Nexus Automotive Joins Tour Vehicle 2020

N! CEO Gael Escribe co-piloted a restored Lancia Fulvia, which was driven by Victor Fernandez, taking care of director of Bodywork BRS, crossing France in the 2,000km rally that started at the Grand Palais in Paris and ended at the Paul Ricard Circuit in Le Castellet.

The six-working day Tour Auto provided an perfect prospect to hook up with the traditional auto environment, as the Lancia was renovated fully with OE and OE-matching high quality pieces, thanks to Nexus production companions and N! Suppliers Bosch, Clas, Mecafilter, Mintex, Motul, Osram and SKF.

Gael stated, “We made the decision to participate in the Tour Auto this yr not only because basic autos are our passion but also because they stand for a genuine and increasing current market, 1 in which NEXUS has been investing in via our support for the begin-up Renovatio.” 

For the past two years, Renovatio has been the only Global Buying and selling Team devoted purely to vintage car or truck spare parts.

In Europe, today’s basic vehicle parc is comprised of 13 million previous cars, representing a 12B euro aftermarket turnover. On the other hand, in a industry in which 50% of the parts dispersed are “white labels,” significantly from the first technical specs and performance, supplier OEMs encounter a genuine problem to productively market their makes.

For Tour Vehicle 2020, Victor Fernandes offered the Lancia with its impressive steering wheel. He mentioned, “The Tour is a privileged location to meet and share, all around a prevalent enthusiasm, with our shoppers during France. But it is also a magnificent showcase of the know-how and interpersonal competencies of our workforce, who are associated in an adventure that is as a great deal complex as it is human.”

Chaired by Christophe Quey, Bodywork BRS is a prime case in point of a firm that is very well structured to thrive in a sector recognised to be remarkably competitive. Employing 70 folks and with a turnover of €7 million in 2019, the firm specializes in fleets and B2B, processing more than 1,000 cars a month at its four locations, in Roissy, Achères, Vélizy and Blyes.

With their passion for automobiles, in 2019 Fernandez and Quey started the BRS Racing staff, getting French vice-champion of the Peugeot 308 Cup in its first season. This 12 months BRS Racing has entered four automobiles in the Renault Clio and Peugeot 308 Cups competitions.

Searching forward to Tour Auto 2021, Escribe reported he and Fernandez ended up identified to go further more subsequent 12 months and would be aiming for victory in the Normal classification. “This 12 months we raced in a renovated vehicle with our spouse machines producers. We would like to additional deepen our collaboration with them in 2021 with an even extra formidable undertaking and as a result keep on to get the job done on the professionalization of the basic automobile current market,” claimed Escribe.