Kot Auto Group has expanded in British Columbia with the acquisition of Okanagan Dodge, the group’s second Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler dealership. Woodgrove Chrysler was the first Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler dealership under the Kot Auto Group umbrella, having been acquired in …
Melissa Young, the outgoing CEO of Skilled Trades Ontario, has been described by the Motor Vehicle Retailers of Ontario as the reform-minded, common-sense leader that new car and truck retailers needed. “The Ontario Government recognized this when they abolished the …
In the world of cloud-based options and electric vehicle charging, dealers in Canada may be interested to note that Emobi launched a streamlined Plug & Charge solution that uses AI-powered identification and cloud-based certificate authentication. The solution is called JustPlug …
If you could bottle up and sell Brian Benstock’s energy, coffee sales would take a serious hit. The car dealer from Queens, New York, brought all of his passion, energy, and ideas to the stage of the Western Canadian Dealer …
If there ever were “the good old days” when it was an easy business to sell, finance and service automobiles, those days are well in the rear-view mirror. Delegates heading home from the largest-ever Western Canadian Dealer Summit, which kicked …
As one of the recipients of a Woman Driven Award from the Motor Vehicle Retailers of Ontario, Alyssa McKeown is grateful for having spent almost 25 years of her life in the business and being one of only a few …
If dealers feel provincial new light vehicle sales performances appear stratified as we near the end of the year, they are not alone — for DesRosiers Automotive Consultants used exactly this adjective to describe the situation. In its latest update …
Dealers may be interested to note that the Canadian used wholesale market experienced a slightly steeper decline, of -0.39% in pricing for the period ending on November 16, compared to last week’s -0.32%. The 2017-2019 average for the same period …
A major automotive finance scandal has captivated both consumers and the automotive industry well beyond the shores of the United Kingdom, where the situation is playing out. Car buyers who financed a vehicle purchase say they were unaware the dealership’s …
Software company UVeye has been recognized on TIME’s list of the Best Inventions of 2024, in a nod to the transformative impact of its artificial intelligence-powered vehicle inspection technology on the automotive industry. In a blog post the company said …
Canadian Black Book has released its latest Used Vehicle Retention Index for October 2024, which sat at 136.0 points — the same as for August and September, and down 12.4% year-over-year. “(A) weakening Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar …
Reynolds and Reynolds has announced that it is investing in, and collaboration with, the creator of “the first” smart space Computer Vision AI software for automotive dealerships: Skaivision. Computer Vision AI is a field of artificial intelligence or computer science. …
