HSJ MOTORS

A dealership you can run from your phone: stock, test drives, trade-in valuations and service, all in one account.

  • New & used stock
  • Test drives
  • Service booking

What it is actually like to buy a car from us

Most of the time a car purchase goes wrong in the gaps. You see a listing somewhere, phone to ask if it is still there, get told someone will call back, and three days later you are starting again with a different car. Our app exists to close those gaps. It is the same stock list our sales floor works from, the same service diary our workshop works from, and the same order file your paperwork sits in — shown to you instead of read out to you.

Stock you can trust to be there

Every new and used car in the app is a car we hold or have on order. When one is sold it leaves the list that day. Listings carry the mileage, the service record, the previous-owner count, the MOT position where it applies, and photographs taken of that specific car, not a press shot of the model. If a used car has a kerbed wheel or a scuff on the rear bumper, you will see the photograph of it before you drive to us. That is cheaper for everyone than a wasted Saturday.

A test drive that is a booking, not a request

You pick the car, you pick a slot, and the slot is held against that registration. Nobody else is booked into it. You turn up, the keys are at the desk, and the route is one we know shows the car properly — a stretch of dual carriageway, some town driving, a hill. If the car is not right for you, say so and we will put two alternatives in front of you rather than argue with you about the first one.

The trade-in, in writing

You send us the registration, the mileage, the condition and a handful of photographs through the app. You get a written valuation back, with the reasoning attached: what the car is worth to us, what is coming off for the tyres or the bodywork, and how long the figure stands. We re-check it when the car is physically with us, and if nothing has changed, the figure does not change either.

After the keys

The part of ownership that lasts longest is the part most dealers go quiet about. Your car stays in your account: service intervals, what was done last time, what the technician flagged for next time, and a booking screen for the workshop. When the car is in with us, the job moves through the same status list we use internally — booked in, on the ramp, parts awaited, ready — so you are not ringing the service desk to find out whether to arrange a lift home.

None of this replaces talking to a person. It just means that by the time we talk, we are both looking at the same car, the same figures and the same dates.

What the app does

Browse new and used stock

Filter by budget, body style, fuel, transmission and mileage. Each used car shows its own photographs, service history and MOT position rather than a generic listing.

Book a test drive on a specific car

Choose a registration and a time slot. The car is held for you, the keys are at the desk when you arrive, and the route is set up to show the car properly.

Get a trade-in valuation

Send the registration, mileage, condition and photographs. You get a written figure back with the deductions itemised and a date it stands until.

Schedule a service appointment

Pick servicing, MOT, diagnostics or a recall from the workshop diary, with courtesy transport requested in the same booking.

Track the order or the job

Factory order, finance paperwork or a car on the ramp — the status in the app is the status on our screen: booked in, parts awaited, ready for collection.

What you can ask us for

Start any of these in the app or through the enquiry form — the same team picks them up.

New vehicle order

Build, options and delivery slot agreed up front, then tracked from factory to forecourt in your account.

  • Specification walkthrough
  • Written order summary
  • Delivery date updates
  • Handover appointment
Most asked for

Used car purchase

Every used car is inspected and photographed individually before it goes on the app.

  • Multi-point inspection report
  • Service and ownership history
  • Test drive on that registration
  • Reserve from the app

Trade-in and part-exchange

A written valuation with the reasoning attached, re-checked when the car is physically with us.

  • Photo-based first figure
  • Itemised deductions
  • Settlement handled for you
  • Offset against your next car

Servicing and MOT

Workshop booking with the job list agreed before work starts, and nothing added without your approval.

  • Online diary booking
  • Technician's video check
  • Approve extra work in the app
  • Service record kept in your account

Figures, availability and timings are confirmed in writing for your specific vehicle before anything is agreed.

Tell us what you are after

A car you have seen, a valuation on the one you own, or a service slot — leave your details and we will pick it up.

  • A member of the sales or service team replies personally — no call centre.
  • First reply asks only what we need: the car, the registration or the dates.
  • Nothing is booked and nothing is quoted until you have it in writing.