British automobile club RAC chooses custom vehicle diagnostics solution by Würth | Press release

Article by · 2013/08/21 ·

WOW! Group, subsidiary of the Würth Group, expands its position as one of Europe’s leading vehicle diagnostics specialists
RAC invests six million pounds in major diagnostics project
Künzelsau. WOW! Group strengthens its position as one of the leading vehicle diagnostics specialists in Europe. In future, 1,700 service vehicles of the British automobile club RAC will feature WOW! Group’s vehicle diagnostics solution customized for the needs of the RAC. In total, RAC invests six million pounds into the project. “We were awarded this contract as we are able to develop a solution that exactly fits the needs of the RAC and its service vehicles” comments Mario Weiss, Division Manager Auto International. Trevor Henry, RAC’s strategic development project manager, thinks this recent cooperation bears a lot of potential for the future: “Against the backdrop of the future challenges the RAC is facing WOW! Group is our preferred diagnostics partner.” According to him, WOW! diagnostics solutions allow the RAC to offer professional, mobile services on a highest level to its members, right according to RAC’s motto of “We don’t just tow you to a garage – we bring the garage to you”.

About WOW! Group
WOW! Group was founded in 2000 and is dedicated to vehicle diagnostics. Its main business is the custom development and implementation of modular software and hardware solutions and ancillary service, hotline and e-learning offers. The company belongs to the Würth Group and employs 180 people. More than 50,000 workshops across Europe trust in WOW! Group’s diagnostics systems.

About the RAC
With 7.7 million members, RAC Motoring Services is the UK’s leading provider of mobile breakdown services. Its 1,700 service vehicles now equipped with WOW! diagnostics systems offer breakdown services on all roads across the UK. The RAC attends to 2.8 million rescue breakdowns of its members per year.

via Press release.