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
Carfinco Sees Unusual Auto Loan Growth in Q1
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
Carfinco Financial Group announced first-quarter results this Wednesday that showed growing auto loan originations as well as rises in net earnings. The first quarter of fiscal 2014 has been a positive one for Carfinco, said company management, as the company ... [Read More]
Lexus Dealers Offer Test Drives From Montreal-Trudeau Airport
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Lexus has set up shop at the Montreal-Trudeau airport. Instead of a cab, why not take a Lexus? Travelers returning home over the next few months and interested in purchasing a luxury vehicle might want to stop by the Lexus ... [Read More]
Mercedes-Benz Winnipeg Moving to Updated Facility
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Mercedes-Benz Winnipeg is getting a facelift, as store management and company leaders broke ground this week for a new location for the well-established dealership. Tim Reuss, president and chief executive officer of Mercedes-Benz Canada, together with company executives, recently joined ... [Read More]
Co-Auto Dealers Have New Service Plan Options
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Now, Co-Auto dealership members have a few new options when selling service plans to customers. This week, reconditioning company Dent Wizard International announced a new partnership with Co-Auto — a cooperative buying group dedicated exclusively to servicing new car and ... [Read More]
AutoCanada Connects Q1 Used Success to New Inventory Strategy
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
As AutoCanada announced strong financial results for the first quarter, the company highlighted one area, in particular, that contributed to an overall dealership revenue increase of 28.2 percent: used-vehicle sales. Q1 was an extremely strong quarter for pre-owned, as the ... [Read More]
Chrysler, Ford Ramp Up Fleet Sales in 2013
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
Though rental and fleet sales for automakers can be looked at in a variety of ways — as many automakers try to pass of some of their harder-to-move products in this fashion — these types of sales normally bode well ... [Read More]
Nissan, Infiniti Dealers To Have New Protection Program Option
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Nissan Canada Extended Services Inc. announced a new partnership this week with Safe-Guard Canada that will give dealers another warranty and protection program to offer new customers. Protection plans administered by Safe-Guard Canada will be available to Nissan and Infiniti ... [Read More]
Honda Canada Recalls Over 1K 2014 Odysseys
Auto Remarketing Staff
Honda announced this week it is recalling 1,501 2014-model-year Odyssey vehicles in Canada to repair the electrical coupler — a component in the passenger side curtain airbag system. “During assembly of the electrical coupler for the passenger side curtain airbag, ... [Read More]
TradeTracker: Ford F-150 Popularity Soars in Q1
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
The Ford F-150 has done it again. Scoring the top spot for April, the truck has managed to swipe the No. 1 spot as the most appraised vehicle in Canada every month this year. In fact, the top three models ... [Read More]
2 European Automakers Break All-time CPO Records in April
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
As the first quarter wrapped up, two European automakers secured all-time certified pre-owned monthly sales records in April. First up, Volkswagen Canada broke the first all-time record month it notched in March by over 100 units this past month. In ... [Read More]
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