PBS Systems said it attracted record attendance at its Dealer Conference 2023, which it recently wrapped up. The event was offered to franchise automotive retailers from Sept. 13-15 at the Hyatt in downtown Calgary, Alta. The conference saw more than …
For the sixth consecutive month new vehicle sales in the United States have experienced a double-digit growth, with September showing an increase of 13.8% from the same period in 2022. As September is not yet over, the total new-vehicle sales …
Mitsubishi Electric and BlackBerry recently announced that the Japanese manufacturing company’s new automotive in-cabin system, FLEXConnect, will be powered by BlackBerry IVY — an edge-to-cloud vehicle data platform. One of the end results should be increased road safety by anticipating …
Vehicle prices in the Canadian used wholesale market declined -0.17% for the week ending on Sept. 23 — somewhat notably from the -0.33% the prior week. The data was pulled from Canadian Black Book’s latest Market Insights report, which shows …
Brand loyalty has slipped among new vehicle owners in the United States thanks to a boost in vehicle availability and greater choice, according to J.D. Power’s recently released 2023 U.S. Automotive Brand Loyalty Study. “Now that some of those (pandemic/post-pandemic) …
AutoCanada, a North American automobile dealership group, has expanded its leadership team with the announcement of a few key promotions — one of them being Jeff Thorpe, who was recently tapped as President of North American Operations. He originally joined …
The J.D. Power Auto Summit is set to take place as a live event in Las Vegas, Nevada on Feb.1, 2024 — one day prior to the NADA Show from the National Automobile Dealers Association, which will be held in …
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada announced that it is celebrating 20 years of manufacturing Lexus vehicles; TMMC was the first plant outside of Japan to produce this brand of vehicles, which started with a silver Lexus RX 330 on Sep. 26, …
New light vehicle sales at the provincial level varied notably, even as sales on a national level shows an impressive increase.That is according to DesRosiers Automotive Consultants (DAC) latest update, which found that Québec led the market with an estimated …
INDYCAR drivers Graham Rahal and Benjamin Pedersen will be speakers at the Reynolds Retail Summit: Amplify on Sept. 26 and will explore the psychology of winning, the company announced. Jason Stein, the host of Cars and Culture with Jason Stein …
Mitsubishi Motor Sales of Canada partnered with Food Banks Canada, along with other local food banks within the country, as part of its Driving Healthy Change campaign that will see dealers collect food and make donations in local communities. In …
Dealers may be interested to note that Unifor has reached a tentative agreement with the Ford Motor Company that covers more than 5,600 members at the OEM’s Canadian facilities, according to an announcement from the union on Sept. 19. The …
