Sandwiched between cocktail receptions, parties and a gala banquet, car dealers from Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan got a firehose of new learnings at the Western Canadian Dealer Summit in Banff, Alta. this week. The event was organized by the …
Summer provided the used vehicle industry with a boost, as values during this period ended on a “scorching August note,” writes Canadian Black Book in The Value report. CBB’s Used Vehicle Retention Index revealed another new record for two-to-six year-old …
Kijiji Autos’ annual multi-city DealerTalk event is quickly approaching, with the first conference set to take place in Quebec on October 2 at the Centre des sciences de Montréal. A host of experts will speak to the theme of the …
Mazda has announced plans to reveal its first mass-production battery electric vehicle at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show in October. It’s a big step for the automaker, who had yet to dip its toes in a significant way in the …
A family-owned business in Pinellas County, Florida is promoting its vehicle trade-in option for consumers as a controversial buying system that does away with the traditional method of trading-in used cars for newer models. The business in question, OfferMORE, is …
The vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications market is gaining momentum across the globe among automakers and regulators as they strive to keep up with evolving technologies within the connected vehicle sphere. According to ReportsnReports, V2X technology “allows vehicles to directly communicate with …
Hyundai Motor Group and global technology company Aptiv will form an autonomous joint venture to help advance the design, development, and commercialization of SAE Level 4 and 5 autonomous technologies. Through the joint venture, the companies aim to begin testing …
According to the J.D. Power 2019 Canada Customer Service Index Long-Term Study (CSI-LT), aftermarket service facilities are doing a better job compared to Canadian dealers in capitalizing on more costly repairs for four to 12 year old cars. The study, …
Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. announced it will be the official automotive partner of Rogers Hometown Hockey for the 2019 – 2020 hockey season. The move is in line with the company’s successful Made for those who drive hockey marketing campaign, …
Plaza Auto Group recently announced that it has selected Car Media 2.0 as their exclusive vehicle merchandising partner. Car Media 2.0 offers dealerships a full suite of automotive vehicle merchandising tools that facilitate brand consistency for vehicle inventory merchandising. With …
A partnership between INFINITI Motor Company Ltd. and Amazon Canada has both companies gearing up to launch a new co-branded experiential and digital program for consumers. The first-ever Canadian co-branded program with Amazon Canada will provide customers an opportunity to …
Edmonton-based automotive group Go Auto announced last week that they are donating $10 for every vehicle sold to the Kids with Cancer Society. The campaign started July 1, 2019 and with the company on track to sell more than 50,000 …
