John Carmichael is following through on his plans to retire from the Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council, to spend more time with his family and focus on his other community commitments. After a storied career that included owning a dealership, …
Every so often, you hear a term or phrase used often enough that it penetrates your consciousness. Like, “tech stack.” At Universus, we were doing an analysis of our own tech stack, to see if our tools were suitable for …
Over many years and many roles, I’ve had the chance to collaborate and commiserate with a remarkable list of professionals, partners and friends. I’d like to take a moment to recognize three of those people. Two of them played pivotal …
Now that his multi-use autoplex in downtown Toronto has finally been completed, Shahin Alizadeh is enjoying that he has done something never attempted before in North America. The 69-year-old owner of Downtown Auto Group (DAG) built the first mixed-use development …
The Center for Automotive Diversity, Inclusion and Advancement (CADIA), has recognized Vancouver Community College with a certification for its Transportation Trades program, the college announced this week. CADIA is an organization based in Detroit that aims to promote equity, diversity, …
While new vehicle retail sales for July 2022 are expected to decline around 14.1% from July 2021 (taking into account there is one less selling day this year), the low sales numbers belie the profits being made in the first …
Last week, Canadian Black Book released its Used Vehicle Retention Index for June 2022, which revealed that the market trajectory is no longer straight up, but has begun a slight decline from the highs experienced in March. For June, the …
Nova Scotia’s largest auto group, Steele, has made further forays into the U.S. market, with their recent acquisition of North Star Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram in San Antonio. Since expanding into Texas in February of 2020, Steele now owns and …
A major automotive group in Ontario has created a program to address the subprime car finance market, after losing customers who couldn’t afford to buy used automobiles because of a bad credit rating, and has opted to do deals with …
Dealerships can do a better job educating their buyers about connectivity options in their new vehicles, found a new study called “The Driver’s Mindset: Connectivity and Connectedness,” published by LexisNexis Risk Solutions this week. Though connectedness is “mainstream to most …
Despite their growing popularity, battery electric vehicles have historically lagged behind gas-powered vehicles in terms of owner satisfaction with economy and range, but high gas prices are reversing this trend, according to J.D. Power’s 2022 U.S. Automotive Performance, Execution and …
New vehicle registrations were down in 2022, declining 9.6% from the first quarter of 2021 to 339,820, according to the numbers released earlier this week by the Government of Canada. Sales of gas-powered vehicles fell the most with 13.2% fewer …
