Canada’s used vehicle market entered the summer with more inventory, stable pricing and improving month-over-month transaction activity, according to CARFAX Canada’s mid-year market update released Aug. 13. Inventory increased 15.5 per cent in June from May and was 2.5 per …
LGM Financial Services says it has achieved carbon neutrality for its fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, while developing a strategy aimed at reducing its operational emissions over the longer term. The Vancouver-based automotive warranty, finance and insurance provider said …
With a midnight tariff deadline looming, the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association says it is cautiously optimistic that Canada and the United States can reach an agreement that avoids another escalation in the trade dispute and provides relief for the auto …
Canadian auto dealer senior editor Todd Phillips interviews Bob Rae, former Ontario Premier and former Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations. Rae discusses his upcoming participation in the Motor Vehicle Retailers of Ontario’s (MVRO) Automotive Conference & Expo (ACE), taking …
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has formally moved to repeal the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard, a step welcomed by Canada’s automotive industry after more than two years of pressure to change the EV sales mandate. The federal government published proposed …
The repair-cost gap between battery electric vehicles and their internal combustion engine counterparts has fallen to a record low in Canada and the United States. Mitchell’s Q2 2026 Plugged-In: EV Collision Insights report found average repairable severity in Canada reached …
New-vehicle affordability in the United States held nearly steady in July, as income growth helped offset higher vehicle prices and elevated borrowing costs. The latest Cox Automotive/Moody’s Analytics Vehicle Affordability Index found the average new vehicle required 35.4 weeks of …
Canada has secured a brief reprieve from another round of U.S. tariffs, but the automotive industry remains at the centre of unresolved trade negotiations. U.S. President Donald Trump delayed threatened 50 per cent tariffs on a range of Canadian goods …
What began as a search for a motorhome for his own auto racing activities ultimately led Québec dealer principal Samuel Laquerre to invest in LOKI Coach — a builder of highly customized luxury motorhomes on Prevost platforms. “Instead of buying …
Canadian dealerships are seeing higher fixed operations profits, with new data suggesting productivity and efficiency are playing an important role beyond increases in labour rates. The Reynolds and Reynolds Fixed Operations Golden Metrics 2026 report examines total hours sold, hours …
Crossovers gained momentum in Canada’s used-vehicle market in July, even as sales of some of the country’s highest-volume pickups and cars declined from a year earlier. New data from CarGurus shows the Nissan Rogue posted the largest year-over-year increase among …
Canadian used wholesale vehicle prices continued to soften last week, with the overall market declining 0.34 per cent for the week ending Aug. 15, according to the latest market data. The decline, dealers may note, accelerated from the previous week’s …
