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1980 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Owned by Orange local, Wayne Don. Wayne purchased this head turner from a gentleman in Brisbane in 2013 - before this it had come all the way from South Carolina in 2010. This black and yellow leather interior baby has a 350 cubic inch crate engine and 420 horse power. “We enter it into the Bathurst street parade every year, it’s won a lot of trophies, every time we enter it in a show it comes home with something.”
5 MINUTES WITH.... Ian Ziegler Manager at Auto One Orange
Why should people choose Auto One when looking for parts for their vehicle? We offer great customer service for all automotive needs; oil filters, oil, batteries, lighting, stereos and UHFs. And we do a lot of trade work, so a lot for our customer base is the trade guys and all the local mechanics in town support us as well.
What would be the top selling item at Auto One? Definitely oil filters. We have a room next door half the size of the showroom and it is just filters. We pretty much carry every filter for every car on the shelf. Are there services or products you provide that people may not be aware of? We are also a paint specialist in the area. We sell to panel beaters or if someone has a paint chip in the car we can put it in our system and make them up a little
touch up pot or spray can so they can fix it at home. And harderto-find engine parts; we get stuff through Rocket Industries and Rare Spares for all performance parts for vehicles. Do you have a favourite product at the moment you’d be happy to recommend? Definitely de-icer this winter. Instead of pouring water on your windscreen we have an aerosol product you can spray on your windscreen for easy de-icing.
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Tony Leahey Motor Group
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ocal, family-owned dealerships are becoming a rarity in the automotive industry these days and even fewer can claim roots dating as far back as the Tony Leahey Motor Group. This year, it will be 40 years since Tony Leahey first opened his used car lot at the corner of Summer and Peisley Streets, although the family has been in business in Orange for more than a century. It was Tony’s grandfather, Thomas Sylvester Leahey, who started out in 1908 with a small general store in Summer Street, where he sold groceries,
hardware, household goods — just about anything. Over the next few decades the store expanded and grew from just two employees to a staff of more than 30. While that store no longer exists, the original site in Summer Street has been memorialised as Leahey’s Arcade and the history is proudly on display today in the Tony Leahey showroom. Despite the family’s long history in local business it was actually in Queensland that Tony got his start selling cars, said son Tim Leahey, who today runs the dealership along with his wife Elisha.
“He and mum got married and went travelling around Australia in a Kombi van. Dad went into Cairns to get the Kombi van serviced and while he was there he got a job selling cars — so that’s where it started,” he said. “They then they went to Darwin, went to Perth and over those three years he worked in another two-car dealership and then when they had me they came back to Orange and in 1978 he went into his own show selling used cars.” In those first few years, Tony ran the dealership single-handedly, getting up early to wash cars before showering and donning a tie to sell them. But, as is evident today, the dealership grew significantly over the following four decades. In 1989 Tony bought the Ford dealership, added the Hyundai label in 1991 and then relocated to their current site on the Bathurst Road by 1992. Daihatsu and Honda came and went and since then Nissan, BMW, Land Rover and Jaguar have been added to the group. The Tony Leahey Motor Group now also owns and operates Cowra Motors where they sell Subaru, Ford, Hyundai and Used Cars. And the total staff today number more than 70. Being able to offer a lot of choice for customers is simply vital for a country dealership, said Tim.
“In the city you can have one brand and survive on one brand, but in the country, you need multiple brands to be able to make a business case,” said Tim. “Now we have two of the top five luxury brands and we have four of the top ten normal brands, but it is very competitive… I mean 20 years ago there was maybe ten brands in Orange and today there’s 36, so it is super, super competitive.” Tim took over the business about 12 years ago after his father retired, but he has been with the dealership pretty much ever since he left school and completed his trade as a motor mechanic. “Well, I had a passion for racing cars, so I did my apprenticeship and I disappeared for a few years trying to be a racing car driver and then eventually I came back into the business,” said Tim. “I’ve done service advising, I’ve washed cars, I’ve been a mechanic, in sales, I’ve done every job and certainly I’ve worked my way up through the business, so I know every job, which is an advantage.” Like most businesses today, changing technology has had a great impact on the industry, said Tim and they are constantly working to stay one step ahead. “The internet, social media — it is all a different ball game — so certainly
the business has changed a hell of a lot over the past five, ten, fifteen years mark and it is going to keep changing moving forward, you’ve got electric cars, there’s lots of things coming that will definitely change the industry,” he said. “Customers today jump on the web, so they know what they want when they come, they’ve pretty much done all their research, but they’ve still got to drive the car and we’ve still got to provide the people to provide the right service. So, our people are the most important thing, If I’ve got the right staff and I’ve trained the staff and I’ve got the right processes and then I’ll have the right outcome for the customer, it’s as simple as that.” In recent years, there has also been a shift in the automotive industry with large conglomerates buying up dealerships all over the country. Tim said they are proud to be a local business with a name, long associated with the Orange area. “You still have got to have relationships with people. You need a relationship with us because we need to be there for the entire life that you’ve got your vehicle,” he said. “We’ve been around a long time, we have a lot of people who have been here a long time, we know the area, we know lots of people in the area, so it is a point of difference.”
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5 MINUTES WITH.... Matt McGuire
Manager at The Top Wash, Orange Why should people consider using The Top Wash over washing their car at home? We have all the products and services right here. We have everything people need to do the job properly and we have charts to show you how to use them and how to get the best results. And time saving; people are busy, so what we also offer here is a way for them to have a break and let us do the work for them. We have a full valet service here. If you don’t want to take your car through, you can just ask one of the boys and they will drive it through for you while you wait.
What range of services does The Top Wash provide? We have a self-serve 24 hour. We are open from 7 ‘til 7 every day and the staff are here to prep the cars, get the bugs off, so adding that little bit of prep work to get better quality inside the wash bays. We have introduced a new ultimate wash and added extra services and products for our customers who want to add a little bit extra for their cars, not just a quick inand-out clean. We also have an express option So if you don’t want a detail, but just a vacuum, a quick wipedown and a wash, we can do that for you. Drop it off, give us 15-20 minutes and we can get it all done for you.
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