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
PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor on intersection of payments & technology
PayNearMe recently shared new search, explaining that hidden costs sustained by auto lenders can show up as failed payments, borrower support calls, late payments, collections follow-up, reconciliation work and manual recovery effort. PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor elaborated about ... Listen Here
Matt Babcock of Wolters Kluwer on how digital transformation continues to gain steam in auto financing
Matt Babcock, who heads up digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, returned for another visit on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Wolter Kluwer recently released its latest quarterly Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index. Babcock recapped the sustained upward trajectory the ... Listen Here
Cox Automotive sells Canadian operations of Dealertrack, VinSolutions, Dealer.com, Xtime and KBB to TRADER
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
TRADER Corp. said Thursday it is acquiring Dealertrack Canada from Cox Automotive’s Canadian retail business, along with the Canadian operations of VinSolutions, Dealer.com, Xtime and Kelley Blue Book. The company said most Canadian Cox Automotive Retail employees will likely move ... [Read More]
AutoCanada buys 2 collision centers in Toronto area
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Just nine days after its most recent acquisition, AutoCanada said Tuesday it has purchased two luxury collision centers in Scarborough, Ontario: Excellence Auto Collision Silver Star and Excellence Auto Collision Midwest. Excellence Auto been in the greater Toronto area for more ... [Read More]
HeyAuto aims to create online ‘ecosystem’ for car owners and auto dealers
Sarah Rubenoff, Correspondent
Brent Lane, who is the CEO and founder of HeyAuto, a new Canadian online transaction platform for vehicle buyers, is looking to “build solutions for car owners” — and dealers, for that matter. The car purchase — which can be the second- or ... [Read More]
AutoCanada continues acquisition plan, buys collision center in Saskatoon
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
AutoCanada said Monday it has acquired Kavia Auto Body in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The purchase of the collision center, which has been open for nearly 40 years and is an SGI Elite collision center, is AutoCanada’s fifth acquisition in the past ... [Read More]
As dealership service departments surge, Lexus Downtown says ‘hand off’ is key
Sarah Rubenoff, Correspondent
Service departments have always been a crucial part of franchised dealers' businesses and used-car inventory pipelines. And this year, this reality has been pushed to the forefront with a boom in the service industry’s market value in Canada. According to ... [Read More]
Weekly wholesale vehicle prices show largest drop in 18+ months
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
In September, Canadian Black Book’s Used Vehicle Retention Index increased sequentially after three months of declines. Last week, however, Canadian wholesale vehicle prices reached a milestone of a different sort. The 0.56% drop marked the most significant decline in used-vehicle ... [Read More]
Service departments bounce back, provide dealers opportunity for big profits, customer trust
Sarah Rubenoff, Correspondent
The vehicle service market is on the rise in the automotive industry, according to new research from J.D. Power. The recently released 2022 Canada Customer Service Index shows that as vehicle owners in Canada transition to a “post-pandemic world” and ... [Read More]
AutoVerify buys Car Media 2.0
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
AutoVerify announced it has purchased Car Media 2.0, which provides vehicle inventory imaging services to dealers. With shoppers expecting to be able to get detailed interior and exterior vehicle imagery online, this move “enables AutoVerify to help dealers provide this type ... [Read More]
AutoCanada’s acquisition of North Toronto Auction sign of changing wholesale, retail landscape
Sarah Rubenoff, Correspondent
From franchised dealerships and collision centers to independent stores and now auctions, AutoCanada has been on the acquisition path this year. Its latest purchase marked the publicly traded dealer group’s first foray into the wholesale industry. AutoCanada recently announced its ... [Read More]
Vincentric honors ‘Best CPO Value in Canada’ winners
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Vincentric spotlighted its 2022 Best CPO Value in Canada Awards last week, and standing out from the pack were Toyota and Hyundai. Both took home four model-level wins as well as one brand award apiece, with Toyota earning top marks ... [Read More]
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