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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
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

New VP at AFG Leasing Canada

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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

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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]

Used-car prices at ‘historical high’ as wholesale index growth streak continues

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Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
While many were counting down from 10 on New Year’s Eve, the used-car industry in Canada was counting up. To 21, that is. The final week of 2021 marked the 21st consecutive time that wholesale vehicle prices increased in Canada, ... [Read More]

Automotive Properties REIT inks deal to buy 2 Honda stores in Quebec

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Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Just before 2021 closed, the Automotive Properties Real Estate Investment Trust said it had signed a $23.4 million deal with a dealership group to buy the Sherbrooke Honda and Magog Honda properties in Quebec. Additionally, the REIT exercised its Right ... [Read More]

E Inc. hires former Waze, Google executive as CMO

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Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
E Automotive Inc., which is the company behind the EBlock digital wholesale marketplace and the EDealer digital retail products, has hired a former Waze and Google executive as its first chief marketing officer. Joining E Inc. as CMO is Emma ... [Read More]

18 straight weeks of climbing wholesale vehicle prices in Canada

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Auto Remarketing Editor Joe Overby
Though the overall increase slowed, wholesale vehicle prices in Canada have now climbed for 18 consecutive weeks, according to Canadian Black Book. In the CBB Automotive Market Update released Tuesday the company said overall wholesale values were up 0.45% last ... [Read More]

Cox Automotive names Ajayi-Salako as Canadian site leader

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Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Cox Automotive Canada has new leadership. On Monday, Cox Automotive announced that Ola Ajayi-Salako has been promoted to senior director, agile delivery, and will act as the site leader for Cox Automotive Canada, effective immediately. In this expanded role, the ... [Read More]

Mercedes-Benz Canada divesting Greater Toronto dealerships

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Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Mercedes-Benz Canada is divesting all of its corporate-owned dealerships in the Greater Toronto Area, the company said Tuesday. Taking on ownerships of the dealerships, which are collectively referred to as the Toronto Retail Group, are the AWIN Group of Dealerships ... [Read More]

Multiple records for CBB Used Vehicle Retention Index

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Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Not only did Canadian Black Book’s Used Vehicle Retention Index reach another record high in November, the month-over-month and year-over-year increases in the index were all-time highs, as well. Specifically, the CBB index was at 152.6 points for November, which beat ... [Read More]

TRADE X lines up more debt financing for global expansion

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Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
TRADE X, a Canada-based cross-border automotive trading platform, has lined up more debt financing. The company said Tuesday it has secured two additional asset-backed lines of credit, both of which are $25 million (USD) with accordion features to expand to ... [Read More]

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