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
Go Auto grows again with its fourth dealership acquisition of 2025
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Go Auto keeps going. And growing. The Edmonton-based dealership group has added another store in Western Canada with the acquisition of Heninger Toyota in Calgary from the Gibson family. The store, which will be renamed Macleod Trail Toyota, gives Go ... [Read More]
Carfax Canada-ISB Global integration adds another weapon in battle against fraud
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Carfax Canada is extending its reach in fighting VIN fraud. The provider of vehicle history reports is expanding its partnership with ISB Global Services, an information services firm that serves insurance companies, to integrate Carfax’s VIN Scan capability into ISB ... [Read More]
J.D. Power exec named new CEO of PAVE as co-founder moves into advisory role
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
PAVE’s co-founder is stepping down as CEO, and a J.D. Power executive is stepping in. The Toronto-based provider of artificial intelligence-powered vehicle inspection technology said Kenny DellaPorta has been appointed CEO, while co-founder and current CEO Brian Steinhauser transitions to ... [Read More]
Grand opening event celebrates EBlock’s first ‘omnichannel experience center’
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
EBlock celebrated its new “omnichannel experience center” in Halifax, Nova Scotia with a grand opening event. The company called last week’s event “a significant milestone” in its commitment to deliver “an evolved and seamless approach” to wholesale vehicle transactions by ... [Read More]
Clutch adds former Carvana executive to help scale its online used-car business
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
A Canadian online used-car retailer is adding an executive who had a hand in the explosive growth of a U.S. counterpart. Richard Ball, who led Carvana’s inspection operation from 2016-2022, has joined Clutch as chief production officer. Clutch said Ball ... [Read More]
CFLA selects Meridian OneCap’s Swandel as its new board chair
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Hugh Swandel, president of Meridian OneCap Credit Corp., has been named the new chair of the Canadian Finance and Leasing Association. The association introduced its new leader during its 2025 annual conference, held last week in Swandel’s hometown of Winnipeg. ... [Read More]
Service visits rising as Canadians keep vehicles longer in face of high car prices
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
As car prices rise, so do trips to the repair shop. That correlation was illustrated neatly by J.D Power’s latest research, which showed dealership service department visits at their highest level in four years. The J.D. Power 2025 Canada Customer ... [Read More]
Report shows high volume doesn’t equal high profits in service department
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
In November, many Canadians flock to their dealership service departments to have snow tires put on their vehicles. While that might seem like a windfall, a new report from Reynolds and Reynolds shows that’s not exactly the case. The annual ... [Read More]
PODCAST: A look back at last 2 decades of used-car industry in Canada
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
In the grand finale of our podcast episodes from Canada’s Used Car Week in June, conference chair and Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits is joined by Brad Hart and Peter Snoyer on a panel celebrating the 20th anniversary of ... [Read More]
Carfax Canada launches new weapon to fight Canada’s VIN Clone Wars
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The Clone Wars aren’t just in a galaxy far, far away. They’re right here on the roads in Canada. Cloned VINs are fact, not science fiction. According to data from Carfax Canada, VIN cloning — a type of auto fraud ... [Read More]
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