It was announced this morning that after a successful three-year partnership, Cox Auto Canada — through its Manheim Canada business — has acquired 100 percent ownership of the Manheim Source Edmonton auction. The move serves to extend Cox Auto Canada’s footprint in Western Canada. The auction will now operate as Manheim Edmonton and will continue […] [Read More]

NCM Associates, a popular fixture in the U.S. for its dealer 20 Groups and more, is launching in Canada. The company offers five core services for its clients: 20 Groups, education, consulting, business intelligence and travel solutions. And as the originator of the automotive 20 Group model in 1947, the team at NCM has had […] [Read More]

Here's one way to look at crowdsourcing platform WeGoLook: "the Uber of inspections," as chief executive officer Robin Smith puts it.  Smith said the company, which was based on the business-to-consumer model but has "organically grown B2B," can set up everything from on-demand car inspections to "low-complex custom tasking" chores like picking up power of attorney documents.   "It's like having […] [Read More]

Most dealerships love getting clean trade-ins that can be quickly reconditioned and put on the front line. However, they sure do not get as excited about that “beater” someone is trying to unload. I say it’s time to reconsider that mindset. Here’s why: Ever wonder why CarMax is the largest seller of pre-owned vehicles, selling […] [Read More]

As 2015 was wrapping up, Lithia Motors Inc. announced it added a new store to its lineup in Washington. The dealer group bought Barton Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram Alpha Fiat, located in Spokane, Wash. Lithia management said the store will bring in $50 million in estimate annual revenues for the dealer group. Bryan DeBoer, president […] [Read More]

Swapalease.com conducted a vehicle shopper survey in December, asking consumers about how interest rates might impact their decisions as well as the influence automaker advertisements had on their potential model choices. According to the survey results released on Wednesday, just 6.8 percent of people said they would not shop for a vehicle when interest rates […] [Read More]

The certified pre-owned market has now posted five straight years of record sales. According to industry sales figures released Wednesday afternoon by Autodata Corp., there were 2.55 million CPO sales in 2015. Not only was this the best year ever for CPO, but it beat last year’s tally by more than 9 percent, Autodata said. […] [Read More]

Obviously, there’s a lot of competition out there. You compete with dealerships from other OEM’s, dealerships from the same OEM’s, heck, some of you even have to compete with dealerships within your dealer group, and why not, competition is good — especially when you win! With all of this competition, you and your dealership need […] [Read More]

AutoNation finished 2015 off on a strong note as new-vehicle sales for the month of December, the fourth quarter and the full year were all up for the dealer group. New sales increased by 9 percent year-over-year, coming to a total of 35,962 new vehicles in December. For Q4, AutoNation retailed 89,764 vehicles for an […] [Read More]

AutoAp leveraged its proprietary safety recall discovery and verification capability this week with the launch of what it’s calling Recall Status Now; a tool developers believe is the industry’s first real-time safety recall status verification mobile app. AutoAp explained that its automated, multi-sourced and validated recall verification process can deliver more accurate and timely safety […] [Read More]