Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - 11:19am

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff

Lexus has set up shop at the Montreal-Trudeau airport. Instead of a cab, why not take a Lexus? Travelers returning home over the next few months and interested in purchasing a luxury vehicle might want to stop by the Lexus Lounge — where they can arrange a test-drive home. In an unusual marketing effort,... Read More

Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - 10:53am

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff

Mercedes-Benz Winnipeg is getting a facelift, as  store management and company leaders broke ground this week for a new location for the well-established dealership. Tim Reuss, president and chief executive officer of Mercedes-Benz Canada, together with company executives, recently joined Winnipeg Acting Deputy... Read More

Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - 10:48am

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff

Now, Co-Auto dealership members have a few new options when selling service plans to customers. This week, reconditioning company Dent Wizard International announced a new partnership with Co-Auto — a cooperative buying group dedicated exclusively to servicing new car and truck dealerships throughout... Read More

Monday, May 12, 2014 - 10:27am

Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor

As AutoCanada announced strong financial results for the first quarter, the company highlighted one area, in particular, that contributed to an overall dealership revenue increase of 28.2 percent: used-vehicle sales. Q1 was an extremely strong quarter for pre-owned, as the company’s used-vehicle revenues increased... Read More

Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 10:22am

Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor

Though rental and fleet sales for automakers can be looked at in a variety of ways — as many automakers try to pass of some of their harder-to-move products in this fashion — these types of sales normally bode well for the used-car market in the near-term. With used-car supply so low, rumors of high fleet... Read More

Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 9:44am

Auto Remarketing Canada Staff

Nissan Canada Extended Services Inc. announced a new partnership this week with Safe-Guard Canada that will give dealers another warranty and protection program to offer new customers. Protection plans administered by Safe-Guard Canada will be available to Nissan and Infiniti buyers and lessees in 219 dealer showrooms... Read More

Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 1:25pm

Auto Remarketing Staff

Honda announced this week it is recalling 1,501 2014-model-year Odyssey vehicles in Canada to repair the electrical coupler — a component in the passenger side curtain airbag system. “During assembly of the electrical coupler for the passenger side curtain airbag, the shorting terminal, which is used to... Read More

Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 4:42pm

Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor

The Ford F-150 has done it again. Scoring the top spot for April, the truck has managed to swipe the No. 1 spot as the most appraised vehicle in Canada every month this year. In fact, the top three models were all consistent with March results in the April TradeTracker Used Vehicle Market report as we edge closer toward... Read More