The Canadian Automotive Partnership Council (CAPC) reaffirmed a shared commitment to a strong and competitive North American automotive industry, and the importance of continuing to stand united in pursuit of that objective. The group met last week to discuss concerns …
Hyundai Auto Canada aims to give customers a more convenient, customized and transparent vehicle shopping experience with its new BuyRight program. The latest addition to the company’s suite of tools includes a Five Day Car Exchange commitment and is designed …
The Ready…Set…School! Campaign launched by NextGear Capital Canada (NGC) and its parent company, Cox Automotive Canada, wraps up later this month, but NGC has already surpassed its target by three times. The school supply drive, launched in partnership with the …
The Xtream Service equity mining service from Naked Lime now features predictive analytics to enable more precise use of customer transactions to make reliable predictions of future purchasing behaviour, according to the company. The General Motors IMR-eligible service is designed …
Several changes to the executive management team and Board of Directors at AutoCanada have been announced, including the appointment of President Michael Rawluk to the Board of Directors and Steven Landry has stepped down as Chief Executive Officer. The announcement …
Financial restructuring industry software provider Momentum BPO has partnered with Canadian Black Book to add auto valuation data to its FileAssure offering. This will give trustees using FileAssure access to accurate and up-to-date client value early in the process — …
Kijiji Canada has appointed three new players to management positions across its automotive and commercial markets. They include: Will Harris, National Head of Sales, Autos; Rohit (Bobby) Jaitley, National Head of Dealer Groups; and Robert Karbaum, Head of Business Development. …
Trader is planning an upgrade to its TAdvantage dealer website solution and will launch a new and improved, Canada-centric version in February, 2019. Dealers can expect superior technology, better performance reporting, a “by Canadians, for Canadians” approach and available advanced …
Dealertrack has a new solution for dealers and lenders who want to take advantage of the trend where vehicles with titles sell off at auction lots on first pass almost twice as fast than vehicles without titles. Accelerated Title saves …
After more than 35 years on the job, working with three different presidents, Berni Benoit, has retired from the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association. Benoit is well known to dealers across the country, as she brought a dynamic spark of life …
New ownership models and mobility trends can be an opportunity for dealers. Car sharing is on the rise in Canada, but does it spell disaster for dealers? According to panelists at a downtown Toronto event dubbed “Mobility & Innovation: the …
Long thought to be less interested than previous generations in vehicle ownership and driving, most millennials actually like driving, according to a new survey from Hagerty. Survey results show that 81 per cent of participating millennial drivers say they like, …
