Expanding car dealership re-opens former Long Eaton showroom

NK Motors, one of the UK’s top performing car dealerships, is opening a new showroom in Long Eaton, 25 years after purchasing the site.

The showroom, in Tamworth Road, Long Eaton, had been leased to Pidcock Motorcycles since 2014 until that firm entered administration last year.

The site is where NK Motors’ current managing director, Sanj Kumar began his career as a car salesman 25 years ago, after the property was purchased by his dad and NK Group chairman Nindy Kumar in 2000.

The Long Eaton business – called ‘NK Motors – The Used Car Centre’ – will provide the group with additional stock capacity for 80 used vehicles, with plans for an overflow showroom for 40 additional cars at another Long Eaton site owned by the group nearby.

The decision to expand the group by re-opening its former site has created seven new jobs, with a further four in the pipeline.

The firm has spent around £100,000 on refurbishments and repairs of the property since getting the keys back in November 2024.

NK Motors’ flagship showroom in Orient Way, Pride Park, combined with its second site at Eldon Road Business Park, Chilwell, Nottingham, is one of the country’s best-performing Kia dealerships for new car sales.

Sanj Kumar said: “It’s a great feeling for me personally to see the site I began my career at 25 years ago coming back into use as our latest car showroom.

“Since those days, when we were selling 60 cars a month, we’ve grown from a small family business into a huge dealership, particularly through our partnership with Kia.

“Having outgrown the Long Eaton site back in 2014, we’re so looking forward to bringing it back to its former glory as a centre for used cars.”