When asked how the millennial generation has changed the game for automotive dealers, Michael Wyant, general sales manager at Vaughn Wyant Automotive Group, said dealers are basically playing a whole different sport. “There are so many ways to reach out ... [Read More]

Though the industry is under the impression there is going to be a bit more supply in the lanes this year, analysts are also talking about the “theoretical” nature of the upcoming move. Josh Bailey, editorial director at Canadian Black ... [Read More]

Hyundai Auto Canada has chosen customer retention solutions company Xtime as its exclusive online service scheduling provider. The automaker reported the integration is designed to help dealers attract and retain service customers. “Hyundai has a long history of adopting the ... [Read More]

AutoCanada Inc. announced this week it is continuing a string of recent acquisitions with the purchase of Airdrie Chrysler. The company said Wednesday it reached an agreement to purchase the operating assets of North Hill Motors Ltd., the company which owns ... [Read More]

CarProof Corp. — the lead sponsor of next week’s Auto Remarketing Canada Conference — announced it has added a new exec to its leadership team. Karim Hemani will be filling the role of vice president, consumer vertical. The company said ... [Read More]

One year ago, Jaguar Land Rover Canada relaunched its Land Rover Approved Certified Pre-Owned brand. In April 2014, this program joined the Jaguar Approved CPO business that Farouk Giga, national manager of certified pre-owned at Jaguar Land Rover Canada, said ... [Read More]

CarProof released data Wednesday that may prove interesting to both consumers and dealers alike. When taking in trade-ins, Calgary dealers might want to take note of the following: According to CarProof data, almost one in three used vehicles have been in ... [Read More]

The Canadian government announced on Monday that is has entered an agreement to sell all of its remaining shares, totaling more than 73 million, of General Motors Co. common stock. The unregistered block trade, between the Canada GEN Investment Corporation, ... [Read More]

Mazda Canada recently promoted a new CPO manager to run the automaker’s certified program that has been reporting sales increases consistently since relaunching in 2012. Kevin Yeoh has been chosen as the automaker’s new manager of certified pre-owned and remarketing. ... [Read More]

Dealertrack Technologies’ monthly TradeTracker Used Vehicle Market Report has been released for the month of March, and the one thing you need to know from it is that customer desires appear to have remained relatively consistent for the last year. ... [Read More]