Impact Auto Auctions, a subsidiary of Insurance Auto Auctions and a business unit of KAR Auction Services, announced Thursday the opening of the first phase of its new Edmonton area facility. The company announced it has begun to direct all ... [Read More]

Most automakers reporting certified pre-owned sales so far saw sales increase in January, and two luxury brands reported their best January ever. Porsche Approved Certified Pre-Owned sales reached 101 units, which is a record for the month. This performance bested ... [Read More]

The top three most-appraised vehicles Canadian dealers saw last month were, you guessed it, trucks. To be more specific, they were light-duty trucks, and you probably won’t be surprised which ones they are, because they’re the usual suspects: Ford F-150, ... [Read More]

Service technicians, consumers and dealers have a few months to get up to speed on the first changes the Ontario Ministry of Transport has made to used-vehicle safety standards in 42 years. Many think the changes are long overdue, as ... [Read More]

Markham Ontario’s Don Valley North Toyota has been named the 2016 Auto Remarketing Canada CPO Dealer of the Year. The dealership might sound familiar to readers, as the Toyota store was a runner-up for the 2015 award. The team continued ... [Read More]

CARPROOF Corp. announced this week it has added two new badges to its reports in an effort to make used-car transactions even more transparent. The VHR company — which was recently purchased by Carfax parent company IHS Automotive — has ... [Read More]

Dealers and other companies are putting a focus on cutting down distracted driving in Canada. The Dilawri Foundation — the Dilawri Group’s non-profit branch — has launched an app that promotes putting the smartphone down while driving, and LGM Financial ... [Read More]

Scotiabank released its Global Auto Report on Wednesday, predicting that new-vehicle sales in Canada will end up roughly the same as 2015’s tally of 1.9 million units. Looking closer at the numbers, Scotiabank’s predicted 1.9 million units to-be-sold for 2016 ... [Read More]

A variety of factors made this December the ideal time to launch a certified pre-owned program for Canada’s Mitsubishi Motors. That’s according to the new program’s management. Charles Plewes, lease manager at Mitsubishi Motor Sales of Canada Inc., told Auto ... [Read More]

The Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council announced today that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice overturned a decision made by the Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) that ordered OMVIC to issue a dealer license to a convicted arsonist. Here’s the timeline ... [Read More]