Tricentrol Car Group
of Dunstable Road, Luton and many branches
1972 Trinidad Canadian Oils Ltd changed its name to Tricentrol and immediately started on an acquisition spree, buying into garden supplies and builders merchants,[1] in addition to its oil and gas interests.
Tricentrol Car Group was a subsidiary of Tricentrol
Acquired Denoon Motor Hire Ltd; name changed to Tricentrol Car Hire (Chelmsford) Ltd
1973 Acquired Watsons (Kings Lynn) Ltd
1974 Subsidiaries:[2]
- Tricentrol Cars (Luton) Ltd
- Tricentrol Cars (Dunstable) Ltd
- Tricentrol Cars (Hertford) Ltd
- Tricentrol Cars (Chelmsford) Ltd
- Tricentrol Cars (Great Yarmouth) Ltd and its 11 subsidiaries
- Tricentrol Car Hire (Luton) Ltd
- Tricentrol Car Hire (Chelmsford) Ltd
- Trimcraft Motor Products Ltd
1976 Tricentrol Cars (Kings Lynn) was renamed Tricentrol Trucks (A.10)
1976 Tricentrol Car Hire (Chelmsford) Ltd was renamed Tricentrol Leasing Ltd
c.1979 Acquired Brown and White (Leeds), garage proprietors; name changed to Tricentrol Cars (Leeds) Ltd
1980 Development projects announced at the business's operations at Leeds, Chelmsford, Great Yarmouth, and Hertford[3]
1982 Tricentrol Trucks (A.10) was renamed Trimoco Trucks (A10) Ltd; Tricentrol Leasing Ltd was renamed Trimoco Leasing Ltd
1983 Name changed to Tricentrol Motor Corporation Ltd
1983 Name changed to Trimoco Ltd
By 1986 Trimoco was owned by Combined Technologies Corporation, which then adopted the name Trimoco[4]
1987 Name changed to Trimoco Motor Group Ltd
1994 Name changed to Hartwell Automotive Group Ltd of Oxford