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
Vincentric reveals Best Value in Canada honorees
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Toyota, Mazda and Ford were the top mainstream brands while BMW and Volvo took top luxury brand honors in Vincentric's fifth annual Best Value in Canada awards. Honda also fared well, with four vehicles winning Vincentric awards. At the manufacturer ... [Read More]
Copart launches website for Canadian members
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Copart Canada has launched a website tailored to its Canadian members. The site, copart.ca, continues to use Copart’s proprietary VB3 auction technology while further enhancing members’ experience with Canadian inventory and content. “It’s really exciting to launch copart.ca, a site specifically ... [Read More]
Thoma Bravo to acquire TRADER Corp. in $1.575B deal
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo LLC announced it will acquire TRADER Corp., Canada’s leading digital automotive marketplace and software solutions provider, for $1.575 billion (CAD), from funds advised by Apax Partners. The transaction is expected to close by the fourth ... [Read More]
On Tap: Leading Dealer Groups of Canada
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The next issue of Auto Remarketing Canada will spotlight the Leading Dealer Groups of Canada. In this special edition, we will showcase some of the country’s oldest, biggest and most influential dealer groups, as well as the up-and-comers making waves ... [Read More]
How AMVIC aims to boost compliance
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The Alberta Motor Vehicle Council is tightening its consumer protection education requirements to improve compliance with the laws. As such, any automotive salesperson who has been out of the industry for more than three years must now successfully retake the ... [Read More]
Nissan Canada’s new director of dealer network development
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
As part of a series of senior management appointments the automaker has made in its North American organization, Nissan Canada will have a new director of dealer network development effective July 1. Appointed to the position is Ken Hearn, currently ... [Read More]
CARPROOF digs deep into minds of used-vehicle buyers
Sara Schweiger, Staff Writer
Technology is changing the way used-vehicle buyers shop. As such, CARPROOF set out to take a fresh look at what carries consumers from "it's time to buy" to keys in hand. The results, detailed in the newly released Into the Minds ... [Read More]
Cox Cares rallies to support food banks
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Cox Automotive is expanding its Drive Away Hunger initiative in Canada. Under Cox Automotive Canada’s Cox Cares initiative, the company’s business units throughout Canada will team up with local food banks to raise money and food donations. In a program that started ... [Read More]
5 new features of Quantech’s Q-F&I Online
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Quantech — a privately held company and developer of dealer management tools — recently added enhanced menu features to Q-F&I Online. Quantech general manager Mike Martin said the completed modifications include the largest menu enhancement to Q-F&I Online since the ... [Read More]
New CarProof president brings ‘wealth of knowledge’
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Carfax on Friday announced that Mark Rousseau has joined the company as president of CarProof. Rousseau, who most recently was with LexisNexis, will oversee continued efforts to expand the scope of information reported to CarProof, to develop innovative products that ... [Read More]
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