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
Policaro Automotive Family names Francesco Policaro CEO
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The Policaro Automotive Family announced the appointment of Francesco Policaro as the company's new chief executive officer Wednesday. Francesco brings over 20 years of experience with the company to his new role. Francesco began his career as a part-time vehicle ... [Read More]
Kia Canada announces CPOs must earn CARPROOF VHR badge
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Kia Canada and CARPROOF recently announced that in an effort to make used-car transactions more transparent, all vehicles in Kia’s CPO program must now qualify for the CARPROOF Top Condition badge found on the company’s VHRs. Kia Canada CPO vehicles ... [Read More]
ADESA Canada promotes 2 to VP roles
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
ADESA announced Monday that it has promoted Eddy Cusan to vice president of commercial sales and Wesley Kent to the newly created position of vice president of programs and operations for ADESA Canada. In 2007, Cusan started as a program ... [Read More]
Element Fleet promotes Gittens to president of Canadian operations
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Element Fleet Management has promoted Chris Gittens to serve as president of Canadian operations, the company announced Wednesday. Gittens succeeds Sebastien Blondin, who has taken on a strategic business development role with the Element Fleet Management corporate team. “Since 2012, ... [Read More]
AutoCanada to acquire 1st Mazda dealership
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
AutoCanada recently announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 90 percent of the issued and outstanding shares of the Planete Mazda dealership, which has operated for nearly 30 years in the greater Montreal region on the north ... [Read More]
New eBlock COO boosts post-ops and prepares for redesign launch
Sarah Rubenoff , Correspondent
Jason McClenahan, chief operating officer at eBlock, has been in the auction industry his entire career. In fact, it’s the only job he’s ever had, the new COO of this growing digital auto auction company told Auto Remarketing Canada. McClenahan ... [Read More]
Hyundai’s new CPO program designed for ‘customers and dealers’
Sarah Rubenoff , Correspondent
Hyundai Auto Canada’s new certified pre-owned program, known as H Promise, was launched last year and is designed to be a product that adapts to its market environment. Joel Gregory, national sales manager for CPO and remarketing at Hyundai Auto ... [Read More]
Dealertrack Canada adds Nissan, Infiniti financial arm to credit app network
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Dealertrack Canada announced Tuesday that the company has added the financial arm of the Nissan and Infiniti brands in Canada to its online credit application network. The new partnership enables Nissan and Infiniti dealers in Canada to now secure financing for customers from Nissan ... [Read More]
Canada Drives founder aims to help consumers, dealers
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
Cody Green was working at Saskatoon Hyundai some eight years ago when he started to notice a common challenge for consumers in the car-buying process. And that started the idea for what today is known as Canada Drives, a company ... [Read More]
NAFTA renegotiations could impact Canadian automakers
Sarah Rubenoff , Staff Writer
Record new-vehicle sales are boosting Canadian automaker’s performances. But that might not be the case for long. The Conference Board of Canada warned in a report that Canadian auto exports could be at risk under North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) ... [Read More]
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