Pick up the phone
Dealer phone call leads to lunch chat In my first editor’s note in this space, I wrote that I loved getting reader feedback and hearing from dealers. That’s why I was so happy to pick up my phone and hear …
Category: Editor’s note
Wanted: Young guns
Are you ready for the next generation? There’s a lot of interest in issues like succession planning, the lack of a solid bench strength for our industry, and questions about where the future leaders of Canada’s automotive retail industry are …
Shifting Gears
Got an opinion? We’d love to hear it. The first thing you’ll notice in this issue of Canadian auto dealer is that my picture replaces the picture of our longtime editor Gerry Malloy in this spot. But all is well …
We are not selling just transportation devices any more
And we no longer operate in a closed, automotive-only environment A very few years ago, people in the industry were joking that the car would soon become little more than a mobile platform for the newest electronic gadgetry. It’s no …
Resurgent Detroit gives cause for optimism
It had a totally different vibe… Y ou can’t guage what’s going to happen during the year from the mood at one auto show. Or even two or three. If you recall the shows early in 2008, including the NADA …
Welcome the New Year with optimism
And make sure you’ve got a ‘Plan B’ As you read through this magazine, you’ll no doubt recognize that its overriding theme is ‘the year ahead’. Nothing unusual about that. The New Year is a natural time to reflect on …
AJAC awards benefit both consumers and dealers
Published test data are a treasure of useful information As I write this note, I’ve just returned from spending the better part of a week at the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada’s (AJAC) annual TestFest in Niagara on the Lake, …
Is the future of the automobile really electric?
Not everybody is a believer After more than a century of domination by the internal combustion engine, the age of the electric automobile is now upon us. Or so politicians and the mass media would have us believe. Increasingly stringent …
Words of wisdom
From somebody who really knows This summer, I had the privilege of sitting down with Marcus Breitschwedt, president and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Canada, for an in-depth chat about that company’s phenomenal success in recent years, and the reasons behind it. …
A chance to hear from a true expert
Maryann Keller will offer her deep insights into the used car market when she appears at CADEX in September Maryann Keller, one of North America’s most respected experts on the automotive industry, will be joining us at our CADEX event …
Cautious optimism
A healthy perspective to maintain Over the course of the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto and the NADA convention in Orlando, in February, we had the opportunity to talk with key players from every facet of the auto industry, …
Recall frenzy is bad for the whole industry
But the system is working as it should It’s been over a decade since the subject of automotive recalls has received as much public, political and media attention as it has recently. Back then it was Ford on the hot …
