After 36 years of operation in Victoria, B.C., Saunders Subaru owners Bob and Norma Saunders announced they have sold their dealership to The Jim Pattison Auto Group. It’s the largest Subaru retailer in Canada, and the addition of the Saunders …
Global auto sales have been stronger than expected, rising five per cent through July, reported Scotiabank. According to the bank’s latest report, gains reflect a modest acceleration among the G7, especially western Europe, as well as a rebound in purchases …
OpenRoad VW in Vancouver, B.C. recently celebrated its grand opening with a west coast beach party that featured an outdoor beach volleyball court, collector VW displays and a gourmet barbecue. More than 500 guests attended the event, including Maria Stenstrom, …
John Farquharson has been named manager of operations for TradeRev in Canada, announced company founder and CEO Mark Endras. Farquharson will be responsible for overseeing the support and arbitration departments and administrative operations throughout Canada, said TradeRev. He will also …
It was a long time coming but Dixie Toyota was finally able to open the doors to its new home at 1600 Toyo Circle in Mississauga, Ont. “To be able to open these doors after seven years is a very …
A Quebec man was recently handed the keys to a 2016 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell vehicle, the first to arrive in the province. The customer is Paul-Yvan Deschenes with the Centre de Gestion de l’Equipment Roulant (CGER), which manages vehicle …
Dealers can now use predictive analytics and data to learn more about their customers on autoTRADER.ca. TRADER Corp. has announced a partnership with Toronto-based Coherent Path that leverages the company’s data mining and predictive analytics platform. This ‘big data’ will …
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 …
