Continental Engines has announced the appointment to its board of Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia, one of the well-known figures in the European automotive aftermarket. 

Continental Engines is the automotive business segment of the Baxy Group and was set up in 1983. Headquartered in Gurgaon, it is a major OEM supplier of engines and engine components to customers in India, Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East.

Mr Ahluwalia is best known as the founder and driving force behind the UK’s leading parts distributor, Euro Car Parts (ECP), helping it grow from a small start-up in London to one of Europe’s largest aftermarket distributor of automotive replacement parts to independent garages, body repairers and the B2C e-commerce sector. In 2011, he sold the ECP business to LKQ Corporation of Chicago – a Fortune 500 company – but has remained in overall charge of all LKQ’s UK companies.