Volkswagen has ambitious plans for its North American operations. Having introduced new models intended for high volume production such as the 2012 Jetta and Passat and witnessing a surge in sales, the company is now pushing to grow the service …
Jim Pattison Lease announced it has purchased the the Williamson Leasing portfolio.Williamson Leasing has been a service leader in the vehicle leasing market of Ontario for more than 50 years. In a news release, the company says Williamson Leasing employees, …
On May 15, ARPAC (the Association of Auto Parts Recyclers in Quebec), announced a new, national Car for Life support program for healthcare providers. The idea behind it is that those who wish to get rid of old junk cars …
Hydro-Québec’s research institute, IREQ teamed up with B3CG Interconnect, based in Saint-Eustache, and its partners to test vehicle-to-grid and vehicle-to-home power exchanges. The goal of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) systems is to use electricity stored in the batteries of plug-in vehicles as …
Automotive industry executives planning to attend press days at the Los Angeles Auto Show in late November now have a good reason to arrive a day earlier. The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) in partnership with J.D. Power and Associates …
In Brighton, Ontario, journalist members of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) will be driving 23 “green” vehicles from Brighton to Oshawa, Oshawa to Toronto, then Toronto to Hamilton, and finally onwards to London where the green convoy arrives …
For the first time since last September, the number of monthly new vehicle sales in Canada, during April, fell below the level for the same month in 2011. Not by much – just 1.4 per cent – but down, nonetheless. …
Mississauga Toyota, a single-point dealership, has taken a bold leap into the world of social media with a big Facebook contest. The company’s agency Dashboard helped the dealership come up with its Park A Yaris Contest. In a news release …
Chrysler Group has recognized some 30 different dealerships in 19 states for their progressive environmentally conscious and energy saving operations. Under the so-called ECO initiative, stores that demonstrate outstanding efforts in the areas of waste recycling, energy efficiency, bulk oil …
Perhaps it was because of the edgy marketing campaign, or perhaps it was the method of delivery (online). Regardless, Walkaway Canada’s protection for vehicle financing campaign, featuring Presto, the Walkaway Fairy has proved a big success. The campaign has proved …
According to online automotive resource Edmunds.com, incentives designed to bolster new vehicle sales in the U.S. fell to their lowest level in nearly seven years last month. Edmunds reports that the average True Cost of Incentives in April was $2,701 …
This week, AutoCanada Inc., said that it had been given approval by General Motors of Canada, to purchase a 31 per cent no-voting equity interest in Nicholson Chevrolet, located in Sherwood Park Alta., an Edmonton suburb. The company says this …
