Adding to their collection of new stores, today, Steele Auto Group opened a new Jaguar Land Rover Moncton dealership in Dieppe, New Brunswick. The announcement comes fast on the heels of the news that the company has recently purchased a …
Sylvain Loiselle rebounded after a severe bout of cancer to ride over 500 kilometres in an annual cycling event for charity in early June. After battling a severe form of cancer for 18 months and undergoing various surgeries and procedures, retired Planète …
John Carmichael is following through on his plans to retire from the Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council, to spend more time with his family and focus on his other community commitments. After a storied career that included owning a dealership, …
Now that his multi-use autoplex in downtown Toronto has finally been completed, Shahin Alizadeh is enjoying that he has done something never attempted before in North America. The 69-year-old owner of Downtown Auto Group (DAG) built the first mixed-use development …
The Center for Automotive Diversity, Inclusion and Advancement (CADIA), has recognized Vancouver Community College with a certification for its Transportation Trades program, the college announced this week. CADIA is an organization based in Detroit that aims to promote equity, diversity, …
While new vehicle retail sales for July 2022 are expected to decline around 14.1% from July 2021 (taking into account there is one less selling day this year), the low sales numbers belie the profits being made in the first …
Last week, Canadian Black Book released its Used Vehicle Retention Index for June 2022, which revealed that the market trajectory is no longer straight up, but has begun a slight decline from the highs experienced in March. For June, the …
Nova Scotia’s largest auto group, Steele, has made further forays into the U.S. market, with their recent acquisition of North Star Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram in San Antonio. Since expanding into Texas in February of 2020, Steele now owns and …
A major automotive group in Ontario has created a program to address the subprime car finance market, after losing customers who couldn’t afford to buy used automobiles because of a bad credit rating, and has opted to do deals with …
Dealerships can do a better job educating their buyers about connectivity options in their new vehicles, found a new study called “The Driver’s Mindset: Connectivity and Connectedness,” published by LexisNexis Risk Solutions this week. Though connectedness is “mainstream to most …
Despite their growing popularity, battery electric vehicles have historically lagged behind gas-powered vehicles in terms of owner satisfaction with economy and range, but high gas prices are reversing this trend, according to J.D. Power’s 2022 U.S. Automotive Performance, Execution and …
New vehicle registrations were down in 2022, declining 9.6% from the first quarter of 2021 to 339,820, according to the numbers released earlier this week by the Government of Canada. Sales of gas-powered vehicles fell the most with 13.2% fewer …
