Behind The North's Leading Independent Porsche Specialist.

Founded in 1994 by Dave Sunderland, Mark Pendleton and David Forrest, Strasse is now firmly established as one of the country's leading independent Porsche specialists.

The three founding partners were fuelled by a desire to do things a little differently and a lot better. We soon discovered that others shared our passion for detail.

Between the partners and staff (see below), we have a combined Porsche experience of over 100 years -mostly with main dealers. So whether you have a 356 or a 996, you can be sure we know what we are talking about.

The Two Daves and Mark ...

Dave 'The Legend' Sunderland We start our line up of Strasse Partners with age before beauty. There can be no substitute for experience and there is no substitute for this man. Dave has been living and breathing Porsche since becoming service manager at the original Official Porsche Centre for Yorkshire in 1968. He cut his teeth (among other things) on 356s, early 911s and 912s.

Inspired by Jack Tordoff (of JCT600) he built a reputation as the man to contact for rally preparation. Dave personally prepared all Jack's cars for international success.

Dave's nickname, The Legend, is well deserved: he is still preparing race winning cars for the Porsche Cup and Classic Championship - and preparing cars that are a dream to drive. His vast knowledge of engines and gearboxes means he is constantly in demand. (Did you know that the '78 930 Turbo engine has a bigger flywheel seal than the'77 model, or that a 993 Turbo has sodium-cooled exhaust valves? ! )

Mark Pendleton 1960 - 2002 Mark was one of our founder members, and was known to almost everyone in the Porsche business. A fun loving and hard working man who was dedicated to his family, Mark died tragically on August 1st 2002 following an accident.

We could not have arrived at this point in the business without him, and it is entirely fitting that he retains his place in our line up.

Mark is so sadly missed by all his friends and colleagues

David Forrest This is the Dave you should ask for is you want parts, sales or service. His family's automotive history goes back to his Grandfather's garage in Bradford - before David was even a twinkle in anyone's eye. Now slightly older than a twinkle, he has spent the last 16 years working with the Porsche marque - his passion and dream since he was a lad.

He has been involved in motorsport - behind the wheel and sometimes under them and can often be found on the workshop floor getting his hands dirty, except on a Saturday when he uses his hands to hold his head while he follows his other lifelong passion of football.

David's true love of all things Porsche makes him the ideal man to enthuse over cars (ours or yours.) When it comes to each model's little quirks, Big Dave is the man to tell it like it is.

And the Staff ...

Trevor Jumeaux "Tricky" Trevor Jumeaux (known to his friends in Ferrari circles as Enzo) is the nearest thing to Italy since Mama's pasta. Not everyone believes the Germans and Italians should be mixed, but Trevor has his own little corner at Strasse and we forgive him - because his knowledge of both the Porsche and Ferrari marques is vast.

Trevor was a JCT600 mechanic who joined us in 1997. He is a vital and valuable member of our team - even if he does prefer Italians.

Chris Dyer Our continued expansion means more mechanics - but good, reliable and above all honest people are hard to come by. Chris, who joined us in 2002 is just such a man.

Chris is another man with a racing pedigree - although it doesn't go back quite as far as The Legend 's. He joined us having worked on Porsche vehicles for some time - and is continuing to learn at The Legend 's workbench. Chris has already proved to be an excellent addition to our team.

Ryan Morton Ryan is the newest (not to mention youngest) edition to our ever expanding team. He joined is March 2003. Although he worked previously with the Porsche marque, he has many a year to go to catch up with the Legend, from whom he is now learning. Another valued member of the STRASSE team looking forward to being of service to you.

Charlie Carter Charlie joins Strasse as Service Receptionist. Associated with the motor trade for many years Charlie was known to the two Daves before succumbing to the charms of the purely Porsche world in 2002 It has always been his ambition and dream since he was nothing but a wee lad to own a Porsche to match his hair colour. Sadly time has marched on and the Jet black 911 he dreamed of now needs to be replaced with a little silver number. He is known to some as the silver fox if you know what we mean.

Charlie was chosen for our front of house as much for his lifelong enthusiasm of the marque as his extensive motor trade experience, it is vital to us that our staff are Porsche mad. Charlie will book in your service order your parts and help in any way he can. His is the voice at the other end of the Strasse line.

And the Office ...

If someone who sounds nice answers the phone it might be Sue or Lindsay - David Forrest's sister and partner respectively (is he mad?) They will try to help with any queries you might have - and they make excellent tea!