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= Snows Group =

Snows is a private limited company and a major UK-based retailer of cars and commercial vehicles, with dealerships throughout Southern England. In June 2018 they occupied the 50th position on the automotive trade magazine AM Online’s list of the country’s 100 largest automotive groups by turnover. { "type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [ {     "type": "Feature", "properties": {}, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ -1.4594006538391116,         50.916928073005415        ]      }    }  ] }

History
Founded by the late Geoff Snow in 1962, the company was originally a Southampton-based manufacturer and retailer of print and office supplies. It began to invest in the retail motor trade (to which it had become a major supplier) in 1979. From its original holdings in local Toyota and BMW dealerships, Snows steadily expanded its business and acquired other dealerships until it became one of the largest automotive groups in the region. On Geoff Snow’s retirement in 2007, his son Stephen took over as chairman of the group.

Operations
As of August 2018, Snows have 45 franchised dealerships, five servicing centres, and 11 multi-franchise used car and van centres, known as ‘Too Good To Auction’, between Devon and Surrey. The company is an authorised dealer for Abarth, Alfa Romeo, BMW, Citroen, Fiat, JEEP, Kia, Lexus, Lotus, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz Vans, MINI, Peugeot, SEAT, Suzuki, Toyota, Volkswagen Commercials, and Volvo. Their leasing arm also provides personal and business contract hire for a variety of vehicles.