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
Toyota takes home most Vincentric Best Value in Canada awards
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Toyota, Lexus and Ram received top brand honors in this year’s Vincentric Best Value in Canada awards. Announced late last week, Toyota took home the title of Best Value Passenger Vehicle Brand, while its luxury arm, Lexus, received the Best ... [Read More]
XSELLERATOR DMS coming to Ford & Lincoln dealerships
Auto Remarketing Canada staff
Quorum Information Technologies Inc. announced this week its XSELLERATOR dealer management system will soon be available for Ford and Lincoln dealerships in Canada. The company has entered into agreements with Ford and its DMS integration technology partner, Oxlo, in an ... [Read More]
Dilawri REIT completes $75M initial public offering
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
Dilawri Group of Companies — the largest dealer group in Canada — announced this week that the Automotive Properties Real Estate Investment Trust has completed its initial public offering of 7.5 million trust units at a price of $10 per ... [Read More]
NFTouch kiosks aim to ‘take paper out’ of dealerships
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
F&I documents, vehicle sales agreements, brochures and more, we all know that dealerships are businesses that rely heavily on printed products. That said, NFTouch, a new product from Burlington, Ontario’s Future Retail Group (FRG) is looking to “take the paper ... [Read More]
Reynolds, Novia Scotia Dealers Association team up for new F&I forms
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
F&I forms: the biggest pain-point for many auto shoppers — as well as many dealership employees. Reynolds and Reynolds is partnering with the Nova Scotia Automobile Dealers Association (NSADA) to develop new F&I forms in an effort to help dealers ... [Read More]
6 email marketing tips for auto dealers
Lisa Kember , Rgnl Development Dir., Constant Contact
If done properly, email marketing is more effective than any other marketing channel available. And automotive dealers have the number one ingredient that makes email so effective at driving response — valuable information. But it’s not enough to just provide ... [Read More]
Premium sports cars buck July residual trends
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
July residuals are showing trends similar to those seen this past spring: larger models continue to out-perform the car segments. Auto Remarketing Canada took a look at value retention data for 4-year-old vehicles from Canadian Black Book, which showed truck ... [Read More]
AutoCanada joins SiriusXM Canada’s used vehicle program
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
It was announced this week that AutoCanada has joined a number of other Canadian dealer groups who have adopted SiriusXM Canada’s pre-owned vehicle program. Just last month, the growing OpenRoad dealer group also joined the satellite radio program for used ... [Read More]
Canadian Black Book enters lead-generation game
Josh Hyatt, Staff Writer
Sixty to 70 percent. That’s the varying statistic of visitors on the Canadian Black Book website that say, during its evaluation process, they’re interested in purchasing a vehicle in the next month. That’s according to the Brad Rome, CBB’s president, ... [Read More]
Cassels Brock to dole out $45M in damages to GM class-action dealers
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
A final ruling has been made in the class-action lawsuit filed against General Motors of Canada in regards to actions taken to close dealerships amid the economic downturn. With that, the claims against GMCL have been dismissed. That said, Justice Thomas ... [Read More]
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