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
July marks strong month for luxury CPO sales
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
July was a solid month for certified pre-owned sales, with one luxury automaker notching its best month ever, and multiple OEMs breaking July records, as well. First up, Porsche Approved CPO sales reached an all-time monthly record in July, with 154 ... [Read More]
Canada aligns vehicle emissions standards with US
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The Harper Government announced a plan to align the country’s emission regulations with the U.S. in an effort to cut down on air pollution from vehicles and gasoline. Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq made the announcement last week, noting the new ... [Read More]
TRADER, CBB end vehicle listing business relationship
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
Two high-powered industry names — TRADER and Canadian Black Book — have decided to part ways in light of a failure to agree on contract renewal details related to online vehicles listings. When the time came to negotiate a new ... [Read More]
NHTSA consent order unlikely to affect FCA’s Canadian residuals
Josh Hyatt, Staff Writer
Fortunately for Canadian dealers, the recent agreement between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the United States is not expected to have any sort of negative market impacts for the brand in Canada. That’s according ... [Read More]
Dealers, law firm to appeal ruling in GM Class Action
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
Auto Remarketing Canada learned this week that the dealers who lost a class-action suit against General Motors of Canada Ltd. — the results of which were announced earlier this month — will appeal the ruling that GM did not did not breach any ... [Read More]
NSADA, Reynolds focused on F&I doc standardization
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
It was announced last week that 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 simplify and smooth F&I transactions. As part of the partnership, ... [Read More]
Carfax reports now available on Carpages.ca listings
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Vehicle shopping website Carpages.ca announced this afternoon it has partnered with Carfax Canada in an effort to create a better online shopping experience for used cars. Now, buyers on the site will be privy to complementary Carfax Vehicle History Reports from ... [Read More]
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]
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