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
AutoCanada to purchase Don Folk Chevrolet
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
AutoCanada Inc. announced this week it has added another store to its lineup in British Columbia with the purchase of Don Folk Chevrolet in Kelowna. This announcement comes after AutoCanada management explained in the company’s second-quarter sales results conference call ... [Read More]
Kia Canada gives back via ‘beautiful game’
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Kia Canada is utilizing the world’s most popular and accessible sport, soccer, to help support underserved youth. The company began its fifth annual Drive Change initiative on Friday, joining three Canadian Major League Soccer teams in Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto ... [Read More]
DealerSocket says Dealertrack tool will grow customer base
Nick Zulovich , Auto Remarketing Canada Staff Writer
Last week, to cap off its User Summit, DealerSocket announced a development with Dealertrack Technologies, impacting the companies’ U.S. and Canadian customers. The two technology companies entered into a definitive agreement under which DealerSocket will acquire Dealertrack’s Inventory+ business in ... [Read More]
Enterprise acquires Metavera for car sharing technology
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Enterprise Holdings recently announced its regional subsidiary, the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Canada Company, has acquired Toronto-based Metavera Solutions Inc. Metavera, a provider of car sharing technology, works to provide transportation technologies to customers in over a dozen countries. The company was ... [Read More]
TradeRev posts 100,000th vehicle; aims to grow in US
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Dealer-to-dealer auction system TradeRev announced it has reached an important milestone as well as what it is calling accelerated traction with dealers. The company has posted its 100,000th vehicle to the TradeRev system, president and co-founder Mark Endras shared, who ... [Read More]
Safe-Guard Canada expands & moves to Mississauga office
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Safe-Guard Canada announced it is expanding its offerings with a new office outside Toronto, which opened its doors Monday. The company relocated to a new office in Mississauga, Ontario in an effort to better service clients such as Honda Financial ... [Read More]
OMVIC launches all-in pricing awareness campaign
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
OMVIC announced today the beginning of its four-week campaign to spread awareness of all-in price advertising for car buyers in Ontario. Terry O’Keefe, OMVIC’s director of communications and education, says there is a surprisingly low amount of awareness of the ... [Read More]
CarProof hires new national strategic accounts manager
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
CarProof Corp. announced today it has hired a new manager of national strategic accounts. Chosen for the position is Richard Pasta, who was most recently manager of national fleet sales, CPO and remarketing at Kia Motors Canada — a position ... [Read More]
Dealer Talk headed to Calgary in October
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The countdown is on for the 2015 Calgary Dealer Talk conference, which will focus on topics ranging from marketing to sales, best practices and more. After three successful years in Toronto, the half-day event — powered by Kijiji Autos and ... [Read More]
AutoCanada looks westward for expansion
Josh Hyatt, Staff Writer
Vehicle sales may have been waning in recent months in Alberta, due in part to the steep drop in the oil prices that fuel the region, but that’s not stopping AutoCanada from looking at expansion opportunities in the region. Canada’s ... [Read More]
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