Macrae & Dick Ford in Elgin has put a new management team in place to lead the showroom in 2012.

Bruce MacDonald joins the team as sales manager from his previous role in Macrae & Dick Ford Inverness as does Ian Anderson who has been promoted to service manager. Anderson was previously the master technician at Ford Inverness. Accompanying Anderson and MacDonald is Richard Coyne who has been promoted to the position of sales controller.

Together the team have over fifty years of experience in the motor trade.

MacDonald first joined Macrae & Dick as a salesman 20 years ago, from where he went on to work at a number of local car dealers as sales and general manager before returning to Macrae & Dick in Elgin.

Coyne has worked for Macrae & Dick for eight years, having started at Macrae & Dick Honda before moving to Macrae & Dick Ford Inverness.

Anderson started as a technician in the Ford Inverness workshop in 2002 before gaining master technician status and a promotion to service manager in Elgin.

James MacDonald, general manager – Ford North, said: "I am very pleased with the new team in Elgin.

"They have all managed to progress their careers at Macrae & Dick through their commitment and hard work and by delivering an excellent level of customer care. I am looking forward to them providing a great service to our customers in Moray."

Established in 1878 Macrae & Dick is one of the longest established dealers in Scotland. It has dealerships in Inverness, Elgin, Perth and Stirling, Macrae & Dick employs over 450 people across Scotland. It represents Ford, Honda, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mazda and BMW and Mini (in Stirling, trading as Menzies).