CarGurus bills itself as Canada’s top-rated car-shopping app, and now it’s picking up speed. The platform for buying and selling vehicles has joined with NASCAR Canada as the auto racing circuit’s newest presenting partner and the official automotive marketplace of the NASCAR Canada Series. As part of the multi-year partnership, CarGurus will be the entitlement […] [Read More]

Regular readers of my content know I often turn to classic rock lyrics to make an important point. This tip title is taken from the Talking Heads song “Life During Wartime,” which examines survival in a post-apocalyptic, high surveillance environment. That frames my thoughts on where I think the industry currently stands in relation to […] [Read More]

Greater Milwaukee Auto Auction recently hired Brady Brown as its fleet-lease manager. Brown possesses 26 years of automotive experience. Before joining Greater Milwaukee AA, Brown was the general manager of a nearby Cadillac dealership for the past 16 years. “Brady is very personable and easy to work with, has a mind for detail, and prioritizes […] [Read More]

When it comes to a used vehicle’s odometer, what you see isn’t always what you get. Carfax Canada has joined the Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council to warn used-car buyers to be vigilant for odometer tampering, noting it identified 20,642 vehicles with rolled-back odometers through vehicle history reports ordered in 2025. Odometer tampering, when a […] [Read More]

While findings showed the journey of a vehicle rolling over the curb at your dealership is becoming increasingly fragmented and digital, a top discovery from the sixth annual automotive research study by Urban Science in collaboration with The Harris Poll should make store managers excited. Urban Science found that nine in 10 U.S. car buyers […] [Read More]

The role of an auto lender is growing as affordability concerns continue to loom as a top concern for potential car buyers. According to JD Power’s 2026 Canada Dealer Financing Satisfaction Study, dealers now expect lenders to have a more active role in closing deals in what the research firm called “an increasingly complex financing […] [Read More]

Perhaps there might be some turbulence in portions of your auto-finance portfolio or gas prices might be significantly pinching your business finances like they are for repossession agents. But the overall scene might be OK for consumers, at least based on findings from the newest Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households report released on Wednesday by […] [Read More]

Was it a good week or a bad week? Well, that depends on what kind of vehicles you’re looking at. Canadian Black Book’s weekly Market Insights report showed the Canadian wholesale used-vehicle market down 0.21% for the week ending May 9, a milder slide than the previous week’s 0.32%. But that’s not the whole story. […] [Read More]

Cox Automotive has parted with one of its international businesses. UFODrive Group, parent company of UFOFLEET, announced it has acquired FleetMaster from Cox, a deal UFOFLEET said accelerates its mission to “reshape the $500 billion fleet and mobility market.” UFOFLEET plans to equip and scale FleetMaster’s established platform for rental, leasing and retail, with “intelligent […] [Read More]

Black Book offered two separate looks at the wholesale market this week. The first observation was its weekly installment of Market Insights, which showed wholesale values remained unchanged while auction conversion rates edged higher to 64%. The other assessment explained three reasons why the ongoing surge of gas prices above $4.50 per gallon is creating […] [Read More]