All your motoring needs catered for by Cooney Motors

Cooney Motors is a family run business established in 1981 by Seamus Cooney. It is currently managed by Emer and Alan Cooney.

The spacious forcourt at CooneyÕs

The business consists of a number of components. The company aim is to provide for “All your motoring needs”. They operate as a main Nissan dealer for Roscommon, Leitrim and the surrounding area. Also incorporated are a Centra shop and Esso filling station and VNT light commercial test centre.

Cooney Motors also offer full vehicle servicing facilities in there modern state of the art workshops which are staffed by experience technicians. They invest extensive in both employee training and equipment. They also offer extensive body repair facilities for all makes and models. They provide courtesy vehicle free of charge for their service customers. They do large amount of work for both indirect customer and large fleet customer with tailor package to suit.

The Nissan franchise is a well established top mark in Ireland and with the introductions of recent models such as the Qashqui, Note; Tiida the brand provides extensive choice for all vehicle size. New models such as the pixo (Irelands lowest price new car) and the introduction of the new Vanette (van of the year) will further help strengthen the brand going forward.

A wide range of vehicles on display

Commenting on the current market conditions Alan Cooney said “The contraction in new car sales, down approx 63 has had a devastating effect on the motor industry, as clearly can be seen with the loss of many large well known and long established motor dealer already this year. Action needs to be taken by the Government to prevent the loss of more, as the estimates for next year predict similar number of sales. We will see wholesale changes in the motor industry over the coming year.”
Cooney motors, like all involved in the motor industry have found trading difficult in the current economical climate. Commenting on the situation Alan said “The market is difficult for all business at present and it is vital to try to provide our customers with quality service at a fair price. He continued to say “It is thanks to the support of our customers, local community and employee that we are still in business”.

The workshop is fully equipped with all the latest technology

Commenting on the market for next year Alan said “A scrappage system would be a great help but would only work in conjunction with a freeing up of finance availability for intervals and business.
Commenting on one of the positive effects of inward investment in company. Our VTN test centre for light commercials is an important factor in our overall business. We upgrade our equipment and test lane to meet the latest standards set out by the RSA over two years ago and this has enabled us to do upwards of 12 D.O.E daily. I believe that with the supervision of the RSA and improving standards, road safety will improve. Road testing is one of the many ways the RSA can reduce the number of people killed on the roads, it is estimated that vehicle defect contributed to 12% of accidents, thankfully this figure is coming down”.