Dissecting evolving credit scores with Shams Blanc of FICO
As much as auto-finance underwriting has become sophisticated, a potential starting point to determine if the applicant will be offered an installment contract is the credit score. Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, described the ... Listen Here
Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, 03:34 PM
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Jerry Kroshus of Location Services
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees is a conversation with Jerry Kroshus, who is CEO of Location Services. Cherokee Media President Bill Zadeits talks with Kroshus about his career journey in ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, 04:19 PM
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Kathy Ruble of Ally
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees, we catch up with Kathy Ruble, who is executive director of marketing, dealer financial services and communications at Ally. Ruble has been the longtime moderator ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 07:52 PM
AutoCanada seeks new CEO as Antony transitions out of executive chairman role
Friday, Jul. 11, 2025, 10:42 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Paul Antony, who has led AutoCanada for the past seven years, informed the board of directors he will transition out of his role as executive chairman, the dealership group announced. In a news release distributed Friday morning, the company said ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Examining Canadian CPO market
Friday, Jul. 11, 2025, 09:45 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
A session at Canada’s Used Car Week featured a mix of automaker and dealership executives, who examined Canada’s certified pre-owned vehicle market, how CPO sales are faring, OEM-dealer partnerships, challenges and opportunities in CPO, vehicle supply dynamics and more. Cherokee ... [Read More]
PODCAST: 7 top executives discuss Canadian wholesale market
Friday, Jul. 11, 2025, 09:34 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
One of the highlights of Canada’s Used Car Week was a stage full of top executives from the wholesale market. Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby led a conversation with these executives, who discussed macroeconomic, technological and market factors impacting their ... [Read More]
Canadian car owners’ earnings through Turo reach $300 million milestone
Thursday, Jul. 10, 2025, 10:09 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Turo has reached a milestone. Or, rather, the car owners who use it have. The car-sharing marketplace, which bills itself as the world’s largest, said the total amount earned by Canadian car owners sharing their vehicles on the platform since ... [Read More]
Flat week for cars in Canada’s wholesale used-vehicle market
Thursday, Jul. 10, 2025, 10:06 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
In an often volatile market, Canadian wholesale used-car prices were remarkably stable — at least for a week. Values for the car segments tracked by Canadian Black Book’s weekly Market Insights report fell just 0.04% for the week ending July ... [Read More]
IBC urges government to act as auto theft claims costs soar in Alberta
Monday, Jul. 7, 2025, 05:24 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The cost of auto theft has spiked dramatically in Alberta over the past three years, according to data from Insurance Bureau of Canada. The national trade association representing insurers said auto theft claims costs in the province have risen 65% ... [Read More]
Car segments take a steep dive in Canadian wholesale used market
Thursday, Jul. 3, 2025, 09:05 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
If there’s one thing that can be said about the trend in the Canadian wholesale used-car market for the week ending June 28, it’s that it was consistent. According to Canadian Black Book’s weekly Market Insights report, car values were ... [Read More]
Axis Auto Finance goes private to complete next step toward dissolution
Tuesday, Jul. 1, 2025, 10:06 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Axis Auto Finance has taken its latest step toward going away. The Mississauga-based direct-to-consumer subprime lender, which sold its auto finance business to Fionic Canada in December, announced it has completed the process of going private by consolidating the company’s ... [Read More]
Tricor partners with Signal Technologies to expand Canadian dealer exports to U.S.
Tuesday, Jul. 1, 2025, 10:05 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
North American dealer-owned finance and insurance provider Tricor Automotive Group has joined with Signal Technologies in a strategic partnership designed to streamline and optimize Canadian dealers’ used-vehicle sales in the U.S. Tricor, based in Ontario, serves more than 220 Canadian ... [Read More]
Hyundai Canada’s new charitable foundation donates $250,000 to BC Children’s Hospital
Thursday, Jun. 26, 2025, 10:31 AM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Hyundai Canada’s new charitable foundation has made its first big splash. Hyundai Hope on Wheels, launched in Canada this year, presented BC Children’s Hospital Foundation with a $250,000 donation to support children and youth receiving cancer care in British Columbia. ... [Read More]
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