Company History

Flear & Thomson Ltd, in all certainty is one of the oldest and longest established motor retailers in Britain today.

Established in 1870, Mr William Flear and Mr David Thomson commenced business in Upper Station Road Dunfermline, as Engineers & Millwright proprietors specialising in Steam Traction Engines and Agricultural Machinery as well as the more traditional horse pulled carts. So renowned was the company regarding the standard of their engineering and knowledge of agricultural machinery that they soon became known far and wide. So much so that work and orders came in from as far away as Australia. For example despite the great distances involved in those days in 1895 The Hawkesbury Agricultural College of New South Wales bought from Flear and Thomson a Turnip Thinning Machine that was invented by the company.

However as petrol agricultural machinery became more popular followed by automobiles this became a natural progression for the company. The company finally diversified in 1927 to that of garage proprietors and motor engineers. For the next 45 years Flear & Thomson also both sold and maintained Hillman, Humber cars and also Commer commercial vehicles.

In 1927 Mr Andrew Buchanan started work as a apprentice mechanic. He quickly worked his way up the business.It was in the late 1940's now long established under Mr David Thomson, son of one of the partners, that Mr Andrew Buchanan was made a company director.In 1951 the firm was made a Limited Company and a few years later Andrew Buchanan took full control of Flear & Thomson Ltd.

Andrew's son Mr George Buchanan joined the company in 1959 as a apprentice mechanic,working his way through the business and eventually taking over everyday control in 1972.The business expanded holding the franchise for both Vauxhall-Opel and Fiat.

It was in 1992 that Flear & Thomson acquired the Nissan franchise.This followed in 2003 with the acquisition of the Kia Motors franchise.

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To this day Flear & Thomson Ltd is still owned and run by the Buchanan family through Andrew's grandsons and George's sons Mr Scott Buchanan and Mr Paul Buchanan.

As Scotland's second longest running Nissan franchise and more recently adding the Kia franchise we have both the knowledge and understanding to give the best possible customer service. Our strength lies in our strong family values and a commited focus to customer care which means that you can rest assured that buying a car from Flear & Thomson will be both an enjoyable and satisfying experience as it has been for our much valued customers for nearly 140 years.