Mazda shifts into gear with building works

WORKS on the new Mazda showroom and vehicle service centre have begun at Parfitt Road in Wangaratta. Wangaratta Mazda principal Kyal Tripodi said the concrete slab for the showroom was poured on Tuesday, with the workshop slab expected to be poured early next week. "We're hoping to move in by the end of the year and we're crossing our fingers, toes and everything else," Mr Tripodi said. "It's going to be the biggest and most custom Mazda dealership of any dealer outside of Melbourne." With about 26 staff working at Wangaratta Mazda, Mr Tripodi said the new location will provide better for their needs with offices, a boardroom, lunchroom, and training area. He said the servicing facilities will be brand new, fully customed and set up to not only service Mazda, but also other branded vehicles as well. Mr Tripodi said Mazda is the second most popular brand of car in Australia. Keyystone Builders are constructing the new dealership building and Mr Tripodi said they are using local trades, including concreters LS Quarries. "It's a great spot and we're expecting to get a lot more traffic because we are kind of hidden away where we are at the moment," he said. One Mile Motors was established in Wangaratta in 1949 and it has been a Mazda dealership since 1967. It was first located near the One Mile Creek and moved to the current Templeton Street location in 1961, taking over an old woolshed for the markets that used to be across the road in King George V Gardens.

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