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
Auto loan rates rise amid consumer debt declines
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Even with the shaky economic circumstances due in part to a declining dollar and falling oil prices, Canadian consumers continue to show a “stable performance” on credit products. According to TransUnion’s Q3 2015 MarketTrends report, delinquencies are on the way ... [Read More]
From the Editor: The ins and outs of wholesale
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
Short supply. High prices. Growing U.S. exports. Changes in shopping trends. There are what seems like a multitude of factors impacting the Canadian wholesale environment these days, and it’s hard to keep track. That’s why Auto Remarketing Canada gathered data and analysis ... [Read More]
GM Canada to build fleet of self-driving Chevy Volts
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
General Motors Canada announced this week that it has been awarded a mandate to build a fleet of self-driving 2017 Chevrolet Volts at its Canadian Engineering Centre in Oshawa, Ontario. This was confirmed by Steve Carlisle, the president and managing ... [Read More]
Impact Auto Auctions buys Sudbury Auto Auction
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
It was announced this afternoon that Sudbury Auto Auction has changed hands. Impact Auto Auctions — a subsidiary of Insurance Auto Auctions and a business unit of KAR Auction Services — has purchased the assets of the facility, a move ... [Read More]
CPO sales gain more momentum in November
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
Among the automakers that have reported monthly certified pre-owned sales results so far, two had their best Novembers ever for their CPO programs. And one notched its best month for used sales on record. First up, Audi Canada notched another record ... [Read More]
AutoShare completes integration process with Enterprise
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Toronto’s AutoShare will take on a new name Monday: Enterprise CarShare. AutoShare became part of the Enterprise CarShare network in 2014, and the aforementioned change is one of the final steps in the integration process after Enterprise acquired the company ... [Read More]
9 honored by AJAC as best new vehicles on road
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Auto dealers: Here are nine new cars you might want to begin focusing on in your sales department. The Automobile Journalists Association of Canada has released nine “Best New” category winners for 2016, including double wins for both Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz. The ... [Read More]
Larger models leading market in retained value
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
Canadians are turning toward the truck and SUV market more and more when looking for their next vehicle, a trend which in turn is helping keep retained value up for these segments. That, and of course, the ever-present reality of ... [Read More]
Mercedes-Benz Toronto stores launch holiday toy drive
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
For the second year in a row, Mercedes-Benz Toronto corporate retail stores will be holding a toy drive which will run until Dec. 15. This year, all unwrapped toys collected will be delivered on what the company has coined “Santa’s ... [Read More]
Here’s how to take advantage of your OEM’s co-op program
Ian Cruickshank, Speed Shift Media
Marketing vehicles (or anything for that matter) can be broken down into four parts: message, creative, distribution channels and measurement. Of course, what is typically implied in all of this is execution and the money that fuels this execution. You ... [Read More]
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