In
early 1998, Scimitar International
was a small specialist workshop
and mail order distributor for
Reliant Scimitar Sports Cars. Now,
we are the largest distributor of
parts and accessories for the
Mazda MX-5 and Eunos Roadster in
the UK and have a turnover in
excess of £3.5 million!
Our
development started with a chance
meeting in an internet 'chat
room' that led to a total life
change for Val (who thinks he's the
boss). This change brought with it
a new partner, Jackie (who know's she's the
boss) and a ready made family that
included a 1993 Eunos Roadster!
When the roadster needed a
headlamp, Debbie (daughter No.1)
headed straight to Val for help as
Mazda UK wanted £90.00+vat
for a replacement. The light
turned out to be the same as those
used on later Scimitars and
retailed for just £21.00.
Debbie insisted that we should
offer these on the internet to
other Roadster owners and the very
first 'mx5parts' web page was
born. Within three months we were
selling 30 lamps a week and it was
time for some serious thinking.
The
rest is plain to see! We launched
the full mx5parts website in
october 99 with a small catalogue
of parts and a commitment to bring
the UK MX-5 community the very
best parts from around the world
at competetive prices and the best
customer service anywhere. Our
growth has been truly phenomonal
(from 1999 through 2004 we
achieved 100% growth year on year,
each year), so it seems that we
have delivered exactly what you
have been looking for.
We
became a limited company in 2001
but we are still family owned and
operated. We are based in
Portsmouth on the south coast of
England. We have a 1000sqft retail showroom
that you are welcome to come and
visit, plus a two car workshop for
fitting and servicing, oh, and we have just expanded our warehousing to six thousnd four hundred square feet
that is crammed to the
rafters with the very best parts
and accessories for your Mazda
MX-5 or Eunos Roadster!
We
are the sole UK distributors for
the full range of products from
'IL Motorsport' in Germany, as
well as being official
distributors for the following
companies: Koni Suspension, K&N
Filters, Pipercross Filters, EBC
Brakes, Magnecor Ignition,
Brainstorm Products and HKS.
We
source our products from all over
the world to bring you the best in
MX-5 parts and accessories. Our
product line-up is expanding all
the time and with the
introduction of the Mk3 model
in November 2005 and rumoured MPS version for 2008, this trend looks set to
continue.
Every part we
sell is, in our opinion, the best
in its class, and at our prices,
the best value for money
available. We have four MX-5's in
daily use within the family, and
every part we sell has been tested
on our cars to ensure suitability
and fit. To prove how confident we
are, we also offer a full 30 day
money back guarantee (see our
terms and conditions for full
details) on every product we sell.
We prefer all orders to be placed on-line where possible. We do have a team of sales staff available any time 9.00am to 6.00 pm
Monday to Friday. Our On-line
order system can take your order
any time you like, 24 hours a day,
7 days a week! All orders placed
before 3.00pm any week day will be
dispatched the same day (subject
to stock availability) and should
be delivered to your door within
1-2 days.
Our website
uses the very latest secure server
hardware and software, and is
certified secure by Thawte. We are also 'PCI Data Security Standards' compliant and have all our systems, servers and network scanned and tested by Cybertrust, part of the Verizon group. As
added security for you, we are
members of 'IMRG' (Interactive
Media in Retail Group), a trade
organisation that represents all
the major UK on-line retailers and
members of their 'ISIS'
(Internet Shopping Is Safe)
scheme.
As our company has continued to grow and develop, our relationship with
www.iBridge.co.uk, our computer system partner, has become increasingly important.
Ensuring that on-line shopping with MX5 parts is both easy and enjoyable as well
as guaranteeing that all data is securely handled is key to our business and we
hope that you enjoy the results of our ongoing work in these areas.
If you wish to visit us, you can find a map by
clicking
here
Two views of our 2,500sqft
'order picking' facility (next door is our 2,400sqft bulk storage, further warehousing, sales and administration offices and our 1000sqft shop are next door in Orion Court.). We hold a
minimum of £750,000.00 worth of stock at any one time (with a further
£300,000.00 in transit to us from our suppliers) so that we can meet 98%
of customer orders from stock!
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