Volvo Trucks and Mack Trucks New Zealand celebrated the grand opening of their first flagship showroom and Truckstops Service Centre in Christchurch on February 11.
The launch event included representatives from Volvo Group Australia (VGA), Sime Motors and guests from across the New Zealand transport industry.
VGA attendees included president Martin Merrick, service market and retail vice president Martin Jerresand, Mack Trucks sales and marketing vice president Tony O’Connell alongside Sime Motors managing director Andrew Basham, NZ managing director Pat McKenna, commercial sales general manager Michael Doeg and Truckstops general manager Dave Butler.
Alongside the Volvo and Mack Trucks showroom, the new 19,000 square metre facility at Waterloo Business Park includes a handover bay, customer meeting rooms plus an extensive 28-bay Truckstops service centre.
“This facility has been specifically designed to deliver a premium customer experience for Volvo Trucks, Mack Trucks and Truckstops customers in the South Island,” McKenna says.
He adds it’s the “culmination of significant planning and investment – and a physical demonstration of our commitment to the Volvo and Mack brands, now and into the future”.
The opening is the first of three new Volvo and Mack facilities and premium truck service centres with two more due to open in Ruakura, Hamilton and Tauriko, Tauranga by late 2025 to early 2026.
Sime Motors NZ businesses on-site also include new premises for TWL and a distribution centre to supply truck and trailer parts across the South Island.
