The tip of 39 years promoting Toyota new vehicles, because the Japanese model restructures its retail community, has left workers at Scottish automobile seller group Struans “devastated and really upset”.

Struans, which has dealerships in Dundee and Perth, was terminated by Toyota in its community reorganisation and can not retail new Toyota vehicles from November.

Toyota GB has granted the Toyota and Lexus franchises for Dundee and Perth to Jap Western Motor Group, which already has Toyota dealerships in Edinburgh, Stirling and Dunfermline within the East of Scotland. Within the West of Scotland, Toyota has appointed Vertu’s Macklin Motors division.

A letter to its prospects from Struans’ bosses, John and Struan Robertson, states: “The choice got here as an enormous shock. We’re all extraordinarily upset that our 39-year partnership with the Toyota model has ended this manner.”

The family-run enterprise nonetheless has gross sales and repair franchises with Mazda and Peugeot, a motorhome dealership, and an all-makes restore workshop in Perth, and its letter advised prospects that it now has “new alternatives to raised serve you”.

It is going to stay a repairer, with Toyota skilled technicians and OEM elements.

John Robertson advised Dundee’s The Courier newspaper the termination got here out of the blue, including “There was no warning or dialogue”.

Robertson advised the newspaper: “We had been constant over time as a prime performer. We by no means thought that may occur.”

He mentioned it could not impression the long-term way forward for Struans, due to its different dealerships and its sturdy monetary place.

Corporations Home information present Struans has been solidly worthwhile – it made a 3.2% return on gross sales from £57 million revenues in its monetary 12 months ending March 31, 2022.

Robertson mentioned: “Our prospects have been with us a very long time and we’ve been profitable. I feel this has been a tough resolution for Toyota.”