SPONSORED EPISODE: Rethinking vehicle-protection plans for today’s wide inventory mix with GWC Warranty
Used-car inventory on dealer lots nowadays can range from older, higher-mileage vehicles to EVs, lifted trucks, and modified vehicles. The result is dealers are also having to change the vehicle-protection conversations with customers. In this special sponsored episode of the ... Listen Here
Recapping credit scores & other trends in auto finance with Shams Blanc of FICO
Shams Blanc, head of auto scores at FICO, made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to elaborate more about the fall edition of the FICO Score Credit Insights report. Along with recapping what’s going on in auto finance, Blanc ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Greenville Auto Auction Celebrates 16 Years—A look back and a look ahead
On this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits visits with Billy Willis and Kevin Stallings of Greenville Auto Auction. The auction celebrates 16 years in early September, and the guys talk about the history of the sale, ... Listen Here
UCDA rebrands as United Car Dealers Association
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
UCDA is now the United Car Dealers Association. UCDA, known for more than four decades as the Used Car Dealers Association of Ontario, officially confirmed its name change on Monday, just before the opening of Canada’s Used Car Week in ... [Read More]
AutoCanada expands collision repair business to Thunder Bay
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
AutoCanada is making some Thunder in its collision repair business. The dealer group said Wednesday it has acquired Mascarin Collision Centre in Thunder Bay, Ontario, giving AutoCanada its first collision repair presence in the city. Calling it a “key gateway ... [Read More]
AutoCanada grows collision-repair footprint in Alberta
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
AutoCanada again boosted its capacity to complete vehicle repairs in Alberta. On Monday, the company announced the completion of its acquisition of Contemporary Coachworks, a two-location collision repair business based in Calgary. Back in January, AutoCanada acquired Modern Autobody, a ... [Read More]
New chairman, president and CEO installed at Subaru Canada
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Subaru Canada Inc. (SCI) has new leadership. The automaker on Monday introduced Yoichi Hori as chairman, president and CEO. Hori replaces Tomohiro Kubota, who served in this capacity for three years and four months. “SCI wishes to thank Kubota for ... [Read More]
Kot Auto Group grows Hyundai footprint again in British Columbia
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
In April, Kot Auto Group announced the grand opening a new rooftop in Langford, B.C., billed as the largest Hyundai facility in Canada. This week, the dealership group strengthened its Hyundai presence in British Columbia with the acquisition of Duncan ... [Read More]
Integration gives UCDA member dealers direct access to Carfax Canada VIN Fraud Check
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Carfax Canada has taken another step to help Canadian independent dealers in the battle against VIN cloning. The provider of vehicle history reports and valuation information announced it has expanded its collaboration with the Used Car Dealers Association of Ontario ... [Read More]
Meet the 2026 Remarketing’s Under 40 honorees
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The Canadian auto industry, be it retail, remarketing or finance, is full of young leaders who have achieved massive success at an early age. Cherokee Media Group is excited to honor many of those individuals in this year’s Remarketing’s Under ... [Read More]
Meet the 2026 Women & Automotive Profiles in Leadership honorees
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
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]
AutoCanada focused on building used-car margins over immediate results in soft market
Andrew Friedlander, Associate Editor
The current state of auto retail in Canada is … not great. For AutoCanada, still navigating the final stages of a two-year-long transformation journey out of rough financial seas, that means the first quarter of 2026 was anything but smooth ... [Read More]
Canadian wholesale vehicle market decline picks up pace as van values continue downhill
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The Canadian wholesale used-vehicle market’s decline picked up a bit of steam last week and, as usual these days, vans were driving that bus. According to Canadian Black Book’s weekly Market Insights report wholesale prices sank 0.32% for the week ... [Read More]
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