For the second year in a row, Mercedes-Benz Toronto corporate retail stores will be holding a toy drive which will run until Dec. 15. This year, all unwrapped toys collected will be delivered on what the company has coined “Santa’s ... [Read More]

Marketing vehicles (or anything for that matter) can be broken down into four parts: message, creative, distribution channels and measurement. Of course, what is typically implied in all of this is execution and the money that fuels this execution. You ... [Read More]

Canada Drives — which aims to help Canadians get car loans regardless of previous credit history and match up dealers and consumers — has been growing at a rapid pace since its launch in 2010, and the company has high ... [Read More]

You have your vehicle history report and your safety inspection. That’s enough, right? The team at Titan Certified, which launched this past September in Canada, says “no.” The company refers to its transmission and engine inspection offering as a “DNA ... [Read More]

AutoCanada Inc. announced this week that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the operating assets of 417 Infiniti Nissan Limited. The dealer group also reported it has reached an agreement to increase the size of its revolving credit ... [Read More]

At a recent speaking event at the Canadian Club in Toronto, GM Canada president and managing director Steve Carlisle stressed the importance of the changing automotive sector — think electric vehicles, autonomous cars, vehicle sharing, car connectivity and more. Carlisle ... [Read More]

FCA Canada Inc. is returning to the leasing business through a partnership with Ontario-based SCI Lease Corp. The two companies will be offering a leasing option for shoppers on all FCA nameplates: Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram, Fiat and Alfa Romeo. ... [Read More]

AutoCanada’s executive chairman, Pat Priestner, announced this week that he is purchasing a Honda dealership via his holding company and a financing arrangement it has with AutoCanada. Priestner will own 100 percent of the equity and voting shares of the ... [Read More]

Dilawri Group of Companies announced the opening of its new dealership Infiniti Gallery this week, as well as the financial results of the Automotive Properties Real Estate Investment Trust it established this past June, the focus of which is speeding ... [Read More]

One word sums it up for the team at AIM Experts, a new inventory management company that arrived on the scene in 2014: automation. Rick Balkan, president of the company that features a Web portal designed to simply online inventory ... [Read More]