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Ford Retail Group, operating as TrustFord is an operator of franchised motorcar dealerships in the United Kingdom and Europe, which is now owned by Ford of Europe. In addition to selling new and used Ford & Iveco cars and commercial vehicles, Ford Retail Group dealerships also operate a full garage workship, repair and service centre.〔(The Boardroom Magazine )〕 ==History== At the end of 1998, Jardine Motors Group announced a joint venture with the manufacturer for its Ford dealerships,〔Barkas, Eric (1998) Ford Poised to Become a Retailer with Jardine-Polar Joint Firm. ''Yorkshire Post'', 1 October 1998, p.14〕 the merged firm was known as Polar Ford.〔(Lancaster and Polar Ford cause headaches for Jardine ), MotorTrader.com.〕 In January the of the following year Polar Ford had purchased Dagenham Motors.〔(Dagenham Aceepts Polar Bid ), MotorTrader.com.〕 Polar Ford purchased three North London dealerships from Stripestar in May 2002〔(London Ford Dealers Join Polar Expansion ), MotorTrader.com.〕 and Alperton Ford in February 2003,〔(Polar Buys Alperton Ford in North West London ), MotorTrader.com.〕 before Jardine sold their 51% stake in the joint venture to Ford in March 2004, at which point the company became known as Ford Retail Group.〔(Ford acquires Polar Motor Group ), MotorTrader.com.〕 By 2014, Ford Retail Group operated under a variety of names;〔 * Dagenham Ford - primarily located in London and the surrounding counties * Polar Ford - primarily located in Yorkshire and North West England * Brunel Ford - located in South West England * Heartlands Ford - Birmingham and surrounding area * Lindsay Ford - Northern Ireland * Bougourd Ford - Guernsey * La Motte Ford - Jersey * Ford Online * Ford Online Parts In February 2014, the company stated their intention to rebrand all their activities as TrustFord,〔Bennett, Jeremy (2014) (Ford Retail to rebrand network as TrustFord ), AMOnline〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ford Retail Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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