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Emblem Sports Cars (UK) started life in 1972 when the founders – John and Maria Woodfield - purchased a 24 year old country business known as Pimperne Garage in Dorset. Their objective was to provide the South Coast with a service for high performance car owners (Alfa Romeo, BMW, Ferrari and Lancia) that was personal and second to none.Emblem Sports Cars Limited was relaunched some years later in Bournemouth and includes team members who served their apprenticeship at the Pimperne premises. Emblem continues the levels of personal service and specialisation so successfully established over 45 years before by the late John Woodfield.Emblem became a very successful Ferrari specialist, later becoming one of the first factory approved Ferrari dealers on the South Coast. The name became synonymous within the UK for its’ passion for Italian sports cars. This business was sold upon the retirement of John Woodfield and the Emblem name disappeared from the scene.We are passionate about our core values of INTEGRITY, TRANSPARENCY and PERSONAL SERVICE. Fully equipped with the very latest diagnostic equipment, tooling and components for Ferrari and Maserati, our principal technicians have over 40 years combined main dealer experience ranging from the 1960’s V12 to F40 and Enzo for Ferrari and Bi-turbo to the latest Quattroporte for Maserati. For Lamborghini from Countach to Diablo and Gallardo.

The Ferrari dealer network was growing in the UK and Meridien Modena became the Ferrari dealer on the south coast to add to their already long established Maserati dealership so I moved to be part of this exiting new set up.

Once Nigel Mansel Sports Cars and formerly Emblem Sports Cars - Ferrari & TVR dealers. The garage was well known and well established with a large Ferrari and TVR client base. The workshop was always full of exotic supercars.

A Porsche Specialist based in Hong Kong maintaining road and race cars. The garage was involved in the Asia Porsche series which involed travelling to support the race cars. Good fun!