Canadian automotive dealers have had it with distracted driving and are taking a stand this month. More than 430 dealerships are participating in the Auto Dealers Against Distracted Driving campaign throughout March, inspired by a countrywide campaign to increase attention ... [Read More]

In order to celebrate the success of the Canadian used-car industry, the Auto Remarketing Canada Conference, presented by CarProof, is throwing a “Celebration of Success” party — bound to end the upcoming event with a bang. And what’s one of ... [Read More]

In January, TRADER Corp. announced an agreement with Mobials, which allows dealership websites using the Mobials ReviewMii platform to include their customer reviews within the autoTRADER.ca marketplace. And ReviewMii officially launched on autoTRADER.ca this past Wednesday. The ReviewMii tool that ... [Read More]

Anyone who has read one of Dealertrack Technologies’ TradeTracker Used-Vehicle Market Reports in the last few months won’t be surprised by what they see, once again, on top of the appraisal charts. The Ford F-150 remains the top overall most-appraised ... [Read More]

With the certified pre-owned market growing at a rapid rate across Canada and the U.S, the majority of February CPO sales results were a good indicator growth is not slowing anytime soon. For example, over at Audi, Elankum Vairavanathan, manager ... [Read More]

Though used-car prices fell slightly last month and most vehicle segments saw month-over-month declines, minivans continued to see impressive price increases. According to the latest RVI Market Update, the RVI Used-Vehicle Price Index fell by 4 percent from December, while ... [Read More]

The Automotive Industries Association of Canada — the national trade association representing the automotive service and repair industry — announced this week its president and chief executive officer will leave the association on May 1. Robert Pitt, chairman of the ... [Read More]

Just a mere decade ago, as CPO was emerging onto the market, most shoppers had little idea what the acronym stood for, let alone how these vehicles stood out from late-model used rides. Now, according to recent TRADER research, the ... [Read More]

Wholesale price movement for the first month of 2015 for ADESA Canada and Manheim Canada was minor, showing little change from the end of last year. Based on numbers provided by the two companies, there appear to be very slight ... [Read More]

Canadian new auto sales – which totaled roughly 1.85 million units in 2014 – eclipsed the previous year by 6 percent, according to the Scotiabank Global Auto Report released this month. Unlike 2013, however, which had overall sales growth in ... [Read More]