CAR dealer Reg Vardy has made two appointments at its Fiat dealership in Stockton.

SHELDON COCKBURN is the new used car sales manager and Darrin Minto has been appointed franchise manager.

Mr Cockburn, 31, sold his first car from the same site nearly ten years ago when it was a Reg Vardy Rover dealership.

He joins Reg Vardy Fiat from the group's Renault dealership, in Eastmount Road, Darlington, where he was also used car sales manager.

Darrin, 35, moves to Reg Vardy Fiat from the Group's Darlington Motor Village, in Croft Road, where he ran the Fiat and Alfa Romeo franchises.

The Stockton dealership replaces the former Reg Vardy Fiat showroom, at Mandale Industrial Estate, Thornaby, Teesside.

The Mandale Industrial Estate is now home to a Reg Vardy Citroen dealership after the group was awarded the franchise for Middlesbrough, Stockton and Hartlepool.