Financier moves on luxury car dealer

Maria Slade

Property editor

23 Oct, 2026 1:04am2 mins to read

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O’Reilly’s Garage in Wellington’s Petone sold luxury cars.

Wellington luxury car dealership O’Reilly’s Garage which abruptly shut up shop earlier this month has been put into receivership.

Avanti Finance appointed Iain Shephard and Jessica Kellow of BDO as receivers on October 21.

It did so based on a July 2022 general security deed the
company granted to it over all present and after acquired personal property.

Avanti also holds security over dozens of O’Reilly’s Garage cars, including a 2026 Porsche Macan, a 2025 Volkswagen Amarok, and a 2022 Audi SQ7, PPSR records show.

The financier has placed a caveat over business owner Simon O’Reilly’s $2.7m Khandallah home.

“We are aware of the situation involving O’Reilly’s Garage and are disappointed by what has occurred,” Avanti said in a statement just prior to the receivership.

“We are currently conducting our own investigation and are unable to comment further at this stage.”

Moving van outside house

The sudden closure of O’Reilly’s Garage has left its financiers, landlord and customers alike in the dark about what happened, and where Simon O’Reilly is.

O’Reilly is understood to have left for Europe. BusinessDesk has seen a photo of removal vans outside the Khandallah house.

Rich List property developer Mark Dunajtschik loaned O’Reilly money to help him start O’Reilly’s Garage in 2018.

He was “as surprised as everybody else” about what had happened and had no idea where O’Reilly was.

“I had an email from him some time ago, just saying that he will repay my money in the near future, but that’s all.”

O’Reilly’s Garage is a registered motor vehicle trader, with its registration due to expire in July 2027.

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