History

  Company History

A look at our Past.

       To get to the roots of the company you have to go back close to a hundred years, when what

 would eventually become Highland Ford was first established. In 1916 a dealership by the name

 of Eastern Automobile Company was set up in downtown New Glasgow, at this time the

dealership sold cars from Ford and the now default brands of Hudson and Essex. In 1928 the

dealership moved to another building located just a street up from the previous one, and before

the 1920’s were over the dealership would drop Hudson and Essex and switch exclusively to the

 sale of Ford vehicles. The name of the dealership was changed for the first time in 1938 to Vee

Eight Motors, a name which paid homage to the V8 engine designed and built by Ford. After

spending sixty one years in their downtown location Vee Eight Motors moved further up town to

where the shopping mall and other dealerships were located. The second name change for the

 dealership came in 1999 to what it currently is now: Highland Ford. 

       A year after that, current owners Eric and Linda Barker purchased the dealership and

brought with them a vision of excellence in sales and service which was recognized when the

dealership became Blue Oval Certified. In 2004 the dealership opened the doors of it’s brand

new facility just outside of NewGlasgow off the Trans-Canada highway, which is where it

operates today. Coincidently this opening was also shared with an important date for Ford, the

100 year anniversary of the company’s presence in Canada.