OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., June 2, 2011 –
MHC Kenworth – Oklahoma City recently celebrated its opening as MHC Kenworth’s
newest and most environmentally-friendly dealership among its 41 Kenworth
locations with a grand opening that drew more than 500 people.
The grand opening featured a trade fair
with 18 vendors and a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by MHC Kenworth
executives Tim Murphy, Mike Murphy,
Ken Hoffman, Dave Douglas, Mike Bozzoli and Jeff Johnson. Representing Kenworth
Truck Company were Bill Kozek, Kenworth general manager and PACCAR vice
president; and Gary Moore,
Kenworth assistant general manager of marketing and sales. Andy
Douglas, Kenworth national sales manager for specialty
markets, made a special presentation on compressed natural gas and liquefied
natural gas-powered Kenworth trucks and provided an update on efforts in
Congress to pass national legislation encouraging the use of alternative fuel
vehicles.
“We’re pleased so many of our customers
joined us in celebrating the opening of our new facility,” said Tim Murphy, MHC
Kenworth president. “We were proud to show them the green technology that
will reduce our carbon footprint. For more than two decades, we’ve had a strong
presence in the Oklahoma City area.”
A member of Kenworth’s dealer network
of 305 locations in the United States and Canada,
the multi-million dollar MHC Kenworth – Oklahoma
City features energy-saving green technology in a
nearly 100,000 square-foot facility located on 15 acres adjacent to U.S.
Interstate 40. The new location offers a service shop with 26 service bays and
a body shop with 18 bays. The parts department features nearly 4,400 square
feet of parts display space and 31,000 square feet devoted to a parts warehouse
to help keep its service department and customers well-supplied with parts when
needed.
“To meet our long-standing mission of
providing best-in-class service, we needed to significantly expand our
dealership in Oklahoma City,”
Murphy said. “This new facility
offers nearly triple the amount of space for sales, parts and service that we
had at our previous location. With this new facility, we will continue the
excellent service we’ve been providing Oklahoma over
the past two decades.”
MHC Kenworth vice president Dave
Douglas said the new facility represents the company’s dedication to finding
ways to advance greater environmental stewardship while reducing the company’s
operating costs. The building uses a state-of-the-art geothermal system that
keeps the ambient air temperature more consistent, reducing the amount of fuel
and electricity needed to heat and cool the building. The building also
features a heating system that burns recycled engine oil, motion-controlled
lights that turn off and on in response to available natural light and
translucent hollow-core overhead doors in the body and service departments
allowing natural light to illuminate those areas without affecting air
temperature.
Besides its environmentally-friendly
features, MHC Kenworth – Oklahoma City was designed with a service department
that maximizes functionality and productivity by making the work area more
efficient for service technicians, Douglas said. The parts department is
located in close proximity to the service department so shop technicians can
more easily access the parts they need, particularly high-usage parts. “For our
customers, that means their trucks spend less time in our shop and more time
out on the road, making money,” he added.
The new dealership is part of Kenworth’s
constant commitment for superior service coverage as exemplified by Kenworth
and its dealer network receiving the 2010 J.D. Power and Associates award for
“Highest in Customer Satisfaction for Medium Duty Truck Dealer Service”.*
The dealership offers Kenworth
PremierCare® parts and service programs and a PACCAR Leasing (PacLease)
franchise that offers full-service leases, finance leases, rental trucks and
contract maintenance.
MHC Kenworth – Oklahoma
City is conveniently located at 7200 West I-40 Service Road,
one mile west of its previous location, with easy access off of U.S. Interstate
40, a major east and west truck route through the Midwest.
Because of its proximity to I-40, it is open 24 hours, seven days a week. The
phone number is 888-823-3768 (toll free), or 405-717-4500. Key personnel
include Jack Constant, branch manager; John Burns, service manager; Shane
Obannon, parts manager; Joel Heat, body shop manager; and Brad Brooks, used
truck sales manager.
MHC Kenworth – Oklahoma
City is part of MHC Kenworth, which operates
41 Kenworth dealerships in 10 states. Earlier this year, MHC Kenworth Colorado was
named 2010 Kenworth Dealer of the Year for theUnited
States and Canada.
“Our ability to make a significant
investment in this new location is a tribute to the work of our employees,” Murphy
said. “It’s our employees, who continue to maintain a strong reputation of
service among our customers by offering them stellar service, who made this
possible.”
Kenworth Truck Company is the
manufacturer of The World’s Best® heavy and medium duty trucks. Kenworth is an
industry leader in providing fuel-saving technology solutions that help
increase fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. The company’s dedication to the
green fleet includes aerodynamic trucks, compressed and liquefied natural gas
trucks, and medium duty diesel-electric hybrids. Kenworth is the only truck
manufacturer to receive the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air
Excellence award in recognition of its environmentally friendly products. In
addition, the fuel-efficient Kenworth T700 equipped with the low-emission
PACCAR MX engine was named the 2011 Commercial Heavy Duty Truck of the Year by
the American Truck Dealers. Kenworth is also the recipient of the 2010 J.D.
Power and Associates award for Highest in Customer Satisfaction for Medium Duty
Truck Dealer Service. Kenworth’s Internet home page is at www.kenworth.com. Kenworth. A PACCAR Company.
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*Kenworth received the highest
numerical score for medium-duty truck dealer service in the proprietary J.D.
Power and Associates 2010 Medium Duty Truck Customer Satisfaction StudySM.
Study based on responses from 1,258 respondents measuring 8 manufacturers.
Survey was of primary maintainers and owner operators and measures overall
service quality of new (2009 model year) medium-duty (Class 5, 6, and 7) trucks
(2009 model year). Proprietary study results are based on experiences and
perceptions of consumers surveyed in June-August 2010. Your experiences may
vary. Visit jdpower.com
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