OCEAN BMW

About OCEAN BMW

Ocean remains one of the few private, family-owned companies for our brands in the UK, we are a family in a very unique way. Our goal is to put our people first, as we honestly believe happy staff equal happy customers. Our business is just a collection of people and it is this collective that make our company great. The Plymouth BMW dealership acquired by Robert Grunsell and Michael Evans (Chairman) on December 30th 1984 was the start of what would later become the Ocean Group in Devon and Cornwall. Originally trading as Grevan Cars from Union Street in Plymouth City Centre the BMW franchise incorporated new and used car sales, service workshop, parts department, petrol forecourt, Body Centre and car hire. The Body Centre first moved to Saltash before the acquisition of the current site in Lister Close Plymton. After outgrowing the original site, the business moved to its present location at St Modwen House, Marsh Mills, Plymouth in December 1998 to create a greater capacity for its growing customer base, this was followed by the introduction of the PDI Centre adjacent to the Body Centre in Lister Close. Prior to this move Michael had acquired an interest in both Chenalls Ltd (BMW Torbay) and Slaterise Ltd (BMW Falmouth). These two additional BMW franchises were then incorporated in to Grevan Cars and the trading name Ocean was established in 1997 to provide a single identity across the region.