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Osborne Garage in East Cowes

Value Cars (IW) Limited the owners of Osborne Garage in East Cowes have been awarded the Proton main dealership for the Isle of Wight.

The garage was purchased by value cars in July 2009 after the previous owners went into administration and since purchase they have spent over £80,000 on major refurbishment of the showroom and workshops.

Managing Director Mr David Chapman says that “after the refurbishment was completed we were looking to get a new car franchise back for the garage; we looked at many options but wanted a brand of cars that offered style, quality and good value”.

After visiting the Proton UK headquarters in Bristol and seeing their complete operation we were more than impressed.

We also learned that Proton purchased Lotus Cars in 1995, Lotus now contribute greatly in the overall design of the new vehicles, producing what can only be described as very stylish, reliable cars, fun to drive with fantastic handling whist still managing to offer extreme value for money.

They let us drive the full range of vehicles and we soon noticed the input that Lotus has contributed, the cars look smart and drive superbly and are loaded with many extras, we were soon convinced that Proton would be our choice of dealership.

We have all models in stock and available for immediate demonstration, we seriously recommend anyone looking to purchase a new car in the future to come and test drive the new Proton range, you will be pleasantly surprised, I know we were.

All Proton cars are supplied with:

• 3 years/60,000 mile total vehicle warranty
• 6 years/100,000 mile engine & gearbox warranty of powertrain components
• 6 years unlimited mileage bodywork warranty
• 3 years unlimited mileage paintwork warranty
• 3 years FREE RAC cover
• Osborne Special “ 3 years FREE SERVICING” with any car sold in 2010

The Proton range starts from just £7,995 for the 1.2 Savvy Style a small 5 door hatchback with power steering, electric windows, central locking, air conditioning and parking sensors as standard, leading up to the top of the range GEN-2 1.6GSX 5 door hatchback at just £10,995 that comes with power steering, electric windows, electric mirrors, remote central locking and air conditioning.

Proton are currently running a special offer which gives you a full leather interior upgrade FREE OF CHARGE with any GEN-2 1.6GSX ordered before 30th September 2010.