Our History

Our family-run business has been richly involved with the motoring industry for over 80 years. Over this time, our skill and expertise has grown to make us one the UK’s premier car dealers. We attribute our success to maintaining the same key values we held when we began. These are maintaining excellent customer service and selling outstanding cars.

In the 1940s, Hersham and Walton Motors had a successful stint as a manufacturer of race cars. George Abecassis and John Heath began racing together in 1946 and were responsible for a new racing car that used the chassis of a Sports Alta. After building the HW-Alta, they went on to build a full team of cars for the 1950 Formula Two event. It was here that they built their reputation for HWM cars.

Despite having only a small budget, HWM went on to achieve remarkable success in Formula One during the early 1950s, driven by legends including Stirling Moss. Their impressive constructions would often speed past the Jaguars and Aston Martins they were racing against.

Heath and Abecassis branched the company out further in the middle of the century by pioneering a travelling race car team. The manufacturer achieved something remarkable. Three HWMs took part in 20 competitive international events over 27 weeks. This took the team over to Italy, France, Belgium and Germany.

This rich history of race car driving influences everything that we do today. We only supply you with the most premium and enjoyable cars because that is what we are used to.

HWM is also the world's oldest and therefore most experienced Aston Martin dealership. From here our award winning Aston Martin dealership has flourished to become one we are incredibly proud of. In 2017, HWM Sports Cars was born, selling pre-loved cars of all marques. And now, HWM are excited to expand, becoming HWM Caterham on 1st September 2023.

HWM Works Limited is an appointed representative of ITC Compliance Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (their registration number is 313486). Permitted activities include acting as a credit broker not a lender. We can introduce you to a limited number of finance providers. We do not charge fees for our Consumer Credit services. We typically receive a payment(s) or other benefits from finance providers should you decide to enter into an agreement with them, typically either a fixed fee or a fixed percentage of the amount you borrow. The payment we receive may vary between finance providers and product types. The payment received does not impact the finance rate offered. All finance applications are subject to status, terms and conditions apply, UK residents only, 18’s or over, Guarantees may be required.

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