Hot new products
2016 NADA Convention & Expo show floor was packed with new fixed ops equipment and products From cabinets to wheel balancers and more, there were plenty of exciting products on the fixed ops side at the 2016 NADA Convention & …
Author: Todd Phillips
Setting up shop
Shopify makes ecommerce easy. Here’s how the Canadian company became a top performer Online purchases are a huge business, but they can’t happen without the underlying software needed to host the virtual store. Today, many online retailers are relying on …
Manheim Edmonton celebrates grand opening
Cox Automotive optimistic about the wholesale auction business Nothing succeeds like success, as they say, and Cox Automotive Canada showed the company is confident and well positioned at Manheim Edmonton. Cox acquired full ownership of Manheim Source Edmonton after a …
Leave your desk behind
Dealertrack launches powerful new cloud-based enhanced vehicle sales and desking tool designed for desktops, mobile and tablet devices Many car buyers say they dislike the experience of being dragged to a salesperson’s desk to complete their sale and then have …
Improving EV adoption
EVs aren’t big sellers. But some manufacturers are banking EVs will be the driving force of the future. At least, that’s what Carlos Ghosn, Chair and CEO of Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. and Chair and CEO of France’s Renault Group, …
Canadians could gain trust in autonomous vehicles
Canadians clearly see the potential. We are just not there yet While Canadians lack trust in autonomous vehicles, that could change in the next decade, found the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA). In a recent survey, CAA found nearly two-thirds of …
Eye-popping videos
If a picture is worth 1,000 words, videos are worth 100 million, said Cheryl Milani, Vice-President of Mobials Inc. Now that YouTube is the second most popular search engine, it’s critical that dealers are using video to connect to their …
News and views from the show floor
The Canadian auto dealer team walked the vast show floor at the 2016 NADA Convention & Expo and interviewed dozens of suppliers. Here’s a look at some of the latest products being offered to Canadian dealers. KeyVault Systems Robert Ford, …
Taking it all in
2016 NADA Convention & Expo packed with news and exciting products On the heels of a record year for car sales, and with what looks like another record year shaping up, dealers and vendors were all smiles at this year’s …
The big get much bigger
The sheer size of some of the booths at this year’s National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Convention & Expo was just short of staggering. On the surface, the consolidation in the automotive supplier community, (mostly under the banner of Cox …
Shop Talk
Rotary Lift has come out with a new scissor lift designed just for dealer quick-service bays: the Rotary Lift Double-Section Scissor Lift. Unveiled at the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Convention & Expo, the new lift incorporates a patent-pending, fully …
2015 CADA Laureates don their jackets
It’s always a special moment when the newly-crowned CADA Laureates exit their limo, walk onto the red carpet into the Canadian International AutoShow (CIAS), sip champagne and pose for photos. It’s a signal to the auto industry that these dealers …
