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
Wide-ranging car-business conversation with Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short
Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short firmly believes car dealers are the most resilient operators in any business. During this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Short explained why he is anticipating dealers showing that resilience again because it’s needed ... Listen Here
Path to delivering education in Spanish with Ignite Dealer Compliance Group
Steve Levine has dozens of dealer clients with Spanish as their native language. Those dealers also have hundreds of Hispanic customers who cannot speak or understand English. To fill compliance and training gaps created by language challenges, the owner of ... Listen Here
Mobials, autoTRADER.ca honor ‘Dealership of the Year’ winners
Auto Remarketing Staff
Mobials, the software developer behind Reviewsii.com car dealer review website, and autoTRADER.ca, announced this week the winners of their 2016 Dealership of the Year Awards program. To be considered, dealers must have demonstrated consistently high Reviewsii ratings for consumers satisfaction, ... [Read More]
Used-vehicle price indexes on the rise in Canada
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
ADESA and Manheim have both released their respective used vehicle price indexes for the month of January and both reflect increases. The ADESA Index, powered by ALG, reported that wholesale prices increased, on average, by 0.6 percent compared to December ... [Read More]
CBB ‘Best Retained Value Awards’ show impact of exports to US
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
A lower Canadian dollar is contributing to record values for many used vehicles — a trend which is particularly evident in the results of this year’s Canadian Black Book Best Retained Value Awards. In other words, it’s a seller’s market ... [Read More]
ALG hands out 2016 Canadian Residual Value Awards
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
ALG announced winners of its eighth annual Canadian Residual Value Awards on Wednesday with Subaru and Land Rover taking top honors for mainstream brand and premium brand, respectively. Analysts highlighted that Subaru repeated as the top-ranking marque among mainstream brands, ... [Read More]
AR Canada opens nominations for Remarketing’s Under 40
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
You know those young people that don’t just have great ideas — they act on them? Or how about those up-and-coming industry stars that aren’t afraid of disruption, but rather, invite it? And everyone knows at least one entrepreneur that ... [Read More]
TRADER to bring ‘Carology’ to Canadian International AutoShow
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
TRADER Corporation recently announced that it will be hosting the second annual Industry Day as part of the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto. Taking place on February 12 and featuring activities tailored for OEMs, agencies and automotive dealers, TRADER will ... [Read More]
Impact Auto Auctions to hold 1st sale at new Edmonton facility
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
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]
2 luxury brands report best-ever January for CPO
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
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]
January Tradetracker: Trucks, trucks & more trucks
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
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]
Key points from Ontario’s used standards changes
Auto Remarketing Staff
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]
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