Where It All Started
John started selling cars at the age of 18 in his hometown of Weyburn Saskatchewan while taking over the family farm. Realizing he was better in sales than farming, he dove into the auto industry becoming a very high performer.
Many customers still remember his "John's pick of the week" that ran in the weekly paper. Trina and John moved to the Edmonton area where John moved up the ranks over the next 17 years, including several senior management positions for 2 local Auto Groups.
In 2011 they purchased Kelowna Hyundai as their first addition to the Kot Auto Group. Today they are very proud to be a community-minded dealer group where all their adult children are involved in the business.
Brandon Kot -- General Manager at Victoria Hyundai / Vice President
Jordan Kot -- General Manager at Kelowna Kia / Vice President
Janessa McGowan -- Director of Finance at Kelowna Kia
Connor McGowan -- General Sales Manager at Kelowna Hyundai
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Kot Auto Group Awards & Acknowledgements
- Kelowna Hyundai -- Grant Thornton Automotive Business of the Year -- 2022
- Kelowna Kia -- President's Award of Merit for top dealer in Canada -- 2021
- Kelowna Hyundai -- Green Star Award for #1 battery electric dealer in the Okanagan and Kamloops for 2021.
- Victoria Hyundai -- Green Star Award for #1 battery electric dealer on the Vancouver Island for 2021.
- Kelowna Hyundai -- President's Award of Merit -- 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2020
- Kelowna Hyundai -- Winner of the Community Driver Award by NCDA 2019
- Kelowna Hyundai -- Finalist for Business Excellence Award 2019
- Kelowna Hyundai -- Nominated for the Best of Kelowna 2017,2020 & 2021
- Kelowna Hyundai -- Demonstrating Electric Vehicle sales in B.C award for most EV sales in the Okanagan for 2019 & 2020
- Kelowna Hyundai -- Ray Wong, Sales Consultant has been employed with Kot Auto Group since 2009 and has been awarded the "Provincial Customer Experience Champion" from Hyundai Canada in 2018
- Buy Direct Truck Centre -- Nominated for the Best of Kelowna 2021
- Genesis Kelowna -- Genesis Victoria -The only Dealer in Canada awarded with two Genesis branches
- Kot Auto Group -- Nominated for Community Driver Award by NCDA 2020
- Kot Auto Group/John Kot -- Laureate Finalist for Retail Business 2017 & Business Innovation 2020 & 2021 (Laureate Nominated 2021 Retail Business 2021)
- Maple Ridge Hyundai -- Brent Miscisco, Sales Consultant has been employed with Kot Auto Group since 2014 and has been awarded the "Top Hyundai Salesperson of the Year" award from Hyundai Canada in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020
- Maple Ridge Hyundai -- President's Award of Merit -- 2017 & 2019
- Penticton Nissan -- Steve Allan, General Sales Manager has been employed with Kot Auto Group since 2013 and has been awarded the "Top Hyundai Salesperson of the Year" award from Hyundai Canada in 2015
