Tablet tales
Canadian auto dealer delivers new tablet edition The role of the tablet device as a communications tool is one of the most interesting technology debates raging. How it all sorts itself out is something that auto dealers need to keep …
Author: Zara McAlister
Succession crisis looms for dealers
A new study finds dealers are bowing out of the industry but many are unprepared for what’s next Almost 30 per cent of Canadian auto dealers say they expect to shut it down or leave the business in the next …
Style & Substance
A tour of BMW-Mini Langley in B.C In the second installment of our new series profiling some incredible dealerships, Canadian auto dealer looks at a B.C. store that boasts, among other things, the country’s first BMW M dedicated showroom. There’s …
New Car Dealers Association of BC helps dealers with succession
The New Car Dealers Association of B.C. will be hosting sessions on succession planning through 2012 following a recently issued report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and DesRosiers Automotive Consultants that showed 30 per cent of auto dealers planned to retire or leave …
NADAP agreement renewed for five-year term
Canadian Automobile Dealers Association urges dealers to support program After months of negotiation, the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) announced that all parties agreed to support the National Automobile Dealer Arbitration Program (NADAP) for another five-year term until January 2017. …
Luxury, efficiency highlight this year’s New York auto show
At this year’s New York International Auto Show (NYIAS), there was most definitely an underlying theme: larger, luxury and flagship vehicles embodying new technology designed to improve fuel economy. Here’s a look at some of the major highlights: Significant introductions …
Let’s make a deal
Getting fast online approvals takes the pain out of paperwork The faster and more efficiently deals can move through the F&I office, the happier it is for everybody: dealers, lenders, service providers — and especially customers. Mississauga, Ont.-based DealerTrack says …
Knight Automotive Group adds dealership
The Knight Automotive Group has another link in its chain with the addition of the Knight Nissan dealership in Swift Current, Sask. It joins the group’s Knight Dodge Chrysler Jeep dealership already in the city. Saskatchewan’s continued economic growth is …
Good guys in your corner
Government bureaucracy and regulations can seem daunting at the best of times. Fortunately, there are influential forces looking out for the interests of dealers on these matters. Here are a few of the people working for you. John Sutherland Nova …
GM approves AutoCanada investment
AutoCanada Inc., said that it had been given approval by General Motors of Canada, to purchase a 31 per cent no-voting equity interest in Nicholson Chevrolet, located in Sherwood Park Alta., an Edmonton suburb. The company says this represents the …
Entertainment value strong at 2012 Edmonton Car Show
The 2012 Edmonton Motorshow drew in a crowd of 71,395 over four days of events and exhibits in March at the Edmonton Expo Centre. “We were very pleased with the turnout,” says show organizer and executive manager Bob Vila of …
Dealers must adapt to changing technology
A lively panel discussion on changing automotive technology to meet new North American greenhouse gases (GHG) and fuel consumption standards by 2016 took place at the 2012 Vancouver International Auto Show. Panel members drove home the message that selling the …
