There’s an old adage in the used-car business that says, “Customers come to your lot to look for the cars they want; you’re at the lot to sell the cars you want to sell.” That all works out great if those potentially conflicting motives intersect at the perfect vehicle which just happens to be on […] [Read More]

As part of the Aug. 1 print edition of Auto Remarketing, our Power 300 issue, we conducted a few Q&As with leaders from some of the top companies in the used-car space.  Below is a Q&A with Ron Cooney, who is the Toyota Certified Used Vehicles sales operations manager at Toyota Motors North America. Auto Remarketing: When […] [Read More]

Vincentric recently announced the winners of its the sixth annual Vincentric Best Fleet Value in Canada awards, where Ford Motor Co. took home 10 winning awards. Mercedes-Benz and Toyota each had four winning vehicles in this year's awards. The winning Ford roster included the six-time champion F-150 and four-time winner F-250 pickup trucks, as well […] [Read More]

Canadian auto superstore HGrégoire recently announced it will add two new franchises to its network to service the needs of customers in Southwestern Québec. The company’s new dealerships, HGrégoire Infiniti and HGrégoire Mitsubishi, set to open in August, are both located in Chomedey, Québec. "HGrégoire continues to be the leader in the new and pre-owned vehicle industry," […] [Read More]

Management at Brian Jessel BMW Pre-Owned in Vancouver described what it’s like to be a part of select group of stores recently hailed by CarGurus. The shopping website announced its inaugural list of CarGurus Canada Top Rated Dealers, a collection that includes more than 400 stores. Awards are being presented to a select group of […] [Read More]

How contract holders in your auto finance portfolio make future payments continues to be an evolving topic, as a recent survey conducted by Viewpost showed. Viewpost, a network for invoicing, payments and cash management, produced a survey of American consumers covering the future of payments and key issues around awareness of payment technologies, as well […] [Read More]

As part of a broad company-wide campaign, KAR Auction Services has released its first wave of product and service offerings that integrate the company’s diverse operational capabilities with the TradeRev digital mobile marketplace. KAR is currently leveraging its whole car and salvage auctions, floorplan financing, transportation services and data analytical insights to enhance TradeRev’s mobile […] [Read More]

I’m a fan of an underrated comedy, and one that I’ll stop and watch almost any time it’s on cable is “This is 40.” Part of why the movie works is because its two co-stars, Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd, are seemingly “ordinary” folks. Each of them seem like the next-door type, both in this movie […] [Read More]

When you want to buy a song or album, you might first think “iTunes.” When a car shopper begins his or her purchase journey, Langley Steinert and crew want that consumer to think “CarGurus.” The company that Steinert founded in 2006 has 23 million unique monthly users coming to its website each month and over 22,000 […] [Read More]

Hireology is looking to help dealerships slow the costly churn of employees being added and subtracted from their workforce. Officials from the hiring and talent management platform are working in partnership with Cox Automotive and the National Automobile Dealers Association to host a retail automotive human capital management summit called Elevate. Intended for general managers, […] [Read More]