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
Gains in Canadian used-car prices ease
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
While wholesale vehicle prices in Canada were still up last week, the rate of increase eased, according to the Canadian Auto Market Update released Tuesday by Canadian Black Book. [Read More]
Mitsubishi names new president & CEO for Canadian business
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
In addition to new digital retailing capabilities, Mitsubishi Motors Sales of Canada has named a new president and chief executive officer. The company announced Thursday that Kenji Harada, who has been the MMSCAN’s chief operating officer since April 1, would ... [Read More]
How Canadian used-car prices fared last week
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Wholesale vehicle prices were up in Canada last week, but only slightly, according to the latest weekly report from Canadian Black Book. Overall, prices climbed 0.08%, compared to a gain of 0.35% the prior week. The average for the same ... [Read More]
Used-car considerations for summer road trip season
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
It’s about time to hit the road in Canada. Once the pandemic restrictions are lifted, 84% of Canadians say they might take a road trip this summer, says CARFAX Canada. And for those looking to buy a used car as ... [Read More]
15 straight weeks of wholesale vehicle price gains in Canada
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Wholesale vehicle prices have increased for 15 consecutive weeks in Canada, according to the Canadian Auto Market Update released Tuesday by Canadian Black Book. Last week, used prices were up 0.35% overall, with trucks/SUVs up 0.36% and cars were up ... [Read More]
Canada Drives adds former StubHub president to board
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Canada Drives added to its board of directors this week, appointing Sukhinder Singh Cassidy as lead independent director. Singh Cassidy is the former president of StubHub and has held senior leadership posts at Google, theBoardlist, Yodlee, Polyvore, Joyus and Amazon. ... [Read More]
CBB adds business development director
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Canadian Black Book has named a new director of business development. Hired for the role was James Hancock, whose background includes 14 years working with a luxury automaker in Canada and the U.S. Hancock has spent the last eight years ... [Read More]
May shows improving CPO car market in Canada
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
Spring has brought a blooming certified pre-owned vehicle market in Canada. As the CPO market continues to bounce back, automakers were seeing a lot of good signs last month. Here's how some of the CPO programs are faring, based on ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Canada Drives co-CEO talks expansion & more
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Canada Drives co-chief executive officer Cody Green joined the Auto Remarketing Podcast to discuss the company's online vehicle shopping and delivery platform expanding into Ontario, future growth plans and more. Plus, Green shares a bit about the company's platform in the ... [Read More]
Auto originations, delinquencies decline in Canada
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Though not as steep as the declines in other sectors, auto loan origination volumes in Canada dropped 8.8% year-over-year in the fourth quarter, according to the Q1 2021 TransUnion Industry Insights Report. Specifically, there were 435,065 auto loans originated in ... [Read More]
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