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
2021 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 and recognized a group of Canada’s leading women in automotive each year through our Women & Automotive: Profiles in Leadership program. This year's class is recognized ... [Read More]
OpenRoad adds residential real estate division
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
OpenRoad Auto Group is expanding from the highway to the neighborhood. British Columbia's largest auto dealer group announced last week that it has a launched a residential real estate division: OpenForm Properties. The company’s new residential development division has also unveiled ... [Read More]
Canada Drives expands online car-buying platform to Ontario
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Canada Drives announced Thursday it has expanded its online vehicle-shopping and “to-your-door” delivery platform into Ontario. It debuted the platform in British Columbia last fall, a spokesperson confirmed, and plans to continue to expand throughout the country, with its sight ... [Read More]
Facedrive brings Steer EV subscription service to Toronto
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Facedrive announced last week it has launched its Steer electric vehicle subscription service in Toronto and delivered its first crop of cars. Steer initially launched in Washington, D.C. in May 2019. Facedrive acquired Steer from Exelorate Enterprises in September. “The ... [Read More]
DRIVING INSIGHTS: Canadians’ attitudes toward buying cars online have changed
Drew Harden, CARFAX Canada
When we first asked car buyers if they would like to buy their next vehicle online, it was late 2019 and only 12% of Canadian used-car buyers were ready to buy entirely online. Since then, the process of buying a vehicle ... [Read More]
J.D. Power study shows lenders have ‘room to improve’
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Evidently, the rapid transformation toward online interactions and transactions by dealerships and lenders in Canada is easier said than done — even after a full year of COVID-19 realities. According to the J.D. Power 2021 Canada Dealer Financing Satisfaction Study ... [Read More]
AutoCanada increases used-car retail sales by 52%
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
AutoCanada made quite a rebound in the first quarter, posting its strongest-ever Q1 revenue, among other highlights — including a robust used-car performance. Looking at consolidated results, AutoCanada retailed a combined 9,734 used vehicles in the first quarter, up 51.9% ... [Read More]
Despite lockdown challenges, Hyundai & Nissan CPO sales surge
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
As automakers in Canada begin to share certified pre-owned sales results from April, one trend has emerged: it was a strong month, despite challenges stemming from lockdowns. For instance, Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. had its strongest April of all time for certified ... [Read More]
PureCars gains first OEM certification in Canada
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
PureCars announced last week that it has been certified as a Kia Canada Digital Advertising Partner, representing its first OEM partnership in Canada and 17th OEM certification overall. Through the partnership, Kia Canada dealers will be provided with PureCars’ Pro ... [Read More]
Wholesale vehicle prices continue climb as supply remains tight
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The rise in Canadian wholesale vehicle prices last week was not as strong as the prior week’s gain, but the change was much more positive than what happened the same week in prior years. That’s according to the latest Canadian ... [Read More]
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