As car dealers adjust to a new world amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, many are moving to online sales and vehicle demos with a focus on valet-style pickup and delivery services for test drives, oil changes, and more. “There’s a …
As COVID-19 continues to impact the Canadian economy, with a hard-hit automotive sector, the University of Toronto (U of T) launched an online software course on self-driving cars. More specifically, it is a computer science “Self-driving Cars Specialization” that focuses …
Todd Bourgon, Exec. Director, Trillium Automobile Dealers Association discusses the pain points dealers are facing, helping move governments to enable full e-commerce, and recognizing suppliers for supporting dealers. Bourgon says national and provincial dealer associations are working more closely than …
Brian Murphy, VP, Research & Analytics at Canadian Black Book, explores recession scenarios and talks about the economy, short- and long-term projections, new and used vehicles, and residual values.
Christy Fines, GM, Barrie Chrysler/400 Chrysler discusses how her dealerships are adapting protocols for the pandemic and beyond, staying in contact with her team with social media and other technology, and trying to stay close to customers in a post-pandemic …
It is not only new vehicle sales that will be hard hit by the economic impacts of the novel coronavirus, according to DesRosiers Automotive Consultants (DAC). There are various areas within auto retail that COVID-19 will reach as well. Millions …
In response to the COVID-19 situation, Reynolds and Reynolds will reduce monthly (recurring) billing for all hardware and software — for all dealerships — by 20 per cent for the month of April. The announcement was made on March 27 …
TRADER is waiving 100 per cent of autoTRADER.ca marketplace subscription and listing upgrade costs through April and May 2020, the company said in a news release. “We are seeing government regulations evolve daily in response to the pandemic, and we …
Kelley Blue Book has announced the 2020 Brand Image Award winners, with Tesla taking in most of the awards in the luxury brand categories and Subaru leading the non-luxury brands. The awards are meant to recognize outstanding achievements from OEMs …
Farid Ahmad, President and Founder at Dealer Solutions Mergers and Acquisitions, reviews the buy-sell situation in Canada amid COVID-19, and offers suggestions to dealers still looking to buy or sell their dealership this year or in 2021. (Source: Canadian auto …
Dealer Bob Verwey, President/Sheriff, Owasco, offers a fleet of RVs to help frontline health workers in his region, and discusses how hard it was for him to have to lay off members of his dealership family. Verwey has already adapted …
Can a dealership unilaterally close its doors during the novel coronavirus pandemic? John Yiokaris, Partner, Commercial Group, SOTOS, explores this topic — including laws, OEM agreements, and suggestions for dealers to consider. (Source: Canadian auto dealer) Read the original story…
