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A Look Back at Last Two Decades of the Used-Car Industry in Canada
Thursday, Sep. 18, 2025, 02:32 PM
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 20th anniversary of the ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: AI & Big Data Deliver Significant Improvements to Inventory Management
Thursday, Sep. 11, 2025, 04:33 PM
Matt Rice
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Merritt Critcher, Director of Product Management with CDK speaks with Bill Zadeits about the newest trends and potential for AI and big data to meet and exceed the inventory management needs ... Listen Here
Experian on how much auto refinancing is gaining traction
Thursday, Sep. 11, 2025, 01:53 PM
Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights, said consumers are looking for ways to secure more favorable vehicle financing terms, especially with interest rates leveling out and perhaps a cut coming next week from the Federal Reserve. The base ... Listen Here

AR Canada announces its 2016 CPO Dealer of the Year

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Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, 03:19 PM
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
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 adds 2 new badges to VHRs

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Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016, 03:24 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
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]

Auto industry makes moves to curb distracted driving

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Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016, 02:57 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
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]

2016 Canadian new-vehicle sales to remain flat

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Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016, 10:45 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
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]

New Mitsubishi CPO program to serve as ‘tool’ for dealers

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Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, 03:23 PM
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
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]

US ‘firebomber’ has car sales license rescinded in Ontario

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Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, 07:16 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
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]

Wholesale prices once again on way up

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Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, 03:23 PM
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
Though many are holding on to the hope that wholesale prices might be on the way down this year as used supply is expected to expand, a growing number of exports into the U.S. may put a damper on that ... [Read More]

Gone in 60 seconds: eBlock hosts first online auction

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Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, 09:30 AM
Josh Hyatt, Staff Writer
All of the fast-paced, real-time, instant gratification of buying a car at auction – with none of the expense of transporting yourself or your vehicles to auction – all crammed into your desktop or mobile device’s screen. And no listing ... [Read More]

OMVIC deals longest incarceration sentence for illegal sales

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Friday, Jan. 15, 2016, 10:51 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council announced Friday that it has issued a 450-day incarceration sentence to a dealer for two counts of curbsiding. According to OMVIC, the dealer, Mehran Amini, was acting as a dealer without registration, contrary to ... [Read More]

Pfaff appoints brothers to take McLaren into Montreal

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Friday, Jan. 15, 2016, 04:05 PM
Auto Remarketing Staff
Canadian importer for McLaren automobiles Pfaff Automotive Partners announced today it is bringing the luxury brand to the Quebec market. Pfaff is extending the McLaren dealer network with the appointment of Nino and Renato De Cubellis, who will open McLaren ... [Read More]
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