Dealer.com Advertising platform blends machine learning technology with digital marketing specialists. Mix one part advanced data science with one part highly-trained digital marketing specialist. That’s Dealer.com Advertising’s formula for success for dealers trying to find online car shoppers who are …
The Koch Lincoln dealership in Alberta is rolling out a new program that will allow car buyers to skip the in-store visit and schedule a new vehicle test drive directly from the company website. In yet another example of an …
Canadian Black Book and J.D. Power have announced the seventh installment of the TalkAUTO Canada conference, to be held on Nov. 7, 2018 at the Universal EventSpace in Vaughan, Ont. This year’s theme, “Who Moved My Keys? Adapting to Change …
When you are in the automotive media, it seems there’s always an event, conference or trade show worth attending. Our role as an industry magazine, after all, is to help discover and present the best ideas we come across that …
Although I’m not overly fond of the way we too easily pin labels on generations and then ascribe a lot of stereotypical behaviours to them, there’s no doubt that the next generation of young people entering the workforce have some …
By Gerry Malloy After two strong sales months to kick off 2018, widespread predictions of a softening in the Canadian auto market seem to be materializing. For the third month in a row, new-vehicles sales were down in May. Though …
Porsche continues to dabble in new technologies and services that meet consumer demands for greater convenience — the latest example being the Canadian launch of a short-term rental program in the greater Montreal area. Known as Porsche Drive, the service …
OpenRoad Auto Group has announced the acquisition of Mercedes-Benz Surrey, B.C., representing the automotive retail group’s first store of the luxury brand. The dealership first opened in 1999 on Fraser Highway and eventually relocated to Surrey in 2002. It was …
Cox Automotive Canada has announced that its president, Maria Soklis, will deliver the keynote speech at the Women in Automotive Leadership (WIAL) Summit in Springfield, Man., on June 13. The main goal of the event is to help shift the …
Pickup trucks helped boost new car prices in the U.S. during the month of May 2018, according to the analysts at Kelley Blue Book. Their data reveals that the estimated average transaction price for light vehicles in the country was …
Alberta’s Koch Automotive Group has announced the addition of several new features to its e-commerce dealership website that will allow car buyers to write and publish reviews about the vehicles they purchase. They can also track prices, create user accounts …
The City of Saskatoon, Sask., is expected to receive $2.9 million in funding towards research on connected and automated vehicles from Transport Canada. More specifically, the funding will be provided under the program to Advance Connectivity and Automation in the …
