Thirty-seven per cent of Canadian consumers are more likely to purchase a smaller or more fuel-efficient vehicle this year, while 29% are more likely to buy an alternative-fuel vehicle, according to Canadian Black Book’s 2022 Ipsos survey. With so much …
Digital Air Strike released its 9th Annual Automotive Customer Experience Trends study at the 2022 NADA Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, offering dealers, lenders, OEMs and providers information that they can use to improve the vehicle ownership experience. The company …
A recent study from Kijiji Autos offers guidance to dealers on how they can reach more customers digitally. The study was created in collaboration with BrandSpark International and aims to help dealers increase sales, and connect with three distinct buyer …
Dealers discuss key challenges with supply shortages and their ripple effects, while also exploring how they are adapting to the situation. In 2021, a dealer in Quebec City summed up the new and used vehicle inventory shortage in two words: …
Shifting from hard-copy papers to digital files may not seem revolutionary, but one company in Ontario is striving for the dream—to streamline the entire process so dealers can go paperless. Back in 2018, a sales manager at a luxury dealership …
Canadian-based Kimoby, a cloud-based Business Instant Messaging solution, acquired end-to-end connected vehicle platform ACE Marktplace. The platform was created by Policaro Group, a family-owned dealership operation in Southern Ontario, and is powered by telematics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. This …
Several years ago, Bradley W. Lane, Associate Professor in the Urban Planning Program of Public Affairs & Administration at The University of Kansas, wrote an article reviewing a piece of research around what makes vehicle owners ditch the EVs they …
With all the promises, goals and desires pitched by federal and provincial governments, OEMs, and other industry players around electric vehicles and EV adoption, there remains a number of hurdles to overcome. That point is obvious when reviewing Deloitte’s 2022 …
Autozen, which allows consumers to conveniently sell their used vehicles to dealers through a managed marketplace, officially launched its pilot service in Toronto, Ont. in January and plans to launch publicly this month. It is big news for the company, …
The Canadian Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) in January launched A Dealer’s Guide to Data & Data Sharing—an extension of its Driving the Road Ahead report, focusing on the importance of data for dealers and its impact on the industry. “Driving …
Kijiji Autos released a new report on green transport cities, listing Vancouver as the top Canadian city with the most sustainable transport. The densely populated city aims to be fully powered by clean energy by 2050. Currently, it embraces initiatives …
After two weeks of declines and months of growth for used vehicle wholesale prices, the market saw prices flatten for the week ending on January 25, based on Canadian Black Book’s latest update. “The Canadian used wholesale market saw prices …
