It was 1913. In Hobart, A G Websters had sold off its fledgling car division and Co-Operative Motors took over both the Webster off-shoot and its premises at the foot of Elizabeth street, near Elizabeth Pier. As the years and the cars rolled on, Co-Op Motors covered the basis of public demand with Dodge from the USA, Citroen and Renault from France and Austin, Morris, Standard Vanguard and Triumph from Britain.

In 1959 the first Mercedes Benz graced the showroom. Co-Op Motors took on the Toyota franchise in 1962, Lexus in 1999 and Daihatsu in 2004. As Toyota became synonymous with quality world-wide, its Hobart dealer worked hard to match the quality of the vehicles with the quality of its service. In doing so, it established what is now a Co-Op Motors tradition of selling cars to the same customers, over and over again.