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
Wide-ranging car-business conversation with Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short
Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short firmly believes car dealers are the most resilient operators in any business. During this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Short explained why he is anticipating dealers showing that resilience again because it’s needed ... Listen Here
Path to delivering education in Spanish with Ignite Dealer Compliance Group
Steve Levine has dozens of dealer clients with Spanish as their native language. Those dealers also have hundreds of Hispanic customers who cannot speak or understand English. To fill compliance and training gaps created by language challenges, the owner of ... Listen Here
Wholesale vehicle prices in Canada remain calm another week
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Stability continues in the Canadian wholesale vehicle market, as prices on used cars were up 0.03% last week, following a 0.01% rise the week before, according to the latest weekly update on the market from Canadian Black Book. These slight ... [Read More]
ADESA debuts new Purchases Page in Canada
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
ADESA said Tuesday it has launched a new Purchases Page for Canadian buyers that is designed to make the online self-checkout process more efficient, while also broadening post-sale capabilities and allowing customers to turn to one centralized place to manage ... [Read More]
Introducing Canada’s Used Car Week
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Cherokee Media Group is proud to introduce our latest in events: Canada’s Used Car Week. The Auto Remarketing Canada Conference and Women & Automotive Canadian Leadership Forum will continue with their brands and are now positioned under the new umbrella ... [Read More]
GM, Toyota lead ALG Residual Value Awards for Canada
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
ALG shared the winners of the J.D. Power 2022 Canada ALG Residual Value Awards on Thursday, and topping the list with the most segment awards was Toyota Canada, with 10, followed by GM Canada (five). Specifically, Toyota won seven model-level ... [Read More]
iA Auto Finance names new president
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
iA Auto Finance has a new president: longtime company veteran Charles Parent, iA said in a LinkedIn post last month. “A trained actuary, a truly passionate, humble and honest person with 20 years of experience in the iA family: that's ... [Read More]
After ups and downs, wholesale vehicle prices in Canada steady last week
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The Canadian wholesale vehicle market closed 2021 with 21 consecutive week-over-week increases. And then, 2022 started with two straight declines, according to Canadian Black Book, which said overall market prices fell 0.10% the week ending Jan. 7 and 0.05% the week ... [Read More]
Canada Drives hires new CTO to build on 2021 growth
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Canada Drives tapped an experienced executive from the entertainment and gaming worlds to be its new chief technology officer. On Monday, the 100% online vehicle shopping and to-your-door delivery platform announced that Darcy Reno has joined the Canada Drives executive ... [Read More]
CBB hires former VW Canada exec as director of sales, data & licensing
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Canadian Black Book has named a director of sales, data and licensing, appointing former Volkswagen Canada executive Kelly-Ann Neary to the role. Neary has spent 20 years working on the OEM side of the business. Her most recent post ... [Read More]
New VP at AFG Leasing Canada
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Houston-based Auto Financial Group reinforced its Canadian leadership this week. The company announced that Mark Caschera has been appointed vice president of AFG Leasing Canada in a move meant to bolster AFG’s mission to expand its program in Canada to ... [Read More]
CPO car sales at record clip for some automakers in Canada
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
Never before has certified pre-owned had this great a share of used sales at Mercedes-Benz Canada. The company said in a sales release it had overall pre-owned sales of 16,795 vehicles last year, which was up 9.8% year-over-year. And a ... [Read More]
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