Three generations – one business
Robin Livingstone, Managing Director and Jan Livingstone, Customer Service Director with the awards for Scotland’ s Golden Garage 2011, Scotland’ s Garage of the Year 2013 and Scotland’ s Garage of the Year 2014
William Livingstone was our grandfather, who, along with our father John, started the business in 1961 in their home town of Uddingston. Initially, John, a fully qualified mechanic ran the workshop and also looked after car sales. The business grew steadily on the strong beliefs of hard, honest work, a fair price and always giving great customer service. These beliefs still hold true today.
Our Service Manager, Sandy Cochran, is our longest serving member of staff. Sandy joined us straight from school in 1979 as an apprentice mechanic. Sandy worked through our workshop becoming foreman and then Service Manager in 1991 at the time of introducing SEAT to our company.
We are fortunate to have a great team of staff in all areas of our business, many with over 20 years’ service. They are all dedicated to providing great customer service.
Since joining SEAT in 1991, we have been privileged to win many awards for excellence. These have been awarded to both the dealership and also to individuals who have proven their abilities in national SEAT competitions.
A CUPRA authorised repairer since 2021, we were delighted to add the prestigious CUPRA Sales franchise to our business in January 2025, This gives us a new and exciting range of cars to offer our customers. Visit our CUPRA site here www.cupralanarkshire.com
Being crowned Scotland’s best franchise garage for the third time in 2014 was also a fantastic accolade. This achievement, earned through a national competition run by the industry regulator Motor Codes and based on customer votes and comments, is a great tribute to our excellent staff and the levels of service that we provide our customers.’
More recently, we have been awarded Highly commended and also Scottish Winner of the Garage Stars award for customer service, a national competition run by the Motor Ombudsman.
We have also been recognised several times by Motability for outstanding customer service and excellence in operating within the Motability scheme.
As a business, we are accredited by the Motor Ombudsman.
As an accredited business we agree to adhere to The Motor Ombudsman Codes of Practice, which state that we must comply with TMO compliance monitoring procedures. TMO regularly monitor accredited businesses through feedback received through customer satisfaction data, through cases we receive through the adjudication service as well as audits on a random sample basis.
We offer our customers a ‘one stop shop’ facility as we can directly look after every aspect of your car’s needs from the day you take delivery. Our workshop carries out all types of servicing, maintenance & repairs. This includes air conditioning servicing, 4-wheel laser alignment, front radar and camera calibration plus tyre and window replacement. We also have an MOT testing station on site so we can MOT your car while it’s in for service. Our bodyshop can repair & repaint your car whether that is after an unfortunate accident or just to maintain its appearance. We also resolve minor repairs such as alloy wheel scuffs, shopping trolley & car park dents, often without even having to re-paint the panel.
Don’t just take our word for it – read what our customers say about us
Our fully stocked Parts Department, managed by Craig Currie, supplies a wide range of parts, accessories, tyres and tools to both trade and the public. We can offer an extensive range of products and accessories for your car including, roof racking, child seats, body kits, sports exhausts and even SEAT & CUPRA branded clothing. We also supply a wide variety of electronic equipment such as sat navs and dash cameras.
We don’t expect customers to stay loyal just due to our heritage, we understand the need to stay price competitive in all the products and services that we offer.
Take a look at the offers detailed on our site or give us a call and put us to the test.
Robin G Livingstone BA FIMI
Managing Director
Jan M Livingstone MIMI
Customer Service Director
Management Team
- Robin Livingstone – Managing Director
- Jan Livingstone – Customer Service Director
- Michelle Logan – Office Manager
- Sandy Cochran – Service Manager
- Craig Currie – Parts Manager
- Gary Ross – Sales Manager