About Tri-County Ford

Tri-County Ford•Mercury, Inc. was started in LaGrange, Kentucky in 1983 by J. William Manning and is currently owned by Gary Haupt, who joined Manning in 1986 when we merged with Crestwood Ford. We moved to our current location on Hwy 146 at I-71, Exit 17 in 1987. Our mission from the beginning was to build an exemplary dealership one customer at a time. This meant instilling a desire in every employee to treat all customers in such a way that they would want to return to our Dealership for their automotive needs and tell their friends and neighbors to come out to Tri-County Ford•Mercury.

Gary Haupt’s business strategy has always been to promote customer loyalty at every turn. Simply stated, satisfied customers return to do business with us...and they tell their friends and family about their experiences with our dealership. This is largely how our business has been built to one of the highest volume dealerships in the area...by word-of-mouth through satisfied customers...and it was done one customer at a time!