An award-winning car consultant from Andover has opened a workshop.
Edd Hunt, an internationally acclaimed car consultant, has put down roots in his hometown by opening The Car Consultants workshop in Portway Basepoint Industrial Park.
The new site will allow Edd, who has previously been named the UK’s top mechanic and European Automechanik of the Year 2025, to work on complex diagnostic jobs, allowing vehicles that other garages have struggled to fix to be transported to him.
He said: “I kept getting jobs where I would stay over in London, then a job would come in in Scotland, one in Cornwall. I was spreading myself thin travelling around and spending a lot of money in hotels.
“I worked out that cost-wise it would be better for the client to have the car that they can’t fix delivered to me. For the longer projects, I can have it in the workshop for a few days. It’s easier to fit them all in rather than turn jobs away.”
Inside his workshop, Edd also spends one day a week carrying out general servicing and repair work.
He said: “I didn’t want to lose the skill that I’ve built up, not just consultant work.
“I started to notice that I was getting a little bit slow, so it’s to keep the skills alive.”
The opening comes as Edd celebrates another international success after competing against 199 other mechanics in an invite-only worldwide diagnostics contest, run by Topdon.
The competition took place over three month-long stages, with mechanics earning points by completing diagnostic and programming tasks.
Edd, whose first job was delivering the Andover Advertiser, finished first in each of the three-monthly contests and topped the overall leaderboard when the scores were combined.
He said: “It was a close-run thing, initially one of the American candidates came out in the lead.
“A lot of hard work, and I managed to come out on top overall.”
His overall score was more than double that of the second-placed competitor from the USA, with competitors from Norway, Germany and China also making up the top five.
To celebrate his win, he bought himself a gold-trimmed toolbox.
He said: “It’s my daily reminder, something to commemorate it. It’s a little bit bling but I like it.
“I’ve done all I need to prove now; I feel like I should focus my time on fixing cars.”
The achievement also resulted in an appearance on BBC Radio 2 after producer OJ Borg invited Edd to announce his result on air.
He joined the show live from Las Vegas and hosted a diagnostics-themed quiz for him.
Edd previously appeared on the show in 2024 when he won the national League of True Mechanics competition for the third time.
He was also the winner of the environmental award at the Car and Aftermarket Trade Awards in 2025.
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