Impact Auto Auctions has launched a revamped website featuring a new interface, an advanced search function and a streamlined registration process as well as two tools that are designed to make the bidding process easier for customers seeking salvage vehicles. ... [Read More]

The  Automotive Properties Real Estate Investment Trust has agreed to a deal with a third-party vendor to buy the Pfaff Audi dealership property in Vaughan, Ontario. The purchase price of the property is $17.2 million, REIT said in a news ... [Read More]

Scotiabank’s recently released Global Auto Report paints a rosy picture — one that pleasantly surprised analysts with the Toronto-based bank. “We came into the year expecting global purchases to advance by about 3 percent,” Carlos Gomes, senior economist and auto ... [Read More]

Kijiji Canada, part of the eBay Classifieds Group, has hired Leanne Kripp to be head of sales, autos. In her new role, Kripp will help to identify business opportunities and partnerships that will support continued growth. Kripp joins Kijiji’s Toronto office ... [Read More]

TRADER Corp. has announced an exclusive partnership with Toronto-based Coherent Path that is bringing “big data” to the Canadian auto industry. Years of data on autoTRADER.ca indicates that consumers don’t tend to begin their journey with a clear path to ... [Read More]

Along with deeper analysis into delinquencies, TransUnion’s director of research and analysis in Canada Jason Wang shared exclusive data with Auto Remarketing Canada that pinpointed the swift upward trajectory consumers are taking with regard to how much auto finance debt ... [Read More]

TradeRev, a mobile vehicle appraisal and auctioning system for dealers, has hired John Farquharson as the manager of operations for Canada. Farquharson will oversee the support and arbitration departments and administrative operations throughout Canada.  He will also be responsible for ... [Read More]

Several automakers have reported their latest certified pre-owned sales results to Auto Remarketing Canada, and one of the highlights of the bunch was Audi Canada, which had its strongest July to date. It sold 597 certified cars last month, a 3-percent gain over ... [Read More]

For dealerships and finance companies with significant customer bases hailing from Ontario and British Columbia, TransUnion shared some good news this week pertaining to the frequency with which these contract holders are staying current. Ontario and British Columbia consumers are ... [Read More]

Eleven of the 18 vehicle segments tracked by RVI Group saw increases in residual value in June on a year-over-year basis, according to the latest Market Insight report. Sequentially, that number was 12. Among higher-volume segments, larger-size vehicles saw the ... [Read More]