Deeper dive into rising LTVs with TransUnion’s Satyan Merchant
One of the notable findings from TransUnion’s Q2 2026 Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) was how much loan-to-value ratios have changed in the past five years. Satyan Merchant, one of this year’s Automotive Intelligence Award recipients and senior vice president ... Listen Here
PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor on intersection of payments & technology
PayNearMe recently shared new search, explaining that hidden costs sustained by auto lenders can show up as failed payments, borrower support calls, late payments, collections follow-up, reconciliation work and manual recovery effort. PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor elaborated about ... Listen Here
Matt Babcock of Wolters Kluwer on how digital transformation continues to gain steam in auto financing
Matt Babcock, who heads up digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, returned for another visit on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Wolter Kluwer recently released its latest quarterly Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index. Babcock recapped the sustained upward trajectory the ... Listen Here
General Motors takes charge of Canadian EV market
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
There has been a coup in the Canadian electric vehicle market. The king has been overthrown, and taking his place as the new EV leader stands a general. General Motors was Canada’s No. 1-selling EV automaker through the first half ... [Read More]
TSD acquires Canadian firm to offer fleet management support in English, French
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
TSD Mobility Solutions has expanded its offerings to the French-Canadian community with its acquisition of Montreal-based Fleetlane. TSD, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reynolds and Reynolds that provides software for rental car companies and auto dealerships, announced it has acquired ... [Read More]
PODCAST: How dealers can build a personal brand & customer pipeline
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Next up on our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from Canada’s Used Car Week Live Stage, presented by SYCN Auto Logistics, are Crissy Burton, sales manager at Bob Rohrman Indy Hyundai, and Tianna Mick, chief marketing officer at Dealer ... [Read More]
Canadian dealers find strategies to turn negative equity into positive sales
Andrew Friedlander, Associate Editor
Not long ago, a very nice lady walked into Mark Wilson's Better Used Cars in Guelph, Ontario, wanting to buy a car.
She told the dealership staff she owed $10,000 on her trade-in. Well, general sales manager Andy Mazak thought, we can make that work.
“But when we went and pulled the lien, it was $22,000,” Mazak said during a panel discussion titled “Credit is Tight. Negative Equity is the New Normal. Now What?” at Canada’s Used Car Week 2025 in Toronto. “So just a little bit offside. Just a tad bit.
“You know, we never want to ... [Read More]
No sale at Canadian auctions as conversion rate plummets
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Auto auction sale conversions have become a rare thing in Canada. In its weekly Market Insights report, Canadian Black Book reported a miniscule average monitored auction sale rate of 23.5% during the week ending July 26 — by far the ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Coralee Zueff on empowering women in auto & engaging next generation
Auto Remarketing Editor Joe Overby
Next up on our Live Stage from Canada’s Used Car Week is a conversation with Coralee Zueff, author of “Five Star Service Advisor,” about empowering women in automotive and engaging the next generation of auto industry professionals. Zueff talks about ... [Read More]
HGreg store earns INFINITI Order of Merit for 6th consecutive year
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
One of HGreg’s Quebec dealerships certainly merits praise. HGreg INFINITI Laval has been selected for INFINITI Canada’s Order of Merit for the sixth consecutive year. The award recognizes dealerships that demonstrate an exceptional commitment to customer satisfaction, quality of service ... [Read More]
AutoCanada selects CarGurus as its preferred partner in Canada
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
AutoCanada is turning to the gurus for help with digital marketing and business intelligence strategy. The Edmonton-based dealership group announced it has selected CarGurus as its preferred partner in Canada, a long-term relationship that will give AutoCanada access to CarGurus’ ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Why exports are ‘a huge opportunity for Canadian dealers’
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Remember when there was uncertainty and anxiety about how tariffs would affect exporting vehicles from Canada to the U.S.? Well, now the tariff era is here, and Tane Jillings says you can relax. On this episode of the Auto Remarketing ... [Read More]
Signal launches redesigned platform to help Canadian dealers with exports to U.S.
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Signal Technologies has been helping Canadian dealers export vehicles to the U.S. since it was founded in 2017. Now, the company said, it’s time to update the way it’s done. Signal has launched Export 2.0, a complete redesign of its ... [Read More]
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