SPONSORED EPISODE: The Buy Online Shift & What Dealers Need to Know Now
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Cox Automotive’s Jeri Reichel joins us to speak to the evolving Buy Online experience. She shares more about how shopper expectations are changing and what dealers should understand and do as ... Listen Here
The Spark Between EVs & CPO
In light of electric vehicle maker VinFast launching a certified pre-owned program in the U.S., Auto Remarketing senior editor Joe Overby connects with leaders from the EV space to discuss why the segment is a natural fit for CPO and ... Listen Here
Vincenzo Ciampi of iA Financial Group
Next up on the Canada’s Used Car Week Live Stage is Vincenzo Ciampi . who is senior vice president, of auto finance and dealer services for Canada at iA Financial Group. Ciampi talks with Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby about ... Listen Here
Hyundai Auto Canada Chooses Xtime For Service Scheduling
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
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 Purchases Airdrie Chrysler
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
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 Hires New VP To Raise Consumer Awareness
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
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]
Relaunched Land Rover CPO Program Gaining Steam
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
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]
Report: 31% of Calgary Used Vehicles Have Accident History
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
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]
Canada to Sell GM Stock to Goldman Sachs
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
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]
Meet Mazda Canada’s New CPO Manager
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
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]
March TradeTracker: Consistency Is Key
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
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]
March CPO Results Reveal Record Sales
Sarah Rubenoff, Staff Writer
This past month’s certified pre-owned sales revealed an all-time record month for one OEM, as well as a few automakers that enjoyed their best first month of spring for certified ever. The 116 CPO vehicles sold at Porsche Canada in ... [Read More]
AutoCanada Braving Sales Winter in First Quarter
Josh Hyatt, Staff Writer
AutoCanada recently reported strong results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2014 during its last quarterly conference call, outlining across-the-board improvements in profitability. What the group wanted to bring more attention to, however, is the sales strife it ... [Read More]
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