Kot Auto Group

About Kot Auto Group

The Kot Auto Group is a family-run automotive group that has been operating in the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and Okanagan since 2011. The company encourages growth from within and values its employees and the vendors it does business with. As a fast-growing family-run automotive company on the West Coast of the country, Kot Auto Group's locations stretches from Kelowna, Penticton, Victoria, Nanaimo, all the way to Maple Ridge, B.C. John Kot, the Founder & President, started his journey in the automotive industry selling cars at the age of 17, working during the harvest off season in Weyburn, SK. He found he was much better at the automotive industry than he was farming, and therefore continued down that path! He started selling cars at Barber Motors, and his small-town attitude has stayed with him. John married his High School sweetheart Trina at the age of 19. She has become instrumental in the growth of the company over the years. John had several senior management positions over the 17 years he worked in Edmonton. In 2010 he moved with his family to the Okanagan, acquiring the family's first dealership, Kelowna Hyundai in November of 2011! Throughout the growth of Kot Auto Group, John has been proud to be able to put family first and build a family-owned and operated business he can be proud of. True to the company's ethos, John and Trina's eldest son, Brandon, acts as General Manager at Victoria Hyundai, Woodgrove Chrysler, and the Vice-President of the group. Jordan, the second son, is General Manager at Buy Direct Truck Centre, and the Vice-President of the group. Janessa, the only daughter, is the Director of Finance for the whole group.