Western Motors was founded in 1963 by Mr. Jim McCormack. As a result of the sad passing away of Jim McCormack at the early age of 43 the company was taken over by Mrs. Anne McCormack. Over the next 20 years Mrs. Anne McCormack ran the business on a daily basis and successfully built on the foundations set by her husband in order to ensure that she could pass on a successful business to her children, this was no easy task at a time when the motor business was dominated by men.
In 1989 Mrs. McCormack passed over the day-to-day running of the business to her son James McCormack and George Moran who became joint managing directors of the company. In 1992 James McCormack became managing director and George Moran took over the title of sales director, the two continued their successful business partnership together until 1998 when George retired from the business. In 1997 Simon McCormack rejoined the company as Operations Director and the company is now run by both James and Simon. The company has been a family business from the very start and is determined to stay that way.
The success of the company has always been based on the hard work and loyalty of a core of staff who have been with us throughout the years both good and bad. For over 35 years our business was based at our Tuam Road premises and after many years of search a new site was purchased in 1998 and we were very proud to move into our new state of the art new premises in November 1999. We are looking forward to the future with great confidence and trust that you will remain a customer for many years to come.
Over the years Western Motors have been Massey Ferguson Tractor Dealers, Austin and Jaguar Car Dealers, Fiat Car Dealers and since 1984 we have been proud to be Volkswagen, Audi and Mercedes-Benz Main Dealers for Galway City.
Western Motors most important operational objectives are to represent the brands of vehicles we sell in a professional manner and to continually endeavour to improve the service we provide to our customers. These objectives will be met by ensuring that we have a highly motivated and well trained team which work together in order to ensure that we are proud of the work we do and the company we represent.