Marathon tour raises £3,850 for Ben

What Car? has raised £3,850 for bodyshop magazine charity partner Ben after completing a marathon tour of UK car retailers and manufacturers.

Ben works within the UK automotive industry to provide support for its workers and their families, with services to benefit health and wellbeing during their time in the industry and beyond.

The What Car? team visited more than 365 franchised retailers and manufacturers across the UK in the space of just one week, with £10 donated to Ben for every stop-off, and exceeded their original target to raise a total of £3,850. What Car? was also joined by Car Dealer’s ‘Bangers4Ben’ taxi for a leg of the tour in Portsmouth.

Rachael Prasher, managing director of What Car?, said, ‘We are all very grateful for the time our participating retailers and manufacturers have given to host us for our tour across the UK. We are incredibly proud to have partnered with such an inspiring charity as Ben.’

Matt Wigginton, business development director at Ben, said, ‘The work What Car? has done to support Ben through this partnership is incredible. We are overwhelmed with the amount the team have been able to raise with the help of the retailers and manufacturers that they visited.

‘We appreciate the key relationship What Car? has with dealers and manufacturers, and the impact which their contribution and collaboration with Ben on this venture will have across the automotive industry.’