Now Trading as Autobahn Derby Motors.

I purchased a car of them in March 2011. Since then I have found out the car has been clock amongst other things.

They have not returned any of my calls or letters. Derby Trading Standards are now involved.

PLEASE EVERYONE DON'T BUY CARS FROM THESE COWBOYS.........

We brought a Mazda MX-5, had the paperwork etc. We had the car serviced the same week and found out it had been in an accident, not too bad but tried to claim money, they were having none of it, then trading standards got involved and we ended up getting £300 back, even though they had an invoice for £320 but from reading the other reviews I can think myself lucky. Hope everyone else manages to get somewhere.
I would never reccomend anyone buying a car from these people.

Armston Developments Limited, which traded as Spectrum Motors, is in compulsory liquidation, and the Official Receiver at Leicester is investigating its affairs and the conduct of its directors. Anyone with information that they think could be relevant, including details of complaints made to Trading Standards, please write to the Official Receiver, 4th Floor, Wellington House, Wellington Street, Leicester LE1 6HL or e-mail [email protected].

DONT BUY!!!!!!! CAR HAS COST ME THOUSANDS SINCE PURCHASE, .

Have communicated with http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/extra/contact.cfm?frmAlias=/contact/ today, everyone needs to file complaints with them direct in order for anything to happen!

WE bought a car in June. now regretting it. we did get the mot certificate and log book but have already spent £600 plus on car. regret not buying from a main dealer. have been buying cars for 30 years but thought this was a reasonable first car for my son. Can't afford to change it don't know what to do. If anyone knows the web site for complaints about this garage please post on this site.

Having bought a lovely Focus ST in black I have to report no issues so far with the car BUT when I picked up my car the financial agreement had changed from £207 pm which I agreed to a week earlier from picking the car up only to find it had jumped to £237 pm when my first payment went out a month later...Of course I cant seem to get hold of these people as the number has been disconected.
After reading some of the other reviews I'm now starting to worry as the mileage did seem low (23,000) for a car on an 07 plate and that an identical Focus ST (in grey) that they had in there showroom had almost the excact same mileage on it as well...coincidence ???
As for the guy who served me , he was the stupidest man I've ever meet , getting everything wrong from the make/model - colour - tax disc - my address (which he'd already written down twice) of the car in question and was just as stupid when I came to pick it up !

i wish i did my homework now before i brought my citroen c2 off these people! i purchased it bout 2 months ago and when took it for a test drive i noticed the passenger winger mirror lense and insides wer missing , before i accepted the purchase they sed they will sort it in next few weeks , i foned up everyweek then one day they foned me to tell me that LANCE has left them and they are having to sort out loads of things that he has promised people and sed they will contact me next week about the mirror, just come back off holiday and now thier number dont exist nomore, they wer also sorting out my private plate transfer which dvla says they have no record of it being sent to them, i hope someone catches these ripping off cowards or trading standards do something about it!.

i bought my car from here in may. i wish i had done my research before buying. lance turned out to be nice at first and promised every problem i found with the car would be sorted. the car looked ok so i purchased it not signing any logbook because "the documents were stored in a locked office" i trusted him and handed over the money. BIG MISTAKE!!! since that day i have recieved no logbook, found out that the car had 70000 miles on when it was a year and a half old even though when i bought it it was 4 year old and had 47000 miles on. so many things have gone wrong in 5 months. ive contacted them numerous times about recieving my logbook but nothing ever happens.these cowboys should not be trading! they should be beheind bars!. i hope they get whats coming to them. Avoid these group of conmen like the plague!!!

Brought a new car around 1 month ago now and this month my previous blak horse finance and this finance have come out the bank. Bob told me the money they would give me on part ex for my old car would pay the car off and I would then just have the new finance plus couple of hundred as the difference between part exchange and the new car. I have just got off the phone to black horse after looking at my bank and having both taken out this month. To find out that even though they have taken my car they have not paid off my finance.. How can people like this still be in trading?? And other than citizens advice and police any idea's on what I can do ?? Or any contact for them at all would be great.. Thanks Nikki

Phone number and or contact details please....... I have a score to settle with them.

Sold me a diesel car, turned out to be a petrol car!!! Was told by the salesman (Lance) to have a think for a couple of days, so I did - rang them back and they said 'as you didnt bring it back straight away you cant return it now' I have proof of the advert misleading me. Thought at one point I was getting somewhere with 'Bob' the manager but he turned out to be as corrupt as the rest of the cowboys. .... I would swear... Unfortunately couldn't have the option to give them Zero stars.

DIDNT WANT TO GIVE ANY STAR!! - VIEW BY APPOINTMENT ONLY!! WONDER WHY!! DONT BUY FROM THESE JOKERS, THEY WILL TAKE AS MUCH MONEY FROM YOU AS THEY CAN!! RIPPED ME OFF BIG STYLE!! I BOUGHT A CLOCKED CAR AND STILL WAITING FOR TRADING STANDARDS TO DO THEIR THING!!

Where have they dissapeared to? I bought a vehicle on 25th August, on 5th Sept it was towed away and needs a new gear box at the cost of £4000, all phone lines are dead, spoke to Police and Trading Standards, someone said they have gone to Derby, I did get a mobile number for one of the salesmen but since I told them there was a problem this line is also cut off, don't know how they sleep at night!! They will get whats coming to them eventually

Disastrous company, masters in the art of lying and deception.
Now Approved Motor Group has disappeared! Where is the online site mentioned in the last review, mentioned by the media guy?
This needs to be escalated before too many people lose any more money.

LIARS. CHEATS. THIEVES.
Picked on the wrong person this time ..... nothing but problems and issues for over a year now - and i bought a warranty that doesnt actually cover anything - seemingly! Thanks for the tip on the previous names, I work in the media industry so am creating a whole campaign online and in the press to expose these people for what they are and ensure some sort of result.

i to wish i had done my homework on this car dealer, after getting my new car of these people, it turns out it has been in a crash and repaired. but then discovering that it has got lights in it that do not work. new ones for my car are £800 each. i was promised new ones would be sorted out which never materialised. avoid these people at all costs, whatever they are calling themselves now.

Wish we had known about these reviews before purchasing a car from spectrum cars as they were then called. My son purchased a car from them and came away with no car tax or mot certificate! They promised to forward one on that was 4 weeks ago.
They never answer the phone to any of our calls well dodgy people and company DO NOT BUY FROM THESE BUNCH OF COWBOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID !!!!

After originaly buying a car from A38 Im still trying to get my money back - 2 years later !!!!!!!

Im dealing with trading standards and they don't seem to be able to do anything to help the consumer.

Please do not buy from this garage! you will always regret it

Again this company has changed its name with the same people in the dealership and the same people owning it. Strange this 3 names in 6months? this is either a tax fiddle or a rouge trader playing at getting away with ripping customers off!!

Now trading under the name Approved Motor Group, same address, same staff, same cars, yet again!!! That makes it A38 Direct Cars, Dealer Direct, Spectrum Motors, and Approved Motor Group. in less than a year??? SCAM SCAM SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

why will trading standards not close these cow boys down????

Well I am surprised - we had no issues with the dealership and so far, so good but pretty amazed to see these previous 2 reviews!
However, only into the 3rd week of owning the car, so we will see!
I found the salesman we dealt with to be particularly attentive and helpful, so not sure if whomever had the wrong person helping them.
However we did a fair bit of research on the car we purchased first before committing with them - any way, tell me a dealer that is not slightly dodgy in one shape or other??? To be fair, I think these boys are about the most courteous we have dealt with - we travelled all over the country to be met with far worse!!