Mazda took the top spot among mainstream brands and Audi took the lead among luxury brands, according to the first Canadian Perceived Quality Score (PQS) from ALG Inc., a subsidiary of TrueCar, Inc., and an industry benchmark for residual values …
Satisfaction with the new-vehicle sales process has improved notably from 2010, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 U.S. Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) Study (SM) released this week. The study is a comprehensive analysis of the new-vehicle purchase experience …
High Gear Media, an online automotive publisher today named three cars as its “Best Cars to Buy 2012” — the Ford Focus, the Porsche 911 and the Toyota Prius. The awards were named by expert editors from High Gear Media’s …
Elevating the notion of recycling to an art form, Lexus challenged four of fashion’s most inventive designers to rethink their notions of automotive design for an advertising campaign to appear in Vogue. Using some of the more than 2,000 individual …
South of the border, and indeed, increasingly here in Canada, November sees the biggest single days in terms of retail sales, those being Black Friday and Cyber Monday thanks to deep discounting incentives provided by merchants. In the auto industry, …
A concept vehicle unveiled by Toyota at the Tokyo Motor Show this week got lots of attention and media coverage. The Toyota Fun-Vii is a concept vehicle that the company says heralds to a not-too-distant future where people, cars and …
On November 30th, Adesa announced the integration of the company’s commercial sales teams in Canada. In a news release, the company says Adesa and Openlane are creating a single sales and customer relationship management team under the direction of Adesa’s …
Auto123.com, a leading Canadian automotive web portal, announced the winners of the 3rd annual Auto123.com awards in 20 categories. Auto123.com’s judging panel of 10 voting journalists have cumulated their scores in each of the 20 vehicle categories, including Green Vehicle …
Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd. promoted Laurance Yap to Director of Marketing. In his new role, Laurance will be responsible for all marketing activities surrounding the brand in Canada. Having joined Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd. at its inception in 2008, Laurance …
The arrival of the 2012 North American spec i-MiEV (Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle) was celebrated Vancouver with Shin Fujioka, President and CEO of Mitsubishi Motor Sales of Canada Inc.. The i-MiEV will be available to Canadians at Mitsubishi dealerships in …
The Infiniti G37 Art Car, created to commemorate Infiniti’s 20th anniversary, fulfilled its mandate to benefit a worthy cause by drawing a winning bid of $55,000 at a private auction for ONE DROP which kicked off at the spectacular Masquerave …
Having often vied for the attention of the world’s automakers with its great rival, the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the LA Auto Show has experienced somewhat of a renaissance in recent years, thanks to a change in …
