For nearly 100 years, Tates Cars have been at the forefront of the motoring industry. Customers across Crawley, Brighton, Gatwick, Pyecombe and Redhill have been coming back to us time and time again to buy their new cars, vans and for aftersales services
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Tates (tatescars.co.uk) has a 4.2 out of 5 rating on OK.one, based on 100 user reviews collected here. It is listed under Vehicles & Transportation and its reputation is good. 80% of reviews are 4 stars or higher and 16% are 1 star; The business has replied to 18% of negative reviews; 28 of them were added in the last 12 months. Last updated 2026-08-11.
Ian at Tate’s was most helpful, wasn’t pushy, gave us time to think it over and then was helpful throughout the process. Would recommend!
Reply from Tates2024-03-20
Thank you for taking the time and feeding back your experience that you have had in our Hyundai dealership and letting us know how well Ian has looked after you.
Purchased a C3 from Graham at Tates Citroen Crawley. Very easy to deal with and professional throughout, all questions answered and car prepared and ready for collection as agreed.
All in all great service, thanks.
Reply from Tates2024-03-18
Thank you for taking the time and feeding back your experience that you have had in our Hyundai dealership and letting us know how well Graham has looked after you. I will pass you kind comments over to Graham. Thank you
Max was extremely knowledgeable, honest, and helpful throughout the whole process
Reply from Tates2024-03-19
Thanks very much for both your valued custom and your excellent feedback - We do all work as a team to ensure that our customers feel relaxed and enjoy their car buying experience so we'll be very pleased to share your review with Max.
Calvin was really good to deal with on the sales side, not too pushy and very pleasant. But the star of the show was Rob in Service when I had to take the car back after 2 days as it was making a strange (but hard to hear) noise. Rob got a Technician to look at it immediately to identify the offending part, then placed a priority order for a replacement and got it fitted 3 working days later. As a Kia Approved Used vehicle the fault should have been identified by Kia, not Tates. Anyway, prompt action by Rob saved the day!
Reply from Tates2024-03-18
Thank you for taking the time and feeding back your experience that you have had in our Kia dealership and letting us know how well both Calvin and Rob looked after you. I will pass your kind comments over to them both. Thank you
Very helpful, professional and kind salesman. Took care finding right car for me. Max was efficient and patient. My third car from Tates and I always exceptional service from the sales team.
Reply from Tates2024-03-13
Thanks Denise for taking the time to review Tates. We really appreciate it. I will pass your kind words over to Max.
Max was extremely helpful. Letting us know that a car was coming in that might suit us. He was very patient explaining everything to us. We are happy with the service Tates provided. We have purchased two cars from them now.
Reply from Tates2024-03-13
Thanks Roger for taking the time to review Tates. We really appreciate it. I will pass your kind words over to Max.
Marc explained the Motability service well and went out of his way to answer all my questions. The whole thing was very straightforward. Motability is a fantastic scheme.
Reply from Tates2024-03-13
Thanks for taking the time to review Tates. We really appreciate it.
We visited on a whim, just tentatively looking for a small used car. The salesman not only remembered my name, but also what car we had bought 7 years ago!
Walked away less than an hour later with an agreement in place.
Reply from Tates2024-03-13
Thanks for taking the time to review Tates. We really appreciate it.
Louis was pleasant enough ,when I could contact him!
However I had to ring around the other branches to ask other salesman at their other car yards for him to contact me
Also didn’t really chase up the service history ,as Irequested in the end I did it myself but it was easy enough just asked a vw commercial centre for it ,its online
The plus point was the suggestion of including RAC mechanical cover included in the price instead of the Tates in house warranty as I travelled down to Brighton from Yorkshire
Also he did pick me up from the train station ,so on balance not too bad
In comparison to a BMW which I bought at the same time they delivered the vehicle from London for nothing,full tank of fuel ,logged my warranty for me ,replaced a back up key for nothing ,rang me to ensure I was completely happy ,even knocked an additional £500 off without me asking ….that is a 5 star service
Reply from Tates2024-03-13
Thank you Mark for taking the time to review. I’m so sorry to hear you haven’t had a positive experience. Louis has now left the dealership and I can only apologise that you had to chase for the paperwork. If there is anything outstanding that you require assistance with, please email me direct [email protected] Regards