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
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]
Vehicle connectivity increasingly tied to asset protection
Sarah Rubenoff , Correspondent
Vehicle connectivity. Bluetooth. GPS. One normally thinks of how these tools make our lives more convenient, or efficient. But what do they mean for auto dealers? Well, a new tool from RSR Global speaks to just this. Vehicle connectivity can ... [Read More]
Dilawri gains ownership of six Mercedes locations
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Following a divestment by Mercedes-Benz Canada, the Dilawri Group of Companies has absorbed ownership of six Mercedes locations in Vancouver that previously formed the automaker’s Vancouver Retail Group. The move was announced Wednesday and was immediately effective. The automaker is ... [Read More]
Auto-loan importance noted in TransUnion Canada 2019 economic forecast
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Here is some cautiously optimistic projections dealerships and finance companies can take into the new year as Canadian consumers continue to prioritize their auto-loan commitments. Despite a potential slowdown in the Canadian economy over the next year, TransUnion Canada said ... [Read More]
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