The Canadian automotive industry reacted favourably to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s plan for manufacturing electric vehicles without implementing mandatory sales targets. The Canadian Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) formally applauded the federal government’s announced Auto Strategy, including the decision to end …
Force Marketing has been approved as a provider in General Motors Canada’s CSSR Choice Program, a list of authorized vendors that support GM dealers’ customer sales and service retention marketing. The company said the designation allows it to offer marketing …
January 2025 was always going to be a hard benchmark. The month tied 2018 as the strongest January on record, with about 118,000 units sold and a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 2.15 million units, according to DesRosiers Automotive …
Canada’s used wholesale vehicle market continued to soften in the week ending Jan. 31, with prices down 0.32 per cent, marking a slightly steeper decline than the previous week, according to market data from Canadian Black Book. CBB said car …
Mark Hicks doesn’t make much of a fuss about celebrating 30 years as a dealer principal, but he’s very clear-eyed about the leap of faith that brought him to this point in his automotive career. The 69-year-old Manitoba-raised businessman owns …
As the Detroit Three make fewer vehicles in Canada, Ottawa is looking abroad for potential automotive manufacturing opportunities. A CBC article pointed to a new report from the Trillium Network for Advanced Manufacturing at Western University that analyzes manufacturing in …
Vancouver Community College is putting automotive training in the spotlight at its annual Flourish fundraising evening next month, as service departments across the industry wrestle with technician shortages and increasingly complex vehicles. Flourish 2026 will be held Thursday, March 5 …
By Jason Brisebois, John Yiokaris, and Peter Viitre, SOTOS LLP Canada is an attractive but highly regulated market for foreign vehicle original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). It has a safe and stable economy and adheres to the rule of law, making …
Quebec-based OLIJEL said it will officially launch its Intelligent Kill Switch (IKS) anti-theft system in Ontario later this month, as vehicle theft remains a growing concern across the Greater Toronto Area. In a news release, the company said the Canadian-developed, …
AutoTrader has launched a ChatGPT integration that lets Canadian consumers search its marketplace using conversational prompts. The company described the move as a first for Canadian automotive marketplaces. They said the feature allows users to ask ChatGPT for specific vehicles, …
Reynolds and Reynolds said it will unveil a new artificial intelligence agent, called Rey, at NADA 2026, positioning it as a command centre designed to help dealerships complete complex tasks faster by connecting data and tools across its retail management …
Quebec posted the weakest provincial performance in Canada’s new light vehicle market in 2025, with sales down 3.2 per cent year over year, according to new data from DesRosiers Automotive Consultants. DAC said the decline was largely driven by a …
