There are only three CADA Laureates added to the illustrious ranks of award winners each year in three categories: Ambassadorship, Business Innovation, and Retail Operations. This week, the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) and their exclusive CADA Laureate program sponsor …
As our readers are aware, CDK Global, a major DMS software provider for dealerships, was hit with back-to-back cyber attacks and experienced an outage that saw the majority of its systems shut down. The situation remains very fluid, as the …
Canadian automotive trade has exceeded $200 billion, according to DesRosiers Automotive Consultants (DAC). Product imports and exports dropped 23.3% and 23.2%, respectively, in dollar value for 2020, but sharply rebounded since 2022; imports climbed 21.1% in 2023 from a year …
North American dealer group AutoCanada recently announced that it has acquired Nurse Chevrolet Cadillac: a new and used vehicle Chevrolet Cadillac dealership and collision centre in Whitby, Ont. Described as a well-established business in the Whitby area, Nurse Chevrolet Cadillac …
The leaders of Canada’s automotive industry associations descended on Ottawa yesterday and held a joint press conference to express their concerns over the timelines and lack of progress on helping Canadians navigate the road to vehicle electrification, ahead of the …
Go Auto has acquired Audi Royal Oak in Calgary, Alta.: its fourth location in the city and second Audi dealership in Western Canada, the company announced in a news release. They extended their gratitude to Murray Dorren and the Shostak …
Reynolds and Reynolds has announced details regarding its auto retail summit, set to take place at Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Virginia from August 19-20 this year. The Reynolds Retail Summit: Amplify 2024 event will feature educational workshops focused on dealership …
HGreg has won the Canadian Business Excellence Award for Private Businesses, now for the second consecutive year. In a news release, they said only a limited number of Canadian companies receive the award. The ones that do must first meet …
Dealers keeping track of the Canadian used wholesale market may be interested to note the -0.48% decline in prices for the week. That decline is steeper than the -0.22% experienced during the previous reporting period from Canadian Black Book, and …
The sudden news that the B.C. government is changing its electric vehicle rebate program has the province’s automotive dealers and its association disappointed and confused. Blair Qualey, President and CEO of the New Car Dealers Association of British Columbia (NCDA), …
Lots of variation was observed in May, where provincial sales performance is concerned. New light vehicle sales increases were observed in all Canadian provinces, ranging from as low as an estimated +1.4% in Ontario to a stronger +27.5% in Newfoundland, …
Most British Columbians have used peer-to-peer marketplaces, but when it comes to expensive items like vehicles, many find buying online too risky. That is according to a new survey for the British Columbia Automobile Association (BCAA) conducted by Angus Reid. …
