August 9th marked the opening day of Volvo’s newest retail location, Volvo Cars Royal Oak, located in the Northwest Auto Mall in Calgary, Alberta. The newly constructed 35,000 square foot building occupies a four-acre spot at 112th Ave. NW, which …
Electric car dealership All EV Canada has announced four new stores across Atlantic Canada, two of which will be in Newfoundland, one in New Brunswick, and one in Nova Scotia. The news follows the recent sale of All EV Canada …
Peter Smith GM Chev Cadillac, a dealership in Belleville, Ontario, has just donated a brand new Cadillac CT4 Sport to the Belleville General Hospital Foundation in honour of former dealer principal Peter Smith. The car, which is worth $48,000, will …
J. D. Power has released its Canadian automotive market metrics for July. Although days to turn for used vehicles have remained relatively flat, days to turn for new vehicles are down almost 40% compared to July 2020. In terms of …
Beleaguered by an ongoing global microchip shortage and consequent inventory shortfalls, Canadian sales of 155,657 new vehicles in July 2021, as estimated by DesRosiers Automotive Consultants (DAC), were down by 5.7% from the same month last year – and they …
Canada’s largest automotive group, Dilawri Group of Companies is offering customers an innovative new vehicle trade-in program. Dilawri Group has partnered with Westbank, one of North America’s largest private developers to launch a unique “Car for a Condo” program. Through …
Data by We Predict, a data analysis company has found that EVs are more expensive to service than ICE vehicles. Although EVs require less maintenance because they have fewer moving parts, the study showed that when it comes to service …
A faulty fuel pump is the cause of a recall that affects 165,000 Subaru cars and SUVs including the 2019-2020 Ascent SUV, 2018 Forester SUV, 2018-2020 Impreza hatchbacks and sedans, 2018-2020 Outback SUVs, 2018-2019 BRZ coupes, 2018-2020 Legacy sedans and …
President Biden issued an executive order to make half of all new vehicles sold in the United States in 2030 electric. The move, which will help the American government reach its goal of slashing greenhouse gas emissions, has the backing …
Plus, a global provider of self-driving truck technology recently tested its SAE Level 4 technology in China’s Yangtze Delta economic center. The company secured a special permit to run the test without a safety driver, teleoperator, or anyone else at …
Automotive electronics giant Qualcomm announced last week a $4.6B offer for Veoneer. Veoneer is an automotive ADAS technology company that already provides its Arriver technology to Qualcomm. The offer comes in 18% higher than Magna, which is an automotive Tier …
DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc., (DAC) released July 2021 Canadian Sales data in their recent DesRosiers Automotive Report. Overall sales for July 2021 fell 5.7% compared to 2020 levels, with approximately 155,657 units sold across the country. The drop in sales …
