I have had to update my review to reflect a shockingly bad experience. I bought a Jaguar XF S from Autostrada in October 2020 and would strongly recommend avoiding this garage. Before you buy make sure you do more research including Car Dealer Reviews and you will encounter similarly bad experiences. This garage (Steve and Barry) will delay responses, ignore requests and mislead. I purchased my car for £20,000. Soon after buying there was a clear electronic fault with the battery going completely flat. I took the car to my local Jaguar dealership and they diagnosed a problem with the telematics unit and said this needed to be fixed. I let Autostrada know and they requested the car was taken back to them for repairs. Over 4 months later and 64 emails, they refused to accept there was ever a fault and no fix was given. However, they did change the battery (for good will?) despite Jaguar stating the battery was in good condition. Before returning the car to me, they made sure to take a 350 mile joy ride in the car, during the COVID lockdown. They never notified me they were going to do this. Luckily, I have a tracker installed in the car (they clearly forgot they sold the car to me with one installed), and noticed the car hundreds of miles away from their garage. When I phoned up to ask why the car was east of Birmingham, they told me they had to give the car a "road test". Yet obviously could not explain why a multiple hundred mile road test was required to diagnose a battery problem. I requested both a refund and compensation. Both have been rejected (apart from filling up a tank of fuel and washing the car). I am now pursuing legal action.

PLEASE AVOID AT ALL COSTS AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT My wife and I needed a bigger vehicle due to new additions to our family. We chose this company and made the dreadful decision in September of 2020 to purchase a late 2017 model vehicle from them. Barry Arthur and Phoebe were the people I dealt with and were nice enough(for obvious reasons). The car had alloy wheel damage and a chip in the windscreen which I wasn’t too bothered about but I still went ahead to jokingly ask Barry Arthur for an estimate to refurbish the wheels(even though I had just paid £22,450) and car advertised as “in stunning condition” but no.... He had one of his colleagues come around to view and and said he’d get back to me. I was also told the car had full dealer service history and that I’d receive it very soon. Like every other promise, document or email from them it never arrived, so I decided to get it from VW myself only to discover the car didn’t have a full service history. I then asked Autostrada for paperwork for a service they carried out and as you probably figured out by now that never materialised either. The only sign of a service was a screwdriver they left under the bonnet of my car. No problem. I kept calling and texting to request for these records but never even received a sticky note. A month later the check engine light came on. A quick obd2 scan gave the codes. I then communicated this to Barry Arthur and offered to take it to VW to have it checked but he insisted I bring it to them to sort out. At that point I thought “oh... what a nice guy” I dropped the car off and had to chase them up for updates before being told when it would be fixed. Some days later I was informed the car was “fixed”. I went to collect and was handed my keys with a smile. I asked for paperwork and was told it’ll be sent over to me. Sigh. After this period, the auto hold feature on the car would stick and not release whenever I stopped in traffic and most importantly at roundabouts. Another month or 2 later... one morning when I was leaving for work, the dashboard of the car lit up like a Christmas tree. This left me with no ABS, esc, parking sensors, and other safety features. Again I phoned Autostrada and was asked to bring the vehicle(in the state it was in) for diagnostics. After 2 different diagnostic machines being unable to detect the fault, the vehicle was driven to the back of the building by a staff member who later returned to say the fault was the rear right abs sensor so they’d order a new one. No problem. I had to drive the faulty car another 50 minutes back home. A few days later I returned to get the car fixed. After waiting for about an hour I was told the part was replaced but the fault still remained. I said ok. I have my pregnant wife with me so I can leave the vehicle if you can get me a courtesy car to take home. At that point I was told by the “mechanic” the car is fine to drive and “it’s not like it’s not safe”. I was told they couldn’t do anything then. Drove back another 50 minutes in the pouring rain with a pregnant woman and no safety features. I returned the car days later and again the fault was “fixed” with no paperwork provided. A month later the check engine light and all lights on the dash came back. An obd2 scan showed the same 2 faults. This time with no ebrake. I only found out after the car almost rolled away after i parked. I gave up at this point. To cut the story short. Car ended up with them for 3 weeks and I was given a moldy and damp courtesy car which gave my wife and i migraines to the extent we had to stop using it, forcing us to purchase a new car in order to continue with hospital visits and work. During the 3 week period I had to chase these people for updates at one point being told "its not like I have a magic wand to fix your car" and "even new cars go wrong all the time", "all you're doing is winding yourself up because I can't help you in any way" I only received a call that my vehicle "was fixed" after i threatened legal action and rejection. On returning the loan vehicle i was told i had an email from them. This email stated only 2 out of 7 things i stated in my rejection letter and other baseless claims all of which I have proof of. I was given my car keys again with no proof of any repair or invoice. My pregnant wife and I were literally forced to leave the "showroom" because Barry Arthur had something important to do. I am pursuing legal action and will be reporting them to trading standards. I have proof to back all of this up if you disagree.

Massive Cowboys. They sold me a Golf R which wasn't road worthy. Brakes, discs were worn down below road legal quality. The car stalls whilst bring driven. Engine completely cuts off. The car was on finance I found out a few days later which is technically illegal according to the FCA. I am a father of 2 boys and the thought of their safety being at risk traveling in a car which isn't safe for the road is really quite worrying. The car had further issues. I took the car to an approved VW, Audi Garage who ran a diagnostics. Issues with the Turbo, front sensors. timing belt. The list goes on. As we all can appreciate things go wrong with cars. Usually not straight after you purchase them though and the difference between a good and bad car dealership is when things do go wrong a good dealership customer service should excel. Not at Auto Strada Cars. But rather than good cop bad cop it's simply two bad cops. Rude, arrogant. Don't care about their customers unless they're spending money. I will be contacting the FCA and other people who also plays parts in allowing a company to trade in such a manner. I will keep you all updated with how this matter is dealt with.