Three months into the program and Bryan Leaitch — Mazda Canada’s manager of certified pre-owned — has already seen some progress and good signs from dealers. Since debuting Mazda Canada’s CPO offering in March, the automaker has sold 941 CPO units, including 360 certified sales in May alone. As the program continues to grow, Leaitch […] [Read More]

As the early part of spring came to a close, Canadian dealers’ were making a bit larger of a profit on their used-car sales, according to analysts at J.D. Power and Associates. In fact, dealer profitability for used cars rose from just under $1,500 to right above that mark this past April. Specifically, gross profit […] [Read More]

A Google Analytics report on May search activity at AutoTrader.ca determined Canadian consumers took a great interest in trucks last month. Of the top 10 vehicles or brands pored over by shoppers, half were full-size or compact pickups. And topping the chart was the Ford F-150. Also among the top activity generators were the Ram […] [Read More]

Auto Remarketing has learned that AuctionEDGE has made yet another purchase, as the quickly expanding company has now added Auction Software Inc. to its acquisition list. The purchase of ASI was announced today. It follows the company’s previously announced acquisitions of AuctionPipeline and AutoLookout. [Read More]

The overall retail sales market for dealers examined by the Federal Reserve in its most recent reporting period appeared fairly positive, and for the districts sharing insight on used-vehicle sales, the environment is a solid one. In its latest Beige Book report, Fed pointed out rather stable used-vehicle sales, as well as a robust new-car […] [Read More]

SOCIALDEALER — a social media management company out to help dealers create, manage and monitor their social activities through one centralized Web platform — introduced a new tool for Facebook. On Wednesday, SOCIALDEALER announced it now offers dealerships the ability to create and buy mobile sponsored-story placements from Facebook. Officials mentioned the service offering comes […] [Read More]

Bringing its automotive brand partner count to 19, Internet radio provider Pandora revealed the latest addition to its line-up on Wednesday. Joining its group of automotive partners is Mazda, who has announced plans to integrate the service into the radio of its vehicles. The OEM noted that Mazda models that will feature Pandora are expected […] [Read More]

A shortage of used commercial vehicles could be impacting the industry according to the latest analysis by Polk, with registrations down across all used gross vehicle weight sectors. On Wednesday, Polk reported that used commercial vehicle registrations (GVW 3-8) declined by 26.7 percent to 164,024 units in the U.S. during the first quarter of 2012, […] [Read More]

Used- and new-vehicle listing site AutoSales.com this week launched what officials are calling their Automotive Research Lab, an outlet that’s geared to generate insights available only on the site’s blog. Officials explained AutoSales.com’s blog provides buying information directly from people fully immersed in the world of vehicle sales. “AutoSales.com’s automotive insights are generated based on […] [Read More]

The auto industry has a new group of leaders celebrating their success as the first-ever graduates of a new management training program. Students of NCM Associates’ General Management Executive Program for franchised dealers celebrated their graduation on Wednesday. “I am very proud of each one of today’s graduates; they have worked diligently to balance the […] [Read More]