Last year’s results reveal a shifting marketplace By now it’s old news that mediocre December sales in Canada — up just 2.6 per cent from the same month in 2010 — held 2011’s new vehicle total to 1,585,519 units. That …
2012 TOP SAFETYPICKS There may be no better evidence of just how far the industry has come in terms of safety improvements than the list of “Top Safety Picks” from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS). It includes 115 …
What a month it was. New vehicle sales in Canada during January were up a phenomenal 25.4 per cent from 2011 – the greatest monthly year-over-year increase since February 2010. And Chrysler toppled Ford and General Motors to claim the …
Dealers can play a bigger role in ensuring customer satisfaction It can be dangerous out on the cutting edge. That’s a lesson Ford is learning as consumer backlash over its MyFordTouch telematics and infotainment system have precipitated a dramatic plunge …
But in the current economic climate that’s a good result By the time you read this magazine, 2011 will be history and you’ll know the final sales figures for the year. Or, if you don’t, you can find them at …
New-vehicle sales in Canada were up for the third consecutive month in December, but their modest 2.6-per cent increase failed to realize the promise inherent in November’s gentle surge. As a result total sales of 1,585,519 in 2011 finished just …
New-vehicle sales in Canada were up for a second month in a row in November, breaking the up-down monthly pattern that has prevailed since April. Sales of 121,133 units were 4.4 per cent ahead of November 2010’s, keeping year-to-date sales …
Anti-skid technology is a proven life-saver If ESC (Electronic Stability Control) has been one of the selling advantages for your brand, it will be so no longer. Because it’s now standard equipment on all new light-duty vehicles sold in Canada. …
The established norm is no longer the norm As we all know, the auto industry has gone through dramatic changes in the past few years. And they’re continuing. Not just at the manufacturer and dealer level, but at the consumer …
For at least the last half-century, the auto industry has effectively been a closed shop in terms of opportunity for new automakers, particularly on these shores. The industry was so vertically integrated, not to mention so capital intensive, that it …
Latest vehicles on display at the EV 2011 Electric Vehicles Conference and Trade show More than a dozen of the latest generation electric vehicles available in the Canadian market were on display at the EV 2011 Electric Vehicles Conference and …
Electric vehicles are reborn and this time they could be here to stay One hundred years ago, the first electric starter was introduced on the 1912 Cadillac. Ironically, its introduction sounded the death knell for the electric vehicle (EV) of …
