jardine's in the 1990s,[32] having originally been established in Hong Kong in the early 1950s.
[34] Building on the existing Mercedes-Benz relationship, an authorised Service Centre was opened in Shenzhen in 1993,[34] but government restrictions still prevented from operating sales dealerships in the country.