Toyota, led by its wildly popular Tacoma small pickup, was again the big winner in Canadian Black Book’s annual Best Retained Value Awards. The Japanese automaker claimed a total of seven of the 2024 awards, the most of any brand, ... [Read More]

OpenRoad Dealership Group is going into the car wash business through its OpenShine division. And while OpenShine is starting as a franchisee of an American car wash brand, you may see OpenShine-brand car washes in Canada one day, Christian Tjia, ... [Read More]

Azar Allasvandi said her brother, Sia Allasvandi, started a luxury used-car dealership because of the variety involved. “He wanted to be able to get his hands on different cars, BMW, Volkswagen … he didn’t want to do just one,” Azar ... [Read More]

When Susan Gubasta’s dad first urged her to join the family-owned dealership business more than 30 years ago, she just wasn’t interested. After all, she reasoned, retail automotive was dominated by men who either sold cars or repaired cars and there was no career path there for her. Since she “wasn’t a math person,” working in the dealership’s accounting office wasn’t appealing either. Turns out that not only was Gubasta mistaken about joining the family business, it was ... [Read More]

Canadian Black Book announced two significant additions to its sales staff. The automotive data and analytics provider has hired industry veterans Waqas Khan and Geneviève Bonneau, both of whom will carry the title of director of sales, data licensing. “Their ... [Read More]

The team behind EDealer and EBlock has launched a third leg to that online automotive stool: Cars.ca, an online car listings marketplace for dealers to reach consumers. In a LinkedIn post Monday, EDealer said the site currently has more than ... [Read More]

Go Auto plans to continue to grow and the dealership group is interested in acquiring franchises in Western Canada, the dealership group’s president Phil Abram told Auto Remarketing Canada. But it is also eying further expansion in the United States, ... [Read More]

Lithia & Driveway’s first foray into international markets was through a Canadian acquisition and LAD president and CEO Bryan DeBoer has said the publicly listed dealer group will continue to grow in Canada. “Canada has been our top target for ... [Read More]

The HGregoire dealership group is on a bit of an expansion spree lately, but not in Canada. Its most recent additions have been in the U.S., where is goes by HGreg. Its expansion strategy is similar in the U.S. and in Canada, John Hairabedian, president and CEO of HGreg, said. “We continue to find the best opportunities to expand in all markets across both borders,” he told Auto Remarketing Canada. Its U.S. expansion strategy this year has ... [Read More]

For the third month in a row, Canadian Black Book’s used vehicle retention index didn’t fall. But it didn’t rise, either. The CBB index for September came in at 136.0 — no change from August — marking the first time ... [Read More]