According to Scotiabank’s Global Auto Report, global auto sales remain bright in an otherwise sluggish growth environment, with China and North America leading the way. “Purchases will be buoyed by strengthening labour markets, ongoing low short and long-term interest rates …
With just under a month to go before the 2015 CADA Summit kicks off, the planning team is hard at work to finalize the lineup and other logistics. “We are extremely pleased with the ramp up to the event to …
A Mississauga dealer who failed to disclose accident damage repairs greater than $3,000 has been fined $7,000 for breaching Ontario’s Motor Vehicle Dealers Act, said the Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council. The dealer — Emmanuel Ntiri of Edlavi Motors, a …
A partnership between Dealer-FX and MPK Automotive Systems will help dealers streamline their processes on the service drive by integrating the technologies through a third party. In a press release announcing the partnership, Dealer-FX said service advisors who use MPK’s …
OpenRoad Auto Group donated a vehicle and complimentary oil changes for three years to a single mom, whose vehicle was stolen and subsequently crashed during the Christmas holidays. Jane Scott, a single mom from Vancouver, B.C., was presented with the …
RTD/TriCan announced in a press release that it is launching a new tire distribution brand to help service local markets. Called National Tire Distributors (NTD), the new brand will incorporate existing people, products and programs from TriCan and RTD to …
The Western Canadian Dealer Summit was popular with sponsors who liked the idea of reaching a larger group of dealers If you build it, they will come. The sponsor support for the first-ever Western Canadian Dealer Summit was solid, and …
Nissan Canada’s leader talks about key factors in the brand’s considerable success over the last year and some of the strategies moving forward Last year was a significant one for Nissan Canada and its dealer network. The introduction of the …
At the third annual TalkAUTO Canada conference, jointly hosted by J.D. Power and Canadian Black Book, the overall theme that seemed to resonate was making that real connection — how modern auto retailers can develop true, personal relationships with their …
For 2015, OpenRoad Auto Group was named one of the 50 Best Employers in Canada. The survey, conducted by global consulting firm Aon Hewitt, ranked OpenRoad eighth overall out of the top 50. The accolade also represents the third time …
The leaders that will be taking part in the OEM panel at the 3rd annual CADA Summit met yesterday with Richard Gauthier, President and CEO of the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association, and key members of the event planning team. The …
CarLingo says it has launched a new car shopping experience that will focus on fully understanding a potential car buyer’s needs before the buyer meets with the dealer. “There’s a lot of innovation going on in the automotive space right …
