SPONSORED EPISODE: Rethinking vehicle-protection plans for today’s wide inventory mix with GWC Warranty
Used-car inventory on dealer lots nowadays can range from older, higher-mileage vehicles to EVs, lifted trucks, and modified vehicles. The result is dealers are also having to change the vehicle-protection conversations with customers. In this special sponsored episode of the ... Listen Here
Recapping credit scores & other trends in auto finance with Shams Blanc of FICO
Shams Blanc, head of auto scores at FICO, made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to elaborate more about the fall edition of the FICO Score Credit Insights report. Along with recapping what’s going on in auto finance, Blanc ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Greenville Auto Auction Celebrates 16 Years—A look back and a look ahead
On this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits visits with Billy Willis and Kevin Stallings of Greenville Auto Auction. The auction celebrates 16 years in early September, and the guys talk about the history of the sale, ... Listen Here
Carfax-Kijiji Autos tool may help Canadians make better used-car decisions
Auto Remarketing Staff
Carfax Canada has released a new pricing tool available on the Kijiji Autos site and an app that the companies say will help Canadians better understand used-vehicle values and empower them to make better decisions about used cars. The tool, ... [Read More]
Acquisition continues long-time OpenRoad-Toyota partnership; Mercedes-Benz Canada names top dealerships
Auto Remarketing Staff
OpenRoad Auto Group has a long history with Toyota. The group began its partnership with the automaker in 1978, when the company opened its first Toyota showroom on Granville Avenue in Richmond. The dealership in 1985 moved to its current Richmond ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Motoinsight CEO Andrew Tai
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Following a packed session in San Francisco at NADA Show 2019, Auto Remarketing Canada conference chairman Bill Zadeits caught up with Andrew Tai, CEO of MotoInsight. Tai delivered “Five Reasons Why Your Physical Store is Critical in Digital Retailing,” where ... [Read More]
Car shoppers can instantly connect with dealers online through new live chat product
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Ninety percent of car shoppers are more likely to buy from a dealership that offers messaging options, according to a 2016 Automotive Shoppers Study from online messaging software provider Contact at Once! With that in mind, digital marketing company Trader ... [Read More]
Partnership aims to increase AutoCanada service department traffic
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
A new dedicated business development center will offer a tailored product for the AutoCanada group using DealerMine CRM’s Service CRM application to increase service department traffic at AutoCanada's Canadian dealerships. The center is the result of a strategic partnership between AutoCanada ... [Read More]
2019 Women & Automotive: Profiles in Leadership honorees
Auto Remarketing Staff
Since launching the Women & Automotive: Canadian Leadership Forum in 2016, Cherokee Media Group has honored and recognized a group of Canada’s leading women in automotive each year through our Women & Automotive: Profiles in Leadership program. Not only have ... [Read More]
Kijiji Autos & ‘The Car Girls’ to help support new Canadian dealers
Auto Remarketing Staff
Kijiji Autos, a digital destination that includes a website and app for helping Canadians find new or used, private or dealer, cars and trucks, formed an exclusive partnership with The Car Girls, a female-led organization that will provide additional communications ... [Read More]
Dealer Training Tuesday to kick off Auto Remarketing Canada Conference
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
You may have attended the Auto Remarketing Canada Conference in years past. And you might think you know what’s in store this year. But, with all due respect, you would be wrong. Early registration opened for AR Canada 2019 earlier last ... [Read More]
Axis Auto Finance enters Quebec
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Before the calendar turned to 2019, Axis Auto Finance expanded its footprint to serve dealers who have potential buyers with soft credit profiles. The publicly traded, non-prime finance company announced that it has entered the Quebec market by opening an ... [Read More]
How Canadian CPO car sales fared in 2018
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
So how did the certified pre-owned sales market shake out in Canada last year? Here is a glimpse, based on sales results shared by automakers. Mercedes-Benz Canada posted an all-time high of 13,833 certified sales in 2018, up 3.7 percent. ... [Read More]
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