IT's a car workshop like no other in Hampshire and it's certainly the cleanest.

Family-owned motoring business, Meridien Modena, has invested £3.5 million in Ferrari service centre on the Hounsdown Business Park in Totton.

The gleaming new centre allows the 40-strong team to service and repair newer vehicles and to restore classics from the luxury Italian sports marque.

A special lift carries the sports cars –most bearing six figure price tags – to a storage area on the first floor.

Customers can watch the work in progress from a luxuriously-appointed lounge.

Currently on display at the new facility is a new Ferrari Portofino V8 Engine - the only one on show in the world.

Meridien's investment has created seven new jobs and from September two full-time apprentices will be taken on.

The business, which has its sales centre in Lyndhurst, was named Ferrari's worldwide showroom of the year in 2014 and the service team earned the Ferrari Global Aftersales Dealer of the Year Award in 2017.

The business was started by John Butt in the 1980s and is now run by his sons Glenn and Warren.

Glenn Butt said: “We’re delighted to be launching our new service centre to benefit our ever-growing client base. The significant investment in the new centre and its facilities ensures that we meet the exemplary standards expected from the Ferrari brand."

“We are also proud to be the only centre on the south coast that will be able to offer the aftersales facility element of the Ferrari ‘Classiche’ service, a service which can be provided to classic and competition cars. At our new facility we’ll be able to provide all the mechanical repairs and inspections needed to restore or rebuild a classic Ferrari and ensure each vehicle complies with the original specifications. This is an incredibly exciting element for us, as previously all parts of the Classiche service were carried out in Maranello, Italy.”