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 …
As Porsche prepares for an initial public offering, they are placing their bets on the future profitability of their EV divisions, Bloomberg reports. Porsche executives are clearly focusing on the EV revolution as a positive situation, not a hurdle to …
We are old enough to remember when economists, sociologists, and futurologists alike, predicted the end of the long hours culture in favour of a new utopia called the “leisure society.” The argument ran in the 1960s and 1970s that technology …
In 2020 and 2021, responses to the the J.D. Power APEAL questionnaire crowned Porsche as the most appealing brand in the luxury segment and Dodge as the most appealing mainstream brand. With the 2022 study results out, seems we’re having …
For the first time in nearly two decades, British luxury manufacturer Aston Martin is updating its iconic wing logo. The West Midlands-based company is undergoing what it calls an evolution, rebranding itself with a focus on motorsports and high performance. …
