DealerTrack recently announced that it has acquired DMS assets from Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited. In a press release, DealerTrack said that as part of the acquisition agreement, it will assume control and own the administrative, sales and support …
BMW Financial Services has announced a new app for Facebook entitled “The Ultimate Drive.” The community app is designed to allow drivers to share favourite routes and roads. It also marks the first time a captive automotive finance company has …
The Vaughn Wyant Auto Group (VWAG) has opened two new retail outlets; a high-end Porsche dealer in Saskatoon, Sask. and a company-rebuilt Hyundai outlet in Maple Ridge, B.C. The opening of the Porsche store was marked by a $1 million …
Canada’s largest auto group, with 41 stores and counting, is spending $75 million in B.C. over the next year, building five new outlets. “It’s a bit unnerving,” admits Christian Dubois, Dilawri Group of Companies regional director of operations in B.C. …
Service is everything to the three Madraga brothers (Kim, Ken, and Kevin), who have just opened a new relocated Ford dealership, on the outskirts of Melfort in rural Saskatchewan. It is the essential element that has made them the largest …
Forming new habits isn’t easy but it’s essential As the French philosopher Voltaire once contemplated: “Common sense is not so common.” This is why we gather for conferences, sit amongst our peers and listen to experts present insights that should …
Top-notch speakers will challenge and inspire dealers For the better part of a year, a small team has been meeting regularly around the boardroom table in the offices of the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) offices to plan a kick-ass …
Building on the momentum from September, Canadian light vehicle sales were up 7.8 per cent last month, resulting in the best numbers for October on record. A total of 135,476 vehicles were registered last month which surpasses the previous October …
Honda Motor Co.’s president Takanobu Ito has said he expects the automaker’s redesigned Fit subcompact to be the key driver in North American sales over the next several years. Ito predicts that the new Fit, scheduled to be revealed next …
Challenging, colourful and fast moving are just some of the words often used to describe the auto industry. And given how busy many of us can get, it isn’t often we get time to reflect just how significant an impact …
Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. and Kia Canada Inc. recently announced that they are correcting the fuel consumption ratings for approximately 172,000 vehicles sold between 2010 and 2012. Procedural errors at the automakers’ joint testing operations in Korea led to incorrect …
Yesterday, General Motors announced that it had clinched a new $11 billion U.S. credit line deal it had been actively seeking following the automaker’s government assisted restructuring. The new credit agreement, which is designed to finance a number of the …
