About us

Spirit has always held customer care at the very heart of its business philosophy.

Volkswagen Passat Estate

Spirit Motor Holdings limited is a family business founded by Philip and Jean Derbyshire in October 1991 when the company opened its first Volkswagen Dealership in Banbury Oxfordshire. In 1996 Spirit expanded with the addition of Spirit Volkswagen in Warwick which moved to flagship premises in Royal Leamington Spa in 2002.

After 15 extremely successful years with Volkswagen, Spirit expanded with two additional car franchises, Hyundai in Northampton on the Riverside Retail Park and Hyundai based alongside the Volkswagen showroom in Leamington Spa.

Philip is supported by his eldest son Adam Derbyshire who is Spirit's Managing Director, and Glen Moore who joined Spirit last year as Financial Director.