Merv Hannam - Our History

Our History

Merv Hannam - A brief History of the Family Business

Merv Hannam was born in Poole in 1931, and after leaving the army in 1951 he became a well-known speedway rider, representing both his town and country for many years.
His car business started from home in the late fifties before moving to its present site in Wallisdown, Bournemouth in 1966.

From then on it underwent a very rapid expansion taking on three Main Dealer franchises over the years including Mitsubishi up until the early nineties.

The nineties saw the business start to specialise in the quality German Marques BMW, Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche and Mercedes, which coincided with the day to day running being taken over by Merv’s son Ashley.

The Millennium brought more change with the retirement of Merv Hannam at the age of 70, and Ashley relaunching the "Merv Hannam" brand.

Now celebrating it's 44th year in business, Merv Hannam of Bournemouth under the helm of Ashley Hannam is a modern efficient car sales run with the traditional value of customer services that it was started with in the fifties.