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Considering 51 reviews, reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the staff for being helpful, patient, and professional, often going above and beyond to ensure a smooth experience. Many highlight the excellent service, noting efficient handling, good aftercare, and knowledgeable staff providing detailed information. However, some customers noted that prices for services and repairs were often expensive, with charges for diagnostics even when issues were known. Some people were dissatisfied with customer service, mentioning being dismissed, ignored, or facing difficulties with post-sale responsibilities and unfulfilled promises. A few reviewers also experienced issues with vehicle quality upon delivery, unexpected damage during service, or unresolved car faults.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service!! We would just like to highly recommend the wonderful service we received from Sam Crawford from Ashford branch of Caffyns. From the very start Sam was extremely helpful, patie... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I stopped using main dealers 20 years ago after experiences with Audi, but with an EV, an EX30, I can't drop it around to my local neighbourhood garage for repair. So I'm really pleased that Eastbourn... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I visited Caffyns to view and test drive the Cupra Tavascan and was looked after by Georgia. Her knowledge of the car was unbelievable, and I asked some difficult questions I didn’t expect to be answe... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I want to highly praise Caffyns VW Worthing and to especially thank Joe Cosgrave for his excellent help and patient support throughout the whole process. Two weeks on, we are delighted with the c... See more


Company details

  1. Car Dealer
  2. Audi Dealer
  3. Car Repair and Maintenance
  4. SEAT dealer
  5. Skoda Dealer
  6. Volkswagen Dealer

About Caffyns

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Over 150 Years of History

Caffyns is proud to be one of the longest running dealerships in the country, having been established for over 150 years. Moving into the motor industry in 1903, we have been offering customers a huge number of new cars, used cars and servicing options ever since.

With 9 franchises available across 17 dealerships in Sussex and Kent, we have something for everyone. The prestigious brands we represent are Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT, ŠKODA, Lotus, MG, Vauxhall, Volvo & LEVC. Finance, business offers and vans are all available, depending on your lifestyle needs.


Exceptional Customer Service

Our friendly and knowledgeable staff across our Caffyns dealerships are here to help with all of your vehicle requirements from sales, business and Motability to aftersales, both in person and on social media.

We are always striving to provide the very best customer service, so we always welcome your feedback on Trust Pilot. Please let us know about your experience with Caffyns to help us improve and also help other customers too.


Outstanding Aftersales Experience

Aside from offering fantastic offers on new and used vehicles, we also boast comprehensive servicing, parts, accessories and repairs as well as other aftersales products to help you get the most out of your car. Our manufacturer approved service centres and fully trained technicians provide the highest quality aftersales for your vehicle, so you can always drive away with confidence.


Motability

Caffyns is proud to be a premier partner of the Motability scheme, ensuring that it’s easier and more affordable than ever for anyone to drive. We have Motability specialists in every branch who are ready and waiting to offer friendly advice and find you the perfect vehicle.


Giving Back to the Community

Here at Caffyns we are always looking for ways to give back to the local communities where our dealerships are. We have partnered with charities such as St Wilfred’s Hospice, Haviland House and Blind Veterans UK in the past and we hope to continue to do so.


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great job- XC60 winter health check and the…

Had my XC60 winter health check and the team at Caffyns Volvo worthing were very helpful and looked after my car and I perfectly.

Thanks to a great team at Worthing👌

February 7, 2025
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Hello Mr Hayes, Thank you for the five star rating and review! We are glad you had a great experience at our dealership. Best Regards, Caffyns

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent all round.

Excellent, informative, helpful, friendly and knowledgeable service from senior sales executive Steven Chudley.
A seamless and speedy purchase of a beautiful new electric Audi.

January 31, 2025
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Reply from Caffyns

Hello, Thank you for the five star rating and review! We are glad you had a great experience at our dealership and wish you many happy miles in your new car. Best regards, Caffyns

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Paul was so helpful and patient whilst…

Paul was so helpful and patient whilst we worked out which car we needed. Lovely personal service.

February 1, 2025
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Reply from Caffyns

Hello Danielle, Thank you for the five star rating and review! We are glad you had a great experience at our dealership and wish you many happy miles in your new car. Best regards, Caffyns

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

As a disabled person I opted to pay the…

As a disabled person I opted to pay the higher price for a Volvo select car. To give me peace of mind I was buying a quality well maintained car.

Mike Goodwin and Colin Rendall sold me a V90,

We have had numerous problems

Aftermany complaints the car broke down

We were then informed by Volvo that the car was full of water and that it was not covered under warranty and asked for £3000+ to repair.

After investigation we found that the car had missed a major service which meant it was not as advertised and does not meet the standards of the Volvo select warranty scheme.

