There’s a new boss at Hyundai Auto Canada. Executive director of sales and digital strategy Steve Flamand has been promoted to president and CEO, overseeing the Hyundai and Genesis brands in Canada. The veteran Canadian automotive executive, who joined the ... [Read More]

Hyundai Auto Canada is killing it where selling certified pre-owned vehicles is concerned. Its CPO penetration rate this year is topping 50% and sales are strong. The reason, Hyundai Auto Canada manager of CPO and remarketing Charles Plewes told Auto Remarketing Canada, is the automaker’s Hyundai Promise Certified Pre-Owned program. “The dealers have really embraced it.” ... [Read More]

In an already chaotic year filled with questions and uncertainty, Canadian Black Book has a word of advice for dealers and the automotive industry at large. That word is “pivot.” In its 2025 Market Preview, CBB called it the “one ... [Read More]

There could be trouble brewing in the Canadian wholesale used-vehicle market. Canadian Black Book’s Used Vehicle Retention Index rose 0.9 points to 138.9 in February. It wasn’t the eye-opening 2.3-point jump of the previous month, and was still down 3.3% ... [Read More]

The other shoe is about to drop. A 25% tariff by the U.S. on Canadian imports, long threatened by President Donald Trump and paused a month ago, are scheduled to go into effect Tuesday. During a week of mixed messages, Trump on Thursday reaffirmed his intention to go ahead with tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods when the pause expires. Which leaves Canada’s used-car industry wondering: What happens now? ... [Read More]

Stability reigns in the Canadian wholesale used-vehicle market. A least for now. While the threat of tariffs and a trade war with the U.S. loom on the horizon, the week ending Feb. 22 looked a lot like the previous few: ... [Read More]

Auto theft is declining in Canada, but the rate is still “unreasonably high,” according to Équité Association’s latest report. The 2024 Auto Theft Trend Report, released last week by the nonprofit organization supporting Canadian property and casualty insurers, showed auto ... [Read More]

Hyundai Auto Canada and its dealers have launched a major initiative to help kids with cancer. The automaker said it is in the final stages of registering Hyundai Hope on Wheels in Canada as a federal nonprofit entity. The organization ... [Read More]

When Jon MacPhee and his wife booked their flight to New Orleans for the 2025 NADA Show, they were looking forward to what they thought would be a warm getaway from the Canadian winter. The reality, of course, was just a bit different. A record-breaking blizzard covered New Orleans with eight inches of snow on Jan. 21 — two days before the auto retail industry’s largest annual event was to begin — paralyzing the unprepared city and shutting down its airport. For Canadian dealers and vendors determined to attend, that was the beginning of an odyssey filled with delays, cancellations, unexpected detours, last-minute changes and in many cases multiple modes of transportation. The trip to the Big Easy turned out to be anything but ... [Read More]

Toyota continued its domination of Canadian Black Book’s Best Residual Value Awards, remaining the only automaker to claim the Overall Brand Award for cars in the program’s four-year history. Toyota also won the brand award in the SUV/truck category for ... [Read More]