CITROËN AND WORTHING MOTORS CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP

• Worthing Motors has sold Citroën vehicles since 1923.
• Retailer has been family run for four generations and sold more than 30,000 vehicles.
• Legendary vehicles sold by Worthing Motors include 2CV, Traction Avant as well as current flagship New C5 X and revolutionary Ami 100% ëlectric.

Citroën and Worthing Motors are celebrating 100 years of partnership this year. The retailer, based in the seaside town of Worthing, sold its first Citroën vehicle, a 5CV in 1923. The retailer has been managed by four generations of the Poxon family since its inception and has sold legendary Citroën vehicles such as the 2CV, DS19, SM, and BX up to today’s range of award-winning Citroën vehicles.

Worthing Motors was formed by John Poxon in 1923 following a meeting at a Citroën export banquet with the brand founder, André Citroën, in 1922. The following year, Poxon acquired the distribution rights for the selling and servicing of Citroën vehicles for all of Sussex. The retailer is now run by Richard Poxon as Managing Director. Richard is the great-grandson of John Poxon and the retailer has been in the family since the beginning.

Following the sale of their first 5CV in 1923, the current team believe that they have sold more than 30,000 Citroën vehicles since opening, including legendary and innovative Citroën vehicles such as the Traction Avant, 2CV, DS19 and BX.

Other than a brief hiatus during the Second World War, Worthing Motors has continuously sold Citroën products. Today, Worthing Motors covers the award-winning Citroën range, including the innovative Ami 100% ëlectric, the flagship New C5 X and New ë-C4 X Electric.

Richard Poxon, Managing Director of Worthing Motors, said: “We’re proud to have served the Citroën brand and the people of Sussex for more than a century now. In that time, we have all fallen in love with the creativity and technological innovation of Citroën vehicles, from the first 5CV sold by us, right up to the latest New ë-C4 X Electric that has just entered our showroom.”

Greg Taylor, Managing Director of Citroën UK, said: “Congratulations to the whole Worthing Motors team, and the Poxon family, for 100 years of dedicated service and success with Citroën. Their passion for the brand is a true testament to all that Citroën stands for"

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