OPENLANE subsidiary AFC has hired longtime automaker executive Robert Staffieri as its new regional director of Canada, where he will be responsible for overseeing the company’s field operations in the country. This includes sales, business development and customer success. “Robert ... [Read More]

Vehicle inspection platform PAVE is focusing on artificial intelligence and the role it plays in the company’s success. With that in mind, PAVE has hired four new machine learning experts to boost its AI team. These new recruits were all ... [Read More]

OpenRoad Auto Group has launched a philanthropic non-profit organization, OpenRoad Foundation, which has been a long-time dream of CEO Christian Chia, who is also the OpenRoad Foundation’s founding board of director. The foundation is designed to support the development of ... [Read More]

Canadian Black Book released its Used Vehicle Retention Index for June, which decreased 0.2% from May and declined 1.76% year-over-year to sit at 158.5 points. “The Canadian wholesale market continues to be relatively stable this year without the wild swings ... [Read More]

In this edition of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, we conclude our series of episodes from the Canada’s Used Car Week Podcast Stage with a conversation between Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby and Redline Auto Sales general manager Sergey ... [Read More]

Dilawri Group opened the doors to its new, rebranded Volvo Canada store in Richmond, British Columbia. Volvo Cars Richmond, formerly known as Volvo of Vancouver, is located at 338-10700 Cambie Road. But the dealer group said this is more than ... [Read More]

Carebeeza, a Canadian software company focused on the auto industry, has debuted a new lead enhancement tool in Canada and the U.S. called UltraLead. Artificial intelligence is the name of the game for UltraLead, which utilizes proprietary AI to ramp ... [Read More]

Next up on our series from the podcast stage at Canada’s Used Car Week last month is a conversation with Steven Pigozzo of Scuderia Coaching. Pigozzo talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about his journey in automotive ... [Read More]

Next up on our series from the podcast stage at Canada’s Used Car Week last month is a conversation with Tatiana Siuchak, technical product manager at VW Credit Canada and one of Auto Remarketing Canada’s 2023 “Remarketing’s Under 40” honorees. ... [Read More]

Peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace Turo has been chosen as GO Transit’s official car sharing partner. Turo and GO Transit are partnering to allow Ontario riders to request vehicle delivery at GO stations, located across Canada’s Greater Golden Horseshoe region. The ... [Read More]