Online Shopping For Vehicle Accessories Has Never Been Easier

April 5, 2012 - PRLog -- Astra Automotive, one of the UK’s most trusted names in the automotive world, has launched a brand new website – making the purchase of OEM equivalent vehicle maintenance products easier than ever.

The enhanced Astra Automotive website – www.astraautomotive.co.uk – offers motoring enthusiasts an even faster and more convenient way of finding all their specialised automotive products needs in just a couple of clicks, 24-hours a day, seven-days-a-week.

Because internet shopping is becoming ever more important to the UK economy – according to new figures1, the web economy was worth £121 billion in 2010 in this country alone, more than any other major G20 country, while more than 51 per cent of shoppers bought online in the first three months of 20102 – it is essential that consumers are able to find online what they need quickly and easily.

The new online Astra Automotive store is a convenient one-stop shop for high quality vehicle lamp bulbs, windscreen wipers, or vehicle maintenance, electrical and after-care products for cars, vans, lorries, bikes, caravans or motorhomes at very competitive prices.

With more than 300 types of vehicle light bulbs in stock to suit all car models and makes, as well as motorbikes, commercial vehicles, classic cars, agricultural tractors, marine and plant vehicles, Astra Automotive, known as the Professionals’ Brand, has one of the largest bulb ranges in the country.

www.astraautomotive.co.uk also offers high quality universal wiper blades, as well as its unique Flat Beam Blades for front and rear screens, which comes with a range of adaptors that are supplied separately for specific models and for retrofits, all at very competitive prices.

Online shoppers will also find a huge range of car care products, including screen wash concentrate, de-icer, brake cleaner, Super Lube, and WD Plus, as well as specialist products, such as Air Con Refresher and EcoGleam, the acclaimed waterless wash and wax cleaning product for cars, caravans and bikes.

The company, which has more than 35 years’ experience supplying the automotive trade and motoring enthusiasts, also guarantees same-day dispatch on any orders made before 2pm – essential for the busy shopper.

The new-look www.astraautomotive.co.uk also features:
•   Easy-to-use home-page bulb and wiper blade locator for all types of makes of vehicles;
•   “How to fit” videos, including demonstrations showing how easy it is to fit Flat Beam Blades as a replacement or as an upgrade from a universal blade;
•   Special online discounts and offers on a number of products;
•   Links to Astra Automotive’s social networking pages on Facebook and Twitter.

Leon Callahan, Managing Director of Astra Automotive, promised a hassle-free online experience for shoppers.

“As well as offering customers a full range of OEM equivalent, value for money products , we are also keen to make life easier when it comes to sourcing the right bulbs and blades and this user-friendly website does exactly that,” he says.

“The enhanced design features of the site mean that our existing and new customers will find it very easy to navigate and find the exact product they are after.”

To mark the launch of the new website, Astra Automotive is offering 20% of all vehicle bulbs and 15% off all wipers until 30th April 2012.

For further information on Astra Automotive and its complete product range, visit www.astraautomotive.co.uk or telephone 01952 608600. Alternatively, email sales@astraautomotive.co.uk.




EDITORS NOTES
Astra Automotive is a trading name of Lampion & Co Limited

1.   According to research by the Boston Research Group, out March 2012,  http://www.itv.com/news/2012-03-19/xxx/

2.   The first British Population Survey/IMRG Online Access and Shopping Report found that more than 51% of the British population aged 15 and above, had shopped online in the first three months of 2010.


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