Despite a healthy demand for leasing, credit approvals in the U.S. are at the lowest level for 2016, according to Swapalease.com. The automotive lease marketplace said that car lease credit applicants registered a 58.3 per cent approval rate for July …
The Ford F-150 is the most popular vehicle among wealthy Americans, according to analysts at Edmunds.com. The U.S. car shopping site examined 2016 new car registration data from Polk and found that the car shopping habits of those who make …
July may have been the hottest month in Canada ever in terms of weather but new-vehicle sales cooled down, falling below last year’s levels for the second time in the past three months. July sales of 173,303 new cars, trucks …
OpenRoad Auto Group has come up with a new way to drive traffic back to The BMW Store and help market the brand. The British-Columbia based dealership group recently launched a BMW “pop-up” shop at Oakridge Centre Vancouver, making it …
While Facebook has exploded in popularity as a research tool for car shoppers, dealers should also be focusing on an even more popular site: YouTube. In a recent poll, online car lease marketplace Swapalease found U.S. car shoppers use YouTube …
Automotive technology company Nextup has announced that Canadian automotive digital veteran Brent Wees has been named Director of First Impressions. “Nextup has continued its rapid growth over the last couple of years and Brent is the perfect person to generate …
With school just around the corner, you may start to see more parents and university students walking into your dealership, looking for the perfect back-to-school vehicle. Luckily, Kelley Blue Book in the U.S. has come out with a list of …
The Canadian Automobile Dealers Association, along with representatives from provincial dealer associations, officially unveiled Federation Hall, the newly-renovated student lobby at the Automotive Business School of Canada in Barrie, Ont. on June 3, 2016.
Rick Gauthier has been named a fellow of Georgian College in honour of his dedication to the Automotive Business School of Canada in Barrie, Ont. The special fellowship ceremony took place on June 3 at the school’s Rowntree Theatre, following …
The Policaro family has opened the doors to its new BMW dealership, located in the 410 Mayfield Auto Mall in Brampton, Ont. This is the seventh dealership for the Policaro family, which has been operating stores since 1979.
It’s been five years since GM Financial Canada has been servicing GM dealers and their customers across Canada, and Howard Cobham said time has flown by.
Almost 300 dealers, suppliers and industry leaders came out swinging, ready to golf at the Trillium Automobile Dealers Association (TADA) 2016 Annual South Tournament on June 15, 2016.
