While the Canadian used vehicle wholesale market was down -0.05% for the week ending on April 15, overall car segments were up on average by the same percentage. The data was pulled from Canadian Black Book’s latest automotive Market Insights, …
Aviva Canada, a property and casualty insurance group, plans to bring Level 2 electric vehicle chargers to seven under-served communities in Ontario that lack EV infrastructure. The company will do this through its Charged for Change initiative. Thanks to a …
DecisioningIT is set to launch a widget that will allow consumers to get prequalified for lending regardless of their credit rating and directly through the dealership’s website. Rosa Hoffmann, CEO and Co-founder of DecisioningIT, which launched two years ago in …
Google Ads recently announced a new ad format known as “vehicle ads” that shows vehicles for sale in Canada. Consumers that search online via Google for a vehicle (example: 2023 SUV) will see options that they can buy nearby or …
The average price consumers paid for a new vehicle in the U.S. fell below the manufacturer’s suggested retail price in March 2023 to $48,008, breaking a 20-month trend and representing a month-over-month decrease of 1.1 per cent ($550), according to …
AutoCanada added another dealership to its portfolio with the recent acquisition of Premier Chevrolet Cadillac Buick GMC, a new and used vehicle dealership and collision centre in Windsor, Ont. In a news release, AutoCanada’s Executive Chairman Paul Antony said the …
VinFast, a Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer, launched its operations in Canada with a splashy event in Toronto, Ont., last fall. Months later, it has now opened its first store in Vancouver, B.C. Its new B.C. store is located in North …
A recent two-part survey from Dealer Image Pro found that online videos play an important role for consumers when researching and buying a vehicle. “Consumers are now demanding, more than ever, quality content in all media formats, including full-motion VDP …
Ford is investing $1.8 billion in its Oakville Assembly Complex in Ontario so it can turn the site into a new high-volume Canadian hub of electric vehicle manufacturing, according to an OEM news release. The transformation, which will include vehicle …
Kijiji will launch a five month-long podcast called “Wait-listening” for Canadian car buyers waiting for their factory-ordered vehicles. The name Wait-listening, and the ridiculously long podcast itself, aims to highlight the average wait time for factory-ordered vehicles in Canada. Kijiji …
Ten years after leaving his job as a truck driver with a transport company, Steve Allan is celebrating a personal milestone in the dealership business. Allan joined the Kot Auto Group in British Columbia as a sales consultant at Kelowna …
The Canadian used wholesale market experienced a slight decline in prices of -0.05% for the week ending on April 11. It was more than the previous week’s -0.03% decline, but significantly less than the 2017-2019 average of -0.13% for the …
