SPONSORED EPISODE: Allied Solutions explains why origination is episodic, but servicing is continuous
John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development for Allied Solutions, is back as the guest for another sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Elias explains why current market conditions, affordability pressures and changing vehicle values are combining ... Listen Here
Additional insight into FTC’s move involving disparate impact from Hudson Cook
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced it will not pursue claims based on disparate-impact or “unfair discrimination” theories. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Hudson Cook partners Erica Kramer and Rob Tilley offered some historical perspectives and a ... Listen Here
Deeper dive into rising LTVs with TransUnion’s Satyan Merchant
One of the notable findings from TransUnion’s Q2 2026 Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) was how much loan-to-value ratios have changed in the past five years. Satyan Merchant, one of this year’s Automotive Intelligence Award recipients and senior vice president ... Listen Here
Meet the 2025 Women & Automotive Profiles in Leadership honorees
Auto Remarketing Editor Joe Overby
Since launching the Women & Automotive: Canadian Leadership Forum in 2016, Cherokee Media Group has honored a group of Canada’s auto industry leaders each year through its Women & Automotive: Profiles in Leadership program. And we’re excited to announce our ... [Read More]
Mazda Canada promotion offers Canadians a caffeinated tour of Toronto
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Mazda Canada has brewed up a promotion designed to wake Canadians up to the joys of coffee tourism. The automaker unveiled the Mazda Coffee Tour in partnership with the Coffee Association of Canada, inviting Canadians to explore their country through ... [Read More]
New charging, installation partnerships a big part of Nissan Canada’s EV strategy
Andrew Friedlander, Associate Editor
Nissan Canada’s latest partnership represents another step in its quest to take the stress out of buying and owning an electric vehicle. The automaker has teamed with Wallbox, a provider of charging and energy management systems, to launch a nationwide ... [Read More]
AutoCanada ‘firmly on track’ to reach target of $100 million cost savings in 2025
Andrew Friedlander, Associate Editor
Two months ago, AutoCanada unveiled its road map for the long drive toward financial recovery.
Now the Edmonton-based dealership group says it has turned onto the entrance ramp and is at last on the road.
During last week’s first quarter 2025 earnings call, executive chairman Paul Antony said AutoCanada is “firmly on track” to ... [Read More]
Go Auto goes downtown with addition of Vancouver Kia dealership
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Go Auto has been in the Vancouver area for years. But now, for the first time, it’s headed downtown. The Edmonton-based dealership group announced it has acquired Downtown Kia, its first dealership in downtown Vancouver. The new location is Go ... [Read More]
PODCAST: CARFAX Canada’s Mike Foster on providing certainty in uncertain times
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
In uncertain times, what can car dealers do to give themselves and their customers more certainty? CARFAX Canada’s Mike Foster joins Cherokee Media Group associate editor Andrew Friedlander on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to talk about the power of facts ... [Read More]
Tariff-related demand pushes Canadian wholesale values up in April
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The effects of tariffs drove Canada’s wholesale used-vehicle market up again in April, according to Canadian Black Book’s latest Used Vehicle Retention Index. The April index climbed to 140.3 points, up 0.5 points from March and even with the index ... [Read More]
Former Mercedes exec joins Tim Lamb Group to lead Canadian dealership M&A
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The Tim Lamb Group has added Canadian auto industry veteran Paul Gilroy as a director, responsible for leading franchised dealership mergers and acquisitions throughout Canada. The dealership M&A firm said in a news release Gilroy’s expertise includes dealership sales and ... [Read More]
PODCAST: AutoTrader’s Baris Akyurek on Canada’s tariff-era used-car outlook
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
For months now, everyone has been talking about tariffs and what might happen. Now here we are in the tariff era. So what is actually happening? In this episode of the Auto Remarketing podcast, AutoTrader vice president of insights and ... [Read More]
Study finds Canadian auto lenders must exceed dealer expectations to succeed
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
To succeed in an increasingly uncertain and volatile market faced with rising costs for vehicles and financing, Canada’s auto lenders need to go the extra mile. That’s the conclusion of J.D. Power’s 2025 Canada Dealer Financing Satisfaction Study, an analysis ... [Read More]
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