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Jeremy Louisos of Preowned Auto Logistics Returns to Show
Our “PAL” Jeremy Louisos of Preowned Auto Logistics is back on the show for a wide-ranging conversation about his work on remarketing industry committees and conferences, top issues and hot topics in auto transport and much more. The interview is ... Listen Here
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

AutoCanada promotes interim Cochrane to permanent CEO role

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
AutoCanada’s interim CEO is interim no more. Sam Cochrane, the chief financial officer who has been serving in the top executive position since former executive chairman Paul Antony’s departure in October, has been named CEO of the Edmonton-based dealership group. ... [Read More]

Same old story: Toyota at the top of CBB Best Residual Value Awards

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
The dates change, but the name at the top remains the same. Toyota claimed the car category’s Overall Brand Award in Canadian Black Book’s 2026 Best Residual Value Awards for the fifth consecutive year. Not coincidentally, that’s also how many ... [Read More]

Acquisition of Key Auto Group adds to FFUN

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Key Auto Group is now in on the FFUN. The FFUN Group announced it has acquired Key Auto Group, a deal that adds four auto dealerships and a collision center to the Saskatoon-based dealership group. The deal includes three stores ... [Read More]

Dealers fight compressed profit margins with ‘customer-centric F&I’ centered on ‘advising, not selling’

Sarah Rubenoff, Correspondent
Canadian dealers, franchised and independent, are facing a volatile supply environment and compressed profit margins across multiple fronts.  And more than ever, add-ons and F&I offerings are integral to dealership bottom lines. When done well, the business office often drives ... [Read More]

Canadian wholesale market’s gentle slide becomes a plummet as February begins

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
As the calendar turned to February, the gentle decline of Canadian used-vehicle wholesale values turned to a steep dive. Canadian Black Book’s weekly Market Insights report found the market down 0.71% for the week ending Feb. 7, a sharp contrast ... [Read More]

Dealers, OEMs bracing for ‘foundational, irreversible transformation’ of Canada’s auto industry

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Big changes are coming to the Canadian auto industry. In fact, a new report from KPMG says it’s already happening. Facing an uncertain environment in trade, the overall economy and the automotive markets, Canada’s automotive industry is acting rather than ... [Read More]

GM finishes job, ends 2025 as Canada’s top EV seller

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
General Motors Canada finished what it started. After the automaker’s rise in electric vehicle sales took it to the top spot among EV sellers for the first half of 2025, GM Canada announced it was No. 1 for the full ... [Read More]

CBB Index’s January rise a ‘reprieve’ as expected slower year begins

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
A month after a market correction led to its largest drop in a year and a half, Canadian Black Book’s Used Vehicle Retention Index went the other way in January. The index inched upward 0.4 points to 133.5 points to ... [Read More]

AutoTrader listings available on ChatGPT platform through new integration

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Artificial intelligence is the latest wave in the automotive world, and AutoTrader is diving right in. AutoTrader has launched an integration with ChatGPT, which the company said makes it the first Canadian vehicle marketplace directly available on the popular AI ... [Read More]

Nearly 1 million Canadian vehicles have open recalls, Carfax Canada data shows

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Almost 1 million vehicles on Canadian roads are operating with unrepaired recalls, according to data generated by Carfax Canada’s vehicle history reports. Unfixed recalls are very common, the company said. They can include issues such as malfunctioning airbags, electrical problems ... [Read More]

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