this article appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . august 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message it has been suggested that this article be merged into ford of britain . discuss proposed since may 2014 . ford retail group industry motor industry founded 1998 headquarters colchester essex united kingdom key people steve hood chief executive & chairman john leeman director of dealer operations products motor vehicles revenue uk 827 million 2006 1 net income uk 3 million 2006 2 number of employees 2958 2007 3 website www.fordretail.com ford retail group operating as trustford 4 is an operator of franchised motorcar dealerships in the united kingdom and europe that 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 . 5 history edit at the end of 1998 jardine motors group announced a joint venture with the manufacturer for its ford dealerships 6 the merged firm was known as polar ford . 7 in january of the following year polar ford had purchased dagenham motors . 8 polar ford purchased three north london dealerships from stripestar in may 2002 9 and alperton ford in february 2003 10 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 . 11 by 2014 ford retail group operated under a variety of names ; 4 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 12 references edit motor trader automotive news online the boardroom magazine a b bennett jeremy . ford retail to rebrand network as trustford . am online . retrieved 16 february 2015 . the boardroom magazine barkas eric 1998 ford poised to become a retailer with jardine polar joint firm . yorkshire post 1 october 1998 p. 14 lancaster and polar ford cause headaches for jardine motortrader.com . dagenham accepts polar bid motortrader.com . london ford dealers join polar expansion motortrader.com . polar buys alperton ford in north west london motortrader.com . ford acquires polar motor group motortrader.com . bennett jeremy 2014 ford retail to rebrand network as trustford amonline v t e ford of europe ford motor company divisions and subsidiaries current carrozzeria ghia vignale ford of britain ford germany ford retail group ford romania defunct ford saf ford union facilities current ford aachen research center bridgend engine cologne body & assembly craiova plant dagenham plant dunton technical centre lommel proving grounds merkenich technical centre otosan assembly saarlouis body & assembly valencia plant vsevolozhsk assembly former cork genk halewood southampton trafford park passenger cars current b max c max fiesta focus galaxy ka kuga mondeo mustang s max past 7w 7y anglia capri classic com te consul consul capri corsair cortina cougar c ten cx eifel fusion escort granada gt k ln maverick orion pilot popular prefect probe puma rheinland rs200 scorpio sierra squire taunus vedette y zephyr commercial vehicles minibuses tourneo tourneo connect trucks defunct a series cargo trader d series transcontinental vans current transit connect transit custom transit past 300e 307e 400e courier e83w escort category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ford retail group & oldid 722486177 categories automotive companies of the united kingdomford of europeauto dealerships of the united kingdomhidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from august 2010articles to be merged from may 2014all articles to be mergedpages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 may 2016 at 12 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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