This is still an ongoing battle. But I can’t stress enough to check the details. They sold me a one owner car full service history, and it turned out to be a two owner car with a major service missing and had been suffering from water ingress for many years.

My advice keep clear.

December 15, 2024
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Hi Anthony, we're sorry to hear of your experience at our dealership. If you would like to discuss this further with us, please email: feedback@caffyns.co.uk. Thank you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

thank you MARK HIGGINGS for answering…

thank you MARK HIGGINGS for answering all my question's regarding the skoda kamiq monte Carlo

January 24, 2025
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Hi Gerry, Thank you for the five star rating and review! We wish you many more happy miles. Best Regards, Caffyns.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

MOT with a surprise!

I would like to relate my honest experience of what to me last month when I took my Volvo to Caffyns Volvo of Pavilion Road, Goring for an MOT. It was done against my colleagues advise but I did nonetheless as I may have wanted some additional work done at the same time.
I waited quite a long time in reception and was finally told late in the day that it had failed. The washer jets did not sprinkle sufficient water on the wind-screens! A complete triviality as it had passed two previous MOT's in that condition. That left me stranded nearly two miles from home as the next bombshell was I could not drive the car as the failure immediately invalidated the old MOT which still had a couple of weeks to run. The proposed an expensive new pump which did not arrive until two days later during which time I had to cancel work appointments and my wife rearrange a hospital appointment in Crowborough.
So, I called in late morning two days later (I walked there) only to discover the service staff were all on their lunch break and I would have to wait their return. Eventually, when they did I was told that the wrong pump had arrived and it would not properly fit. I was not pleased at all and said I could not do without the car any longer owing to rescheduled work appointments so masked if they could provide a courtesy car. The reply floored me. They were all out and I should have thought about that weeks ago.
I made quite a fuss and they, reluctantly agreed to 'adapt' the washed pump for temporary use enabling me to drive the car away after they passed the MOT.
They said it was not a permanent fix and that they would arrange to source the correct pump and call me back to swap the two over. I expected this to happen within a week or so allowing for Christmas/New Year shutdown. As of 26th January I am still waiting. I sincerely believe they want nothing more to do with me as I dared make a nuisance of myself for proper service.

December 12, 2024
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Hi Frank, we're sorry to hear of your experience at our dealership. If you would like to discuss this further with us, please email: feedback@caffyns.co.uk. Thank you.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Waste of my time

Waste of my time. Got me to travel a hour for my arranged appointment to be told the car was sold but don’t worry I’ll find you one but we don’t have one here. So why am I here 🙈 thanks for the hard work Sam. Waste of time 🖕🏻

January 25, 2025
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Hello Michael, We are sorry to hear about your experience at our dealership, please contact feedback@caffyns.co.uk to discuss this further.
Best Regards, Caffyns

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Best Audi dealership I know

Having driven Audi's since 2008, I was pleasantly surprised with Audi Worthing. Great service team, very good sales team. Well worth the 4 hour train journey last Friday from Leicester to pick my car up. Perfect!

January 17, 2025
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Reply from Caffyns

Hi Johan, Thank you for the five star rating and review! We are glad you had a great experience at our dealership and wish you many happy miles in your new car. Best Regards, Caffyns

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Excellent end to end customer service

Excellent end to end customer service, but the parts prices are ridiculous these days. I had discs and pads fitted for under half the price locally.

January 19, 2025
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Hello, Thank you for the rating and review. We wish you many more happy miles in your Audi. Best Regards, Caffyns

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Thank you Nigel Hooker @ Caffyns…

Thank you Nigel Hooker @ Caffyns Vauxhall for your absolutely outstanding , professional and quality customer service.

From point of contact on the phone , to meeting in person and the purchase of the car and delivery today.

I can truly say that you are an asset to Caffyns . Caffyns itself has proven to be a great provider of quality cars , service and so far after care.

I will have no hesitation in buying from you again and recommending yourself and Caffyns to friends and family.

January 17, 2025
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Reply from Caffyns

Hi, Thank you for the five star rating and review! We are glad you had a great experience at our dealership and we wish you many happy miles in your new car. Best Regards, Caffyns

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Many thanks to Paul Dendy at Caffyns…

Many thanks to Paul Dendy at Caffyns Haywards Heath for his excellent customer service when we visited to test drive the fabulous ID.7 Tourer. Paul took the time to answer all of our questions and made us feel very welcome. Excellent and would recommend!

January 9, 2025
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Reply from Caffyns

Hello Ian, Thank you for the five star rating and review! We wish you many happy miles in your new ID.7 Tourer. Best regards, Caffyns

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great experience!

