Derek Slack Motors

Derek Slack Motors Welcome to the official page of Derek Slack Motors, the North East's oldest Skoda dealer.

Derek Slack started business in 1973 in a small rented workshop in Coral Street in central Middlesbrough repairing motor cars. Derek served his time as a motor mechanic and has worked at a number of garages, gaining a wide range of experience on most makes of cars.

1973 was not a special year, it had plenty of disasters and triumphs, the prime minister was Tory Edward Heath and Britain was at the

height of disruption with Trade Unions, 3 day weeks and the Arab Oil Embargo. Despite the uncertain economic climate Derek prospered and eventually purchased larger premises in Stonehouse Street, Linthorpe. Now specialising in Reliant Tricycles, Derek became the aftersales agent for supplying parts and eventually for sales of new cars. Again for a third time in 1984 Derek had ran out of space and moved around the corner to Cumberland Road to larger premises, which had a small showroom and space to become an MOT centre. In 1986 Dereks son Tony joined the business and in his fathers footsteps became an apprentice motor mechanic. In 1993 Derek Slack Motors became the new agent for Skoda in Teesside. Volkswagen had just purchased Skoda, which would mean long-term investment, security and product development for the budget Czechoslovakian car maker. Derek Slack Motors continued to grow as demand for the ever improving Skoda cars grew, making them more and more popular. Again running short of space Derek and Tony purchased three acres of land adjacent to the A66 dual carriageway on the East of Middlesbrough and built their current ‘home’, a purpose built modern garage complete with, workshops, parts departments, showrooms, used car display areas, customer car parking and storage areas. Derek Slack Motors is still growing and is still family run, Derek Slack is Chief Executive and Tony Slack Managing Director responsible for the day to day running of the operation.

01/09/2026

The New, All-Electric Epiq available to order now. Get a Škoda Epiq Edition 55 for the same monthly payment as the Epiq Edition 40. Available on 2.9% APR

01/09/2026

The first modern-generation Škoda Octavia rolled off the production line on 3 September 1996. Since then almost 7.9 million Octavias have been produced, playing a major role in Škoda’s development as the brand’s bestseller across four generations.
Read the full story here: https://www.derekslackmotors.co.uk/news/three-decades-of-octavia/169649

14/07/2026

Škoda Elroq vRS challenges iconic 1980s supercars in a head-to-head drag race

Now is the time to 'switch-on' to Elroq!
14/07/2026

Now is the time to 'switch-on' to Elroq!

Škoda has continued its remarkable winning streak at the Auto Express New Car Awards by taking no fewer than three covet...
07/07/2026

Škoda has continued its remarkable winning streak at the Auto Express New Car Awards by taking no fewer than three coveted category wins. The Superb, Elroq and Kodiaq were recognised as the very best in their respective sectors, with the Kodiaq recording its seventh win in nine years.

23/06/2026

Come and see the widest choice of Enyaqs in the country

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Prospect Place
Middlesbrough
TS38AR

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

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