About
Towergate Classic Motor
We are one of the market leaders in providing insurance for
classic motor vehicles - and as part of Towergate Group, we are one
of the leading specialist insurance groups in the UK.
With 40 years experience providing insurance services, Towergate
Classic Motor have built up a reputation for providing a high level
of service, and offer a wide range of insurance products for
personal and business needs.
Our unrivalled experience providing insurance for classic motor
vehicles has enabled us to become specialists in this field. We
understand the importance of protecting a wide range of vehicles
that our clients take immense pride owning and maintaining, and
have developed a market leading specialist scheme.
We provide insurance cover for an array of different classic
vehicles:
So rest assured if you have a classic car, van, tractor or tank
we can provide our services and expertise in insuring your
vehicle.
We live in an age of call centre automation where
personalisation goes out the window, where staff turnover is so
high that it’s impossible to speak to the same person twice and
when you do, they’re ill-informed. It’s enough to make you want
tear your hair out isn’t it? And that’s the problem. With our
unique and bespoke classics, a one size fits all philosophy just
isn’t right – but that’s increasingly what we’re being forced to
accept.
As far back as 40 years ago it occurred to us that nobody seemed
to cater for older or unusual cars. Since then, Towergate Classic
Motor’s specialist motor schemes department has gone from strength
to strength based on sound well-informed service and of course,
competitive prices.
As well as insurance trained professionals, the company also
retains ex-motor industry experts who concentrate on identifying
and valuing specialist vehicles, so it’s very likely they’ll know
what you’re driving when most high street brokers will still be
scratching their head!
In fact, many staff members have unusual cars of their own; from
a 1910 Renault, through a sixties Ford Consul, up to an eighties
classic BMW, so they understand what’s involved. That means being
able to discuss things to resolution rather than leaving customers
to get hot under the collar pressing ‘star to return to the main
menu’ for the umpteenth time!
With such a comprehensive client list, there must have been some
unusual cars on the books over the years? Department manager Jon
Mitchell thinks for a moment. “We’ve had them all”, he chuckles;
“such as the Hummer H1 in military camouflage with the gun turret
still on top. Then there was an early Corvette originally owned by
James Cagney; or how about a Bond Bug owned by a Mr Fleming?”
“We’ve even covered a 39 litre V12 Russian T-55 battle tank that
was used in the Bond film, Goldeneye. But my favourite has to be
the 1960s Cadillac Hearse featured in Ghostbusters, which our
client actually used for the funeral of one of his relatives!”
It’s obvious there’s a real sense of purpose and professionalism
at Towergate Classic Motor, but instead of the half rim spectacles
and quill pen that might be expected, there’s an atmosphere of fun
too. Let’s face it, classic cars are a passion and these guys are
passionate about protecting them, but not at the expense of the
human touch.