Case study · Premium independent

Supercars that sell on presentation, online too.

Acklam Cars has sold premium, luxury and performance cars from Middlesbrough since 2001. Their Autonomy site gives every car the studio-standard presentation that made their name.

October 2026

Cars retailed since 2001
40,000
Five-star Trustpilot reviews
3,500+
Cars in stock
100+
The Acklam Cars homepage, with the showroom film behind a make and model search
A Bentley Continental GT vehicle page on a phone, with exterior, interior and video tabs and the cash price

The client

Middlesbrough's supercar specialist since 2001.

Rare, high-value cars that sell on how they look. The website had to carry Acklam's studio standard and earn a buyer's trust long before the drive to Middlesbrough.

Acklam Cars is an independent dealership on Acklam Road, Middlesbrough, specialising in premium, luxury and performance cars from marques such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce and Bentley. How each car is prepared, photographed and filmed is central to the business, which has won national awards for video, social media and customer care, including Motor Trader's Retailer of the Year. The new site had to do the same job online: present every car properly and give buyers anywhere in the UK the confidence to get in touch or reserve.

Locations

Middlesbrough

Brands
  • Rolls-Royce
  • Ferrari
  • Lamborghini
  • Bentley
  • Porsche
  • Land Rover
  • Mercedes-Benz
  • BMW
  • Audi
Integrations
  • CodeWeavers
  • Stripe
  • CAP
  • AutoTrader
  • CarGurus
  • PistonHeads
  • eBay Motors
  • Motors.co.uk
  • EnquiryMax
  • Trustpilot
  • GTM

What we built

Built to show the cars. Built to sell them.

An Autonomy site held to the same standard as the showroom. Every car gets its own gallery, video and finance quote, stock feeds out to the marketplaces from one place, and sold cars stay on the site as proof.

Every car, shown properly.

Each vehicle page leads with the car: exterior, interior and video in one gallery, shot to Acklam's own standard. The cash price, VAT Qualifying status, a CodeWeavers finance calculator and Reserve online sit right beneath it.

  • Exterior, interior and video tabs
  • CodeWeavers PCP and HP quotes
  • Reserve online through Stripe
Browse the stock on acklamcars.co.uk  (opens in a new tab)
A Land Rover Defender vehicle page on desktop, with the studio photo gallery and exterior, interior and video tabs

A showroom of cars already sold.

Sold cars don't disappear. They move to a Previously Sold archive with the same search and filters as live stock, showing buyers the calibre of car Acklam handle, while sold pages are kept out of search results so live stock ranks first.

  • Search by make, model and spec
  • A Sold badge on every car
  • Noindexed, so live stock ranks first
See the archive on acklamcars.co.uk  (opens in a new tab)
The Previously Sold archive on desktop, with make and model search, filters and sold Lamborghini and Ferrari cards

How we delivered it

From first brief to launch day.

The phases that took Acklam from their old site to a new domain on Autonomy.

  1. ConfigurationKick-off
  2. Design and front endBuilt on the Autonomy base
  3. ContentOur World, team and reviews
  4. FeedsAutoTrader, CarGurus and more
  5. IntegrationsCodeWeavers, Stripe, CAP
  6. SEO migrationRedirects, schema, sold pages
  7. Liveacklamcars.co.uk launched

Take a look around the stock, the videos and the sold archive on the live site.

acklamcars.co.uk (opens in a new tab)

More work

Groups and dealers on Autonomy.

All work

Fancy a test drive?

Ready for a site that works as hard as your showroom?