•Pledges ‘peace-of-mind’, top quality
Stories by Moses Akaigwe 08072100049
An array of professional tools and equipment, a range of 36 bays, dedicated sections for mechanical, electrical and body refinishing, as well as a service personnel with cognitive skills spanning over two decades.
These, in addition to a wide spectrum of replacement parts references, are the defining features of TSL Limitless, a new multi-brand workshop with the extra advantage of an easily accessible location on Apapa-Oshodi highway, Isolo, Lagos.
The multi-purpose auto facility will be officially inaugurated on Thursday, October 19, with plans for replicas in Abuja and Port Harcourt by January, 2018.
The brains behind this new trail in aftermarket service say they are aiming at being the best and setting the standards countrywide, and possibly in the whole of Africa, and are looking forward to handling hundreds of vehicles daily.
TSL, the investors say, is being put in place to assuage the concerns of private vehicle owners and fleet operators who have over the years yearned for a auto workshop that would render satisfactory professional services at reasonable prices.
Occupying a well laid-out space – the size of a soccer field, TSL is being equipped to handle all passenger and commercial vehicles; from the familiar brands like Toyota and Peugeot, to the luxury marques, including Ferrari and Roll-Royce.
Welcoming guests to the facility as installations and renovation raged on recently, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of TSL, Mr. Raju Sawlani, said he is investing in the project his over two decades of experience in successfully endearing sundry brands to the Nigerian market, initiating uncommon marketing promos and establishing some assembly plants.
Sawlani, who was twice the Managing Director of Stallion Motors, Executive Director of Coscharis Motors and Kewalram Chanrai Group, told his guests: ”Having sold over 200, 000 vehicles {worth about USD$7. 2billion} in Nigeria over a 21-year period , my customers have voiced their concern to me about after-sales issues. For this reason, I have decided to launch TSL. I handpicked the best technical personnel in Ngieria’s auto industry…our machinery and equipment are from the top manufacturers in the world.”
As the TSL Managing Director guided the visitors through various sections of the modern workshop, including a freshly installed spray booth, training school, VIP lounge and even a boutique, The Sun Motoring observed the arrival and departure of a delivery van from DeWalt which brought a consignment of equipment from the world renowned workshop machinery maker.
The investor who as the helmsman at Stallion, saw to the setting up of many showrooms, including the beautiful Porsche Centre in Victoria Island, Lagos, and initiated breakthrough incentives, like the four-year/100, 000km free service campaign, assured of quick service and provision of genuine lubricants, fluids and replacement parts.
This, according to Sawlani, is because the hallmarks of reliable after-sales service are quality of labour, genuineness of parts, lubes and liquids, good ambience and completion of work within a short downtime and at reasonable costs.
The vehicle buying public should also look forward to being relieved of the burden of uncertainty in choosing used automobiles. “TSL will also engage in the sale of new and used vehicles . They will provide ‘gold certification’ and peace-of-mind warranty on new and used, as well as 24/7 roadside assistance.”
He gave more insight: “If you wish to purchase a used car in Lagos, but don’t know whether to buy it because of the high mileage, I suggest you book an appointment with us and liaise with the seller to bring the vehicle to our workshop. We will do complete check on the vehicle in front of the presence of the seller and the buyer, thereby creating a transparent automotive marketplace. We can provide the buyer with a peace-of-mind warranty.”
And to give vehicle owners a foretaste of what awaits them, TSL is offering 30 percent discount on all service and repairs from the opening day to October 31, even as corporate oganisations that register their fleet within the same period, will enjoy incentive by way of price reduction.