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CARS Protection Plus taps Circuitry.ai Warranty Decision Intelligence to help adjusters resolve claims faster
Wednesday, May. 6, 2026, 10:38 AM
Here’s an example from the car-warranty industry where companies are leveraging artificial intelligence to help people, not replace them. On Tuesday, CARS Protection Plus, a provider of vehicle service contracts, announced it has gone live with Circuitry.ai’s Warranty Decision Intelligence ... Read More
DealerOn’s dual launch includes AI search visibility platform, ‘intelligent layer’ touching full dealership
Tuesday, May. 5, 2026, 03:28 PM
DealerOn has done NASA one better. While the space agency recently launched the first astronauts to visit the moon in more than 50 years, the provider of auto dealership websites and digital sales and marketing technology boasted two launches on ... Read More
Newest Experian tool designed to reduce risk within AI-driven commerce
Monday, May. 4, 2026, 11:19 AM
Experian found another way to connect people and technology. And the newest tool emphasizes the component of a transaction including a real person. Last week, the company launched Experian Agent Trust, a framework that designed to establish a secure, verifiable ... Read More
FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, ... Listen Here

Same old story: Toyota at the top of CBB Best Residual Value Awards

Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, 10:54 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The dates change, but the name at the top remains the same. Toyota claimed the car category’s Overall Brand Award in Canadian Black Book’s 2026 Best Residual Value Awards for the fifth consecutive year. Not coincidentally, that’s also how many ... [Read More]

Acquisition of Key Auto Group adds to FFUN

Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, 10:27 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Key Auto Group is now in on the FFUN. The FFUN Group announced it has acquired Key Auto Group, a deal that adds four auto dealerships and a collision center to the Saskatoon-based dealership group. The deal includes three stores ... [Read More]

Dealers fight compressed profit margins with ‘customer-centric F&I’ centered on ‘advising, not selling’

Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, 10:27 AM
Sarah Rubenoff, Correspondent
Canadian dealers, franchised and independent, are facing a volatile supply environment and compressed profit margins across multiple fronts.  And more than ever, add-ons and F&I offerings are integral to dealership bottom lines. When done well, the business office often drives ... [Read More]

Canadian wholesale market’s gentle slide becomes a plummet as February begins

Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, 11:06 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
As the calendar turned to February, the gentle decline of Canadian used-vehicle wholesale values turned to a steep dive. Canadian Black Book’s weekly Market Insights report found the market down 0.71% for the week ending Feb. 7, a sharp contrast ... [Read More]

Dealers, OEMs bracing for ‘foundational, irreversible transformation’ of Canada’s auto industry

Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, 11:06 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Big changes are coming to the Canadian auto industry. In fact, a new report from KPMG says it’s already happening. Facing an uncertain environment in trade, the overall economy and the automotive markets, Canada’s automotive industry is acting rather than ... [Read More]

GM finishes job, ends 2025 as Canada’s top EV seller

Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, 11:55 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
General Motors Canada finished what it started. After the automaker’s rise in electric vehicle sales took it to the top spot among EV sellers for the first half of 2025, GM Canada announced it was No. 1 for the full ... [Read More]

CBB Index’s January rise a ‘reprieve’ as expected slower year begins

Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, 11:50 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
A month after a market correction led to its largest drop in a year and a half, Canadian Black Book’s Used Vehicle Retention Index went the other way in January. The index inched upward 0.4 points to 133.5 points to ... [Read More]

AutoTrader listings available on ChatGPT platform through new integration

Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, 04:59 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Artificial intelligence is the latest wave in the automotive world, and AutoTrader is diving right in. AutoTrader has launched an integration with ChatGPT, which the company said makes it the first Canadian vehicle marketplace directly available on the popular AI ... [Read More]

Nearly 1 million Canadian vehicles have open recalls, Carfax Canada data shows

Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, 12:10 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Almost 1 million vehicles on Canadian roads are operating with unrepaired recalls, according to data generated by Carfax Canada’s vehicle history reports. Unfixed recalls are very common, the company said. They can include issues such as malfunctioning airbags, electrical problems ... [Read More]

Canadian wholesale used-car market’s slide slows

Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, 09:07 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Canadian wholesale used-vehicle values continued falling during the week ending Jan. 24. But the fall was a much gentler one than those of recent weeks. According to Canadian Black Book’s Market Insights report, wholesale prices dropped 0.28%, well below the ... [Read More]

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