Bannister Nissan is part of the Bannister Auto Group, a family owned and operated company that has served the Greater Vancouver Area and the Fraser Valley for over 30 years. Our goal is to provide you and all of our customers with the best prices for new or used vehicles and services in the Fraser Valley. Every Bannister dealership offers highly skilled and licenced technicians that have been factory trained and are qualified to work on every vehicle make and model. In addition to our Service Centres, you’ll find that our Parts Centre staff are very knowledgeable and will be able to help you find exactly what you are looking for from accessories and tires to engines and more. With access to the largest selection of new and used cars, trucks, vans and SUV’s in the Fraser Valley, our VSA Licenced Sales Advisors would be happy to help you find the right vehicle for your needs and budget without the added pressure from most other dealerships. The Bannister Auto Group and its dealerships are located a short and scenic 45-minute drive from the New Port Mann Bridge, Langley and Hope and only a 15-minute drive from Abbotsford. The Bannister name has become synonymous with both award wining products and caring professionals who are dedicated to the highest levels of customer service and satisfaction. The Bannister Auto Group is also very dedicated to the community and we believe that it is vitally important to support the community as it has supported us. Please visit the Bannister Cares page on our Bannister GM website for an overview of the various local charities, non-profits and community events that we have supported. If you have not had the opportunity, please visit us to see what we have to offer and to experience the Bannister difference today! We are sure that you will not be disappointed. For those of you who have allowed us to serve you, we very much thank you for your business and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Monday - Saturday
8:30am - 6:00pm
Sunday
Closed
Monday - Saturday
7:30am - 5:00pm
Sunday
Closed
For over forty years, the Bannister family and its partners have been bringing quality automotive products and services to communities across Western Canada. With stores in the Okanagan Valley, Thompson-Nicola region, Columbia-Shuswap, Peace Region, Yellowhead County, Edmonton Metropolitan Region, and the Fraser Valley, Bannister Automotive Group continues to lead our local communities in sales, customer service, and charitable initiatives.
Starting with a single Pontiac Buick dealership in Barrhead, Alberta, Lyn and Joanne Bannister, along with their children Mark, Chad and Mary-Jo, built a company that now employs over nine hundred people in two provinces that has had a consistent message: we are a family business with family values.
For over forty years, the Bannister family and its partners have been bringing quality automotive products and services to communities across Western Canada. With stores in the Okanagan Valley, Thompson-Nicola region, Columbia-Shuswap, Peace Region, Yellowhead County, Edmonton Metropolitan Region, and the Fraser Valley, Bannister Automotive Group continues to lead our local communities in sales, customer service, and charitable initiatives.
Starting with a single Pontiac Buick dealership in Barrhead, Alberta, Lyn and Joanne Bannister, along with their children Mark, Chad and Mary-Jo, built a company that now employs over nine hundred people in two provinces that has had a consistent message: we are a family business with family values.
Lyn Bannister attended the University of Denver on a hockey scholarship where he received his Bachelor of Physical Education, followed by a Master of Education from the University of Minnesota and went on to pursue a ten year career in education and coaching hockey.
With Lyn’s entrepreneurial spirit and a supportive wife, Joanne, Lyn left his education career in 1975. In 1979 they moved to Barrhead, Alberta where they primarily raised their three children, Mark, Chad and Mary-Jo. It was in Barrhead that Lyn and Joanne had the opportunity to purchase the GM store, Lyn Bannister Pontiac Buick, with the financial backing of Motors Holding, a division of General Motors.
In 1990 Lyn and Joanne sold their store in Barrhead and moved to the Okanagan and purchased Bannister GM Vernon.
Starting with a single Pontiac Buick dealership in Barrhead, Alberta, Lyn and Joanne Bannister, along with their children Mark, Chad and Mary-Jo, built a company that now employs over 650 people in two provinces that has had a consistent message: we are a family business with family values.
In 1996 Lyn was honoured with the McLean’s Magazine Dealer of Excellence Award for the province of BC, recognizing the best new car dealers across Canada. Lyn has served on numerous boards in the automotive industry, locally, provincially and nationally.
All three children have taken post-secondary education in business and the automotive industry. Mark and Mary-Jo attended the Canadian Automotive Institute in Barrie, ON and transferred to Northwood University in West Palm Beach, FL for their final year where they obtained their Bachelor of Business Administration, Automotive Marketing. Chad attended Camrose Lutheran College, now Augustana University, where he obtained his Bachelor of Economics, followed by a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Upon graduation he enrolled in the three year CA program with KPMG. Both Chad and Mary-Jo have taken the dealer academy training program through NADA. (The US based National Automotive Dealer Association.)
What started out as Lyn and Joanne working in the business for 20 years has truly become a family business.