Duckworth Motor Group - The family owned and run franchise in Lincolnshire for Range Rover, Defender and Discovery.

The Duckworth family has been connected with engineering since James Duckworth, a precision engineer from Sheffield, moved to Lincolnshire in 1952.

James’s son Martin, another keen engineer, was particularly interested in motor vehicles. From the age of 12, during school holidays and at weekends, Martin worked for an MOT and servicing garage in Lincoln. In 1962 Martin left school at 16 years old. Having already moved out to the village of Ingham, Martin and his father James opened a village garage and engineering business.

A combination of Martin’s drive and enthusiasm for the Land Rover brand and an agricultural customer base, whose main vehicle of choice for the farm was the Land Rover Defender, encouraged the affiliation with the brand. During the late 1970’s Land Rovers had started to dominate the workload of the garage.

In 1978 Martin began writing to Land Rover hoping to obtain the official Land Rover franchise which, after a lot of hard work and persistence, ensued in 1980. A new premises was required which would be big enough to house a vehicle showroom, a workshop and parts department. A previously derelict workshop was located in Market Rasen and after a series of rebuilds and renovations it became and still is the location for the Market Rasen branch.

Martin’s eldest son Ben joined the family business in 2002 after completing an apprenticeship with Land Rover UK, gaining an HND in Motor Manufacturing and a wealth of experience working in various departments and on a number of projects at the Land Rover factory over a period of 7 insightful years.

In 2007 Ben took over the role of Dealer Principal and expanded the business to include a second retailer in Kirton, near Boston, which specialises in Isuzu vehicles and used approved high-end cars.