The Meadens Motor Group was first established by Peter Sexton, the current Managing Director, in October 1991 and by February 1992 had been awarded the SEAT Franchise at Sway.

In January 2003 the company opened another branch, based in Bransgore, near Christchurch. Bransgore Garage quickly gained the reputation of supplying quality used cars of all makes and shortly after opening added the franchise, Daihatsu. The 6 car showroom and state of the art workshop facilities were extensively re-modeled to comform to Daihatsu's exacting standards.

The company has since become one of the south's largest, privately owned motor dealers and has over 150 used cars in group stock at any one time. Peter Sexton, while as MD is still obviously very much involved in the business, also competes extensively in motor sport, currently rallying the budget priced Skoda Fabia 1.4 with great success, thus fully supporting the franchises.

John Lamb joined the company in 2003 as Group Sales Director, the group benefitting from John's vast experience with the motor industry. Peter and John both share the same principals of the Meadens Motor Group... i.e. Value for Money, Professionalism and Expertise in all areas of Sales and Aftersales.

In June 2006 we developed the business further by changing the franchise at Sway to Skoda. We are still able to look after our SEAT customers at Sway by way of the SEAT Approved Programme. Sway aslo benefits from being an official SEAT service centre.

In October 2009 Meadens Motor Group added the Subaru Franchise to it’s portfolio at the Bransgore Garage premises. Subaru have a superb range of lifestyle vehicles and are now equipped with the critically acclaimed “Boxer” diesel engines in their Impreza, Forester and Legacy Models.

And a final message from John...
"We would like to welcome our customers with a warm, welcoming, relaxed and pressure free environment. We offer a totally hassle free and memorable buying experience which we hope will continue from the day you buy your first car to the day you buy your next and retain your loyalty in the future, not just today. But to do that we have to be not just good, but VERY good at our jobs. We think we are but only YOU can confirm this!"