Premier Motorhomes goes into voluntary liquidation

Sussex-based Premier Motorhomes has gone into voluntary liquidation – the first significant motorhome-only dealer to go under this year.

The dealer stocked three of the leading makes of motorhomes, Adria, Chausson and Dethleffs, but ceased trading in July. Gavin Savage and John Walters from Begbies Traynor in Brighton were appointed joint liquidators on 19 August.

Gavin Savage said, “To the best of our knowledge we have not been made aware of any customers that have outstanding deposits with Premier Motorhomes, and any customers with any warranty issues should contact the manufacturers in the first instance.”

Adria has authorised nearby Reliance Motorhome and Caravan Services, which was already an existing Adria warranty centre, to provide all required habitation and aftersales support to Premier’s customers.

Chris Davies from Reliance says his company should also be able to support Dethleffs customers, as it already has a relationship with the manufacturer. “We have already salvaged any warranty parts we could locate on site at Premier, but cannot guarantee that this will fulfill all outstanding claims,” he said.

He said his company would be less likely to be able to support Chausson customers, as it has no relationship with the company, although it could as a last resort carry out a habitation check for validating the purchase of a third party warranty.

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PeterBaber

Peter Baber is Reviews Editor of both Practical Motorhome and Practical Caravan. He has been reviewing motorhomes for the best part of a decade now. His first caravan reviews date back to the early 1990s when he first worked on Practical Caravan, before he embarked on a 20-year career in business journalism which saw him edit a wide variety of magazines, and launch a few too, including one that won an award. Although he enjoyed that, he always knew he wanted to come back. Peter reports on all the new models that make it to dealer forecourts each season, giving his judgement online and in magazine reviews. He has twice been shortlisted for a Caravan Writers Guild award. When he is not working, apart from going on motorhome trips himself (mostly local to where he lives in West Yorkshire, but also last year right across France) he likes trying to write novels, cooking, throwing the odd pot, and has just taken up tennis.