Used Car Week Hall of Fame honoree Jared Kalfus of Black Book
We finish our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees with a conversation featuring Black Book president Jared Kalfus. Kalfus describes what it takes to be successful in sales and why face-to-face conversations are still vitally ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Prospects for more auto refinancing with Gravity Lending
In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast brought to you by Allied Solutions, we turn our attention to auto refinancing. Brad Paxman oversees 90 lender relationships for Gravity Lending, which is an auto refinance and fintech company ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Bob McConkey of McConkey Auction Group
Next up on our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees is a conversation with Bob McConkey, president and CEO of the McConkey Auction Group. McConkey, along with MAG chief operating officer David Pendergraft and DAA ... Listen Here
Canada’s CPO car sales show strength
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
The certified pre-owned vehicle market in Canada looked promising yet again. Here’s a rundown of how CPO sales fared in the first half: Hyundai has sold 5,096 certified vehicles so far this year, compared to 4,553 in the first half ... [Read More]
DRIVING INSIGHTS: Used-car buyers are testing your knowledge – Can you pass?
Drew Harden , CARFAX Canada
Attention dealers: used-car buyers are testing your vehicle knowledge. Fifty-one percent of Canadian used-car buyers told us the last time they bought a vehicle, they tested the sales person by asking a question they already researched the answer to. There is ... [Read More]
Wanted: US dealers to beta-test Mobials’ trade-in algorithm
Auto Remarketing Canada staff
A new algorithm from Mobials Inc. calculates the value of consumers’ trade-in vehicles. Now, Mobials, which is the parent company of AutoVerify, is looking for U.S. dealers to beta-test the algorithm. Once Mobials launches the algorithm, every U.S.-based dealer signing up ... [Read More]
Prices up on used & new cars, but increase slowing
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The retail prices of both new and used cars in Canada was on the rise last month compared to year-ago figures, but the rate of increase is slowing down, according to the latest autoTRADER.ca Price Index. The national median price ... [Read More]
New CFO set to join AutoCanada
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Effective Aug. 12, AutoCanada will have a new chief financial officer. The North American multi-location dealership group currently operating 65 franchised dealerships, comprised of 27 brands, in eight provinces in Canada as well as a group in Illinois, appointed Mike ... [Read More]
Dilawri leverages HR4 as employee engagement software partner
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The Dilawri Group is leveraging technology in an effort to have a single tool to manage, develop and grow their employees. The group operating 72 franchises and employing more than 4,000 individuals recently chose HR4 as its exclusive HR and ... [Read More]
Calgary-based Foundation Automotive Corp. kicks off US expansion by purchasing 5 stores in Texas, North Dakota
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Calgary-based Foundation Automotive Corp. has broadened its presence and entered the U.S. market, buying five stores throughout Texas and North Dakota. In what the company calls “just the beginning” of its growth plans this year, Foundation has purchased: — Henson ... [Read More]
CBB: Used-car price strength at historic high
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
As Canadian Black Book put it, used-vehicle values in Canada “have never been stronger” than they were in May. The Canadian Black Book Used Vehicle Retention Index was at 105.8 last month, the highest reading in the near 15-year history ... [Read More]
DRIVING INSIGHTS: Why did that customer turn down your trade-in offer?
Drew Harden, CARFAX Canada
If you want to win more trades, you need to know exactly what makes a buyer reject or accept a deal. Today’s used-car buyers are hard to impress: 45% of them that go through the trade-in process will turn down one ... [Read More]
Vincentric awards show importance of ownership costs in vehicle purchase
Auto Remarketing Canada staff
Vincentric describes the 2019 Toyota Avalon as having the best fuel economy, lowest insurance cost, and lowest depreciation in its class. That helped the Avalon win the Vincentric Best Value in Canada award in the large sedan segment. Toyota Canada ... [Read More]
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