OpenRoad Auto Group announced a new executive vice president and chief financial officer earlier this month, appointing former PricewaterhouseCoopers partner Tahir Ayub to the role.    Ayub was a partner at PwC for more than two decades and held several ... [Read More]

Five critical performance metrics Axis Auto Finance recorded during the second quarter of its 2021 fiscal year moved in positive directions. The finance company that specializes in the subprime space announced record results for the quarter that ended on Dec. ... [Read More]

After Canada made improvements on the job front during the closing two months of last year, the employment picture turned murky again to begin 2021 triggered by a second wave of lockdowns because of the pandemic. However, experts are expecting ... [Read More]

Canadian F&I products provider LGM notes its track record of having a social conscience. The company created an Auto Dealers Against Distracted Driving campaign and recently helped create Canada’s first hydrogen fueling station. This month, LGM continued that track record by ... [Read More]

Fueled by a $10 million Series A funding round, online sales platform Digital Motors has expanded into Canada. The company, which is based in Southern California, provides dealers and automakers a platform that facilitates a purchase process where the customer ... [Read More]

Canadians are driving less. As a result, they are buying less. The result of less driving, says Canadian Black Book, is a reduced sense of urgency when it comes to buying a new vehicle. That is according to a CBB study ... [Read More]

Various themes emerged from a January AutoTRADER.ca survey of Canadian car shoppers. But TRADER Corp. vice president of marketing Lilian Lau highlighted one of the survey’s main insights. “Great news: People are buying cars,” she said. AutoTRADER.ca asked Canadian car ... [Read More]

Cox Automotive Canada has expanded its senior management team, adding four new leaders, including longtime J.D. Power and Canadian Black book analyst Brian Murphy. Coming aboard as chief customer officer for Cox Automotive Canada is Laurent Villanueva, who was most ... [Read More]

ADESA has launched a new return guarantee available to ADESA and TradeRev customers in Canada that allows participating dealers to return eligible vehicles within 30 days for a full refund of the purchase price and associated buy fee. The new ... [Read More]

eCommerce and digital marketing company Fox Dealer now offers GM Canada dealers a live text and video chat product through General Motors Dealer Digital Solution program. The product is called Fox Chat, and instead of forcing the use of a separate app, ... [Read More]