We are RENOVATING!

We are renovating to serve you better!

Our main building on the south side of the lot will be completely rebuilt to serve our customers better. The entire dealership and all of our departments WILL remain open.

You can access the site from the 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th entrances on the east side of Gateway Boulevard. Parking is located behind the Body Shop and Detail Centre.

The New Vehicle Centre will be housed in a construction trailer behind the Fleet and Lease building.

The Pre-Owned Centre on the north side of the site will remain open and operating with the Internet Department housed upstairs.

The Service Department is staying open and will continue to serve customers throughout the renovations. Our service advisers and appointment coordinators will be housed in the trailers just off of Gateway Boulevard. We will have porters and guides readily available to help customers navigate their way around the site easily and safely.

Reception will be located in the Fleet and Lease building and our Fleet and Lease department will remain where it is currently located.

The Cafeteria will be open for lounging only until March 23, and then will reopen with full food service throughout the renovations. Access to the cafeteria will be through the back of the building and up a set of stairs.

When navigating through our site, please feel free to ask anyone for help if you have trouble finding anything you need.

The projected date for completion is November 2012.

Koch Ford and Edmonton Community to Raise as much as $6,000 for Crestwood Curling Club

Innovative test-drive event will yield much-needed money for a new refrigeration plant

Koch Ford is bringing Edmonton’s first Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited’s innovative Drive One 4 UR Community event to Edmonton in an effort to raise up to $6,000 for the Crestwood Curling Club. For every person who test-drives a Ford vehicle at the club on Sunday, February 12 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Koch Ford and Ford of Canada will donate $20 to the curling club. The funds will go towards the purchase of a much-needed refrigeration plant for the club’s rink.

“This is program is about creating a partnership with our community and with our friends,” said Brad Burgeson, new car sales manager at Koch Ford. “We are grateful to have the opportunity to make a difference to the Crestwood Curling Club and to get involved with the community in a different part of the city.”

“The Crestwood Curling Club is fortunate to have a company like Koch Ford to help us raise funds to replace our aging refrigeration plant,” said Darcy Hyde, general manager at Crestwood Curling Club. “Our facility is 58 years old and is in need of several repairs. I know the 1000-plus members who use it every week will appreciate the support.” 

On Sunday, a hotshots event will be held at the curling club, with approximately 30 curlers battling it out making different shots for prizes and bragging rights. The club’s lounge will also be open to the public. 

Since the start of Ford’s Drive One 4 UR School and Community programs in 2010, more than 25,000 test-drives at more than 160 events have generated over $460,000 in donations for high schools and organizations in Canada.

To participate, please visit the Crestwood Curling Club at 14317-96 Ave NW, between 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on February 12.

Participants must be 18 or older and have a valid driver’s license. There is a limit of one test-drive per household.

The Koch Story

In 1965, Les Koch had the idea to open a new Ford dealership in Edmonton. Les, along with his brothers Murray and Loris and their uncle Frank Paege opened up Les Koch Mercury.  The original dealership was located on 104 Street in what is now the Greyhound South depot. By 1968, business warranted a move to our present location on Gateway Blvd and 51 Ave.

Unfortunately, less than a year after the move, Les Koch passed away. In 1969, with the help of Ford and IAC, Les’s brothers Murray and Loris Koch were able to acquire the store.  At the time, Les’s sons Duane, Dave, Dwight and Rick were aged 17, 16, 12 and 6 respectively.

All of Les’s boys started in the automotive industry at Les Koch Mercury. They began pumping gas, washing vehicles and working as lot attendants. In 1975, Dave and Duane entered new vehicle sales, and by 1979 they had become managers.

In 1992, a new Ford franchise in Leduc became available, and Dave suggested that he and his brothers pursue the opportunity. Dave, Duane, Dwight and Rick mortgaged their homes along with their mother’s home, and with the help of their uncle Murray, convinced Ford that they had the necessary skills and potential to make this dealership great. On January 1, 1993, DK Ford opened its doors and thus started the “Koch Automotive Group”. Interestingly, of the 12 employees who started in Leduc, 5 were from the Koch family, and many of the founding employees still work there today! The primary focus of the “Koch Automotive Group” was and continues to be Customer and Employee Satisfaction.

In 2001, Murray and his business partner Wayne Chesney wanted to divest themselves of Koch Ford Lincoln. When the “boys” learned of Murray’s desire to retire, they went to work and put together a deal to purchase the dealership at current market value. In order to facilitate the sale, they mortgaged their homes once again (this time without their mother’s help!). Ford agreed to the ownership change, but only if several conditions were met including one that specified that DK Ford had to be the winner of the prestigious President’s Award from Ford of Canada for two out of three years. DK Ford won the President’s Award for two years in a row, enabling the brothers to buy Koch Ford Lincoln in 2003.

In 2006, Landing Ford in Athabasca was acquired by the “Koch Automotive Group” and was renamed Koch Ford Sales (Athabasca) Ltd.  In 2008, Dwight Koch retired from the group, and Greg Kociuba (one of the initial 12 DK Ford employees) was made the managing partner at Koch Athabasca.

Today, Dave, Duane and Rick are fully involved in the dealerships, and Murray still comes to his office several times a week. As well, there is now a third generation of Koch’s working at the dealerships! Dave’s son Jeremy is a new vehicle sales manager in Edmonton and Duane’s son Les is a sales manager in Leduc. Rick’s son Jordan is a finance specialist and his other son Jason is an apprentice mechanic, both at DK Ford in Leduc.

The Koch brothers are truly dedicated to Customer and Employee Satisfaction. They appreciate all that their employees have contributed to this vision, and appreciate the pride, dedication and effort within the “Koch Automotive Group”.