In early 1998, Scimitar International was a small specialist workshop and mail order distributor for Reliant Scimitar Sports Cars. Now, we are the largest distributor of parts and accessories for the Mazda MX-5 and Eunos Roadster in the UK and have a turnover in excess of 1.75 million!
Our development started with a chance meeting in an internet ´chat room´ that led to a total life change for Val (who thinks he´s the boss). This change brought with it a new partner, Jackie (who know´s she´s the boss) and a ready made family that included a 1993 Eunos Roadster! When the roadster needed a headlamp, Debbie (daughter No.1) headed straight to Val for help as Mazda UK wanted £90.00+vat for a replacement. The light turned out to be the same as those used on later Scimitars and retailed for just £21.00. Debbie insisted that we should offer these on the internet to other Roadster owners and the very first ´mx5parts´ web page was born. Within three months we were selling 30 lamps a week and it was time for some serious thinking.
