ABOUT US

OUR MISSION:

Our mission is to have customers for life. We feel we can maintain this by: maintaining clean facilities, honestly offering competitive prices and services and showing uncommon courtesy. Please click here to contact us.

OUR HISTORY:

Did you know that Goode Motor is the oldest Ford Dealership in Idaho? That's right! What is now Goode Motor, Inc. started as "Jones Read Ford Motor Company" in 1917 when Alonzo Read and his business partner, C.A. Jones, acquired the first Idaho Ford franchise. Alonzo Read had previously owned a harness business; however, seeing that the automobile was the wave of the future, he traveled to San Francisco to learn about the Ford Motor Company. After selling his harness business and buying the Ford franchise, he opened the dealership in Rupert, Idaho -- which is now the oldest Ford Dealership in the State of Idaho.

In 1927, Alonzo Read sold his interest in the Ford Dealership and in 1938 the Goode family purchased the interest in the Ford Dealership located in Rupert. The Goode family renamed the dealership to Goode Motor, Inc. Buster Goode assumed the management of the dealership and actively managed it until 1984 when he turned over the day-to-day management to his general manager, Garth Williams.

Garth Williams was hired by Goode Motors in 1978 as a car salesman. He worked hard, rose through the Company ranks and by 1984 assumed the day-to-day management of Goode Motor as the General Manager. In 1993, Garth Williams purchased a 49% interest in the dealership from the Goode Family and continued to act as the General Manager.

In 1996, Russell Bair, a local commercial banker, was hired by Goode Motor, Inc. as a customer development manager and eventually assumed the responsibilities as the Comptroller for the Company.

In 2000, Goode Motor purchased its primary competitor, Young Ford, located in neighboring Burley, Idaho, and shortly thereafter, Goode Motor acquired Overland Auto Sales also located in Burley, Idaho.

In 2003, Garth Williams, along with Russell Bair and another investor, purchased the remaining ownership interest held by the Goode Family and together they now own and actively manage Goode Motor. Garth Williams is now the majority owner, the dealer principal and the general manger of Goode Motor Auto Group and Russell Bair continues to act as the Comptroller.

Today, Goode Motor, Inc. has located its corporate offices in the Burley facility (in the previous Young Ford facility) and also operates two additional sales facilities: a used car facility located in Burley on Overland Avenue (across from Lee's Furniture) and another used car facility located in Twin Falls.

Goode Motor Auto Group employs some 65 people and is consistently rated as one of the top Ford/Mercury Dealers in the United States.