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SPONSORED EPISODE: Rethinking vehicle-protection plans for today’s wide inventory mix with GWC Warranty
Used-car inventory on dealer lots nowadays can range from older, higher-mileage vehicles to EVs, lifted trucks, and modified vehicles. The result is dealers are also having to change the vehicle-protection conversations with customers. In this special sponsored episode of the ... Listen Here
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

Manheim Canada launches sanitization service to help prevent COVID-19 exposure

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Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Manheim Canada announced last week that it would be launching a service to disinfect and treat vehicles sold through the company’s simulcast auctions to help prevent customer exposure to COVID-19 and other viruses. The Manheim Vehicle Disinfection Service started June ... [Read More]

Fitch Ratings explains latest assessments of Canadian auto ABS market

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Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Fitch Ratings tried to provide some clarity to the Canadian financial market as the nation looked to celebrate Canada Day this week amid the coronavirus pandemic. The firm said its recent downgrade of Canada’s issuer default rating (IDR) to AA+ ... [Read More]

Canadian auction volumes show signs of progress

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Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Auction sales volumes in the Canadian wholesale vehicle market are back to being at roughly 70% of where they would normally be, following another round of “significant growth” last week, according to Canadian Black Book. And further gains are likely ... [Read More]

DRIVING INSIGHTS: Should I adopt a no-haggle approach?

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Drew Harden, CARFAX Canada
Getting rid of negotiation is an idea that many dealerships are experimenting with. After all, negotiation has always been a top pain point for used-car buyers, and in today’s online listing environment, you need to provide enticing prices up front — there ... [Read More]

Wholesale vehicle prices take another tumble

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Joe Overby, Senior Editor
The Canadian Black Book Wholesale Used Vehicle Retention Index, which covers vehicles 2 to 6 years old, was down 5.0% year-over-year in May and fell 3.1% month-over-month, according to an update from the company this week. The index’s reading was ... [Read More]

autoTRADER.ca makes pitch during DAZN’s Premier League coverage

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Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
With the Premier League set to return Wednesday, autoTRADER.ca has lined up an advertising partnership with DAZN, the sports streaming service that is the league’s exclusive home in Canada. The deal will run through the entire 2020 and 2021 Premier ... [Read More]

Used-vehicle retail prices move down

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Joe Overby, Senior Editor
Retail vehicle prices in Canada were down slightly month-over-month in May, though consumer interest and traffic — at least the online variety — was increasing. That’s according to the latest autoTRADER.ca Price Index report, which said the national median price ... [Read More]

ESP Auction, former ADESA CEO, join to buy TradeHelper platform

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Auto Remarketing Canada staff
Canadian auto auction ESP Auction and its president Alain Boisvert, along with former ADESA president and chief executive officer Stephane St-Hilaire, have acquired a majority stake in auction platform, TradeHelper. ESP Auction is a physical wholesale auto auction in Montreal. ... [Read More]

Used-car prices take sharp fall, but bright spots remain in wholesale market

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Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
After the largest monthly decrease in its 15-year history, the Canadian Black Book vehicle value retention index continued its descent in May, pushed by declining consumer confidence and auto-market uncertainty. And both wholesale and retail vehicle values are likely to ... [Read More]

Jaguar Land Rover Canada names Dealerware to power its courtesy vehicle program

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Auto Remarketing Canada staff
Jaguar Land Rover Canada has named connected car platform, Dealerware, to power its courtesy vehicle program, and that means Jaguar Land Rover retailers powered by Dealerware will now gain services such as contactless contracting and pickup and delivery. The decision ... [Read More]

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