Great experience buying my first EV through Caffyns Eastbourne.
The whole journey, service, level of information was excellent thanks to Gavin Love who has been following up any of my inquiry keeping all his promises and continually updating me with videos and phone calls during the car preparation.
The whole transaction was on a distant bases as I'm not based in Eastbourne and it was a pleasure to collect the car in person getting a full handover from Gavin!

December 21, 2024
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Reply from Caffyns

Hello, Thank you for the five star rating and review. We wish you many happy miles in your first EV. Best Regards, Caffyns

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A HUGE thank you to Sam Cook at Caffyns…

A HUGE thank you to Sam Cook at Caffyns Ashford. I purchased a Mercedes A Class in August 2024, the process was super speedy and the vehicle was delivered to me down in Brighton within a few days of enquiring about the vehicle. Sam kept me informed throughout the whole process. A couple of days after delivery I noticed a small issue with a paint job on the vehicle. I contacted Sam who immediately called me with an apology. He then organised a courtesy car to be delivered to me down in Brighton whilst my vehicles repair was being carried out, again keeping me informed during the entire process. Thank you to Caffyns & please do pass on my thanks to Sam for making this whole situation easier to deal with. He truly has been a star and an asset to your business

December 4, 2024
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Reply from Caffyns

Hi Shannon, Thank you for the five star rating and review! We wish you many more happy miles in your new car. Best Regards, Caffyns

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Have just purchased a replacement MG ZS…

Have just purchased a replacement MG ZS as my previous vehicle had no problems. The purchase was trouble free and I am very pleased with the replacement vehicle.
I dealt with Michael Watts who was always courteous and informative. All the salesman are friendly and always on hand to offer a drink or information.
The service and sales department have always been very good hence my return to Caffyns for my replacement vehicle.

November 29, 2024
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Hello David, Thank you for the five star rating and review. We wish you many happy miles in your new car. Best Regards, Caffyns

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing service, 100% recommend

I bought a car this week from Caffyns Lotus Kent, through Sam Nicholson, and my service was fantastic, from inquiring about the car and getting an in depth video of all its features and notable factors, to the handling of the purchase, to delivery and afterwards, he was very knowledgeable and friendly, and addressed all concerns really quickly and thoroughly. Couldn't fault the whole experience, would definitely recommend buying from here.

November 22, 2024
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Reply from Caffyns

Hello, Thank you for the five star rating and review! We wish you many happy miles in your new Lotus. Best Regards, Caffyns

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Support when you need it

I have had a somewhat challenging issue with multiple error messages on the car. It has taken some time to diagnose the issue but Caffyns have been entirely professional in their approach. We now have a resolution to the issue and I get my car back tomorrow with reassurance for the next 18 months. I couldn't be happier with the way the team at Caffyns have resolved this complex issue. They have been simply brilliant. My thanks to Shane and Adrian for some brilliant coms and support.
Thanks Aidan

November 21, 2024
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Hi Aidan, Thank you for the five star rating and review! We wish you many more happy miles. Best Regards, Caffyns

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The service I received from the service…

The service I received from the service department was excellent I could not fault it the lady on the desk was really helpful

October 31, 2024
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Reply from Caffyns

Hello Paul, Thank you for the five star rating and review! We are glad you had a great experience at our dealership and hope to welcome you back in the future. Best Regards, Caffyns

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Good salesman

Was taken care of by Dan B, he is a good salesman the car i enquired about was unfortunately no longer available however i was offer a similar model. I feel looked after and a good deal i am very happy with. Thanks!

July 18, 2024
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Reply from Caffyns

Hi Frank, Thank you for the rating and review, we are glad you had a positive experience at our dealership and wish you many happy miles in your new car. Best Regards, Caffyns

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great Service from day one

Great Service from day one. I went to Brighton to purchase a new Q3 and from my first phone call to picking up the car I had nothing but 1st class treatment. Nothing was too much from the sales executive (James) and everything was explained clearly and concisely. I paid for some extras in respect of wheel guard etc but did not feel under any pressure to do so (not my usual experience). It is an expensive purchase but I was not stressed in the slightest thanks to James and Audi Brighton

November 1, 2024
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Reply from Caffyns

Hello, Thank you for the five star rating and review! We are glad you had a smooth experience and wish you many happy miles in your new car. Best Regards, Caffyns

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service from start to end

Great service from start to end. Recently had my car in for a service and nothing was too much trouble. Alex Brace was looking after me and he kept me up to date with how things were going and returned my calls straight away. I have my car serviced by Audi Eastbourne frequently and have never had a complaint. An efficient, well oiled team (pardon the pun). Thank you.

November 9, 2024
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Reply from Caffyns

Hi Travis, Thank you for the five star rating and review! We are glad you had a great experience at our dealership. Best Regards, Caffyns

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