Compared to July 2018, Canadian median used-vehicle prices have risen by 6.8%. Asian-manufactured used vehicles, at 10.3%, showed the largest year-over-year price increase. And the Ford F-150 was the most commonly searched vehicle on autoTRADER.ca from late June to late July. ... [Read More]

Mobials Inc. announced this week that it has revamped its AutoVerify product to answer common questions that might arise when consumers are doing vehicle research, and in the process of doing so, generate credit-qualified leads. The user flow of AutoVerify ... [Read More]

The Birchwood Automotive Group, considered the largest automotive network in Winnipeg, Manitoba, sells everything from Jaguar and BMW to Kia and Hyundai and everything in between at their franchised locations. But in recent years, the dealer group with 23 franchised ... [Read More]

Cox Automotive Canada said its planned new vehicle data capture service will provide seamless integrations between Dealer.com websites and Manheim's new dealer-to-dealer digital auction platform MUVIT. According to the company, that will invite dealers to have multiple uses of images ... [Read More]

New generation, new hurdles. Do you know what millennials are thinking when they visit your dealership? This generation loves to begin their used-car search online, find the vehicle they’re interested in, research it extensively, then come into the dealership armed ... [Read More]

CarGurus said this week it has launched a Certified Pre-Owned Partner Program in Canada, bringing on Kia Canada and GM Canada as the first partners. “We’re very excited to kick off our CPO Partner Program with Kia and GM as ... [Read More]

A new board member, a new high-level executive, a new remarketing network in the U.S., and now the acquisition of a finance company that specializes in vehicle leasing. Thus far, 2019 has been quite an active year for PowerBand Solutions. ... [Read More]

The certified pre-owned vehicle market in Canada looked promising yet again.  Here’s a rundown of how CPO sales fared in the first half: Hyundai has sold 5,096 certified vehicles so far this year, compared to 4,553 in the first half ... [Read More]

Attention dealers: used-car buyers are testing your vehicle knowledge. Fifty-one percent of Canadian used-car buyers told us the last time they bought a vehicle, they tested the sales person by asking a question they already researched the answer to. There is ... [Read More]

A new algorithm from Mobials Inc. calculates the value of consumers’ trade-in vehicles.   Now, Mobials, which is the parent company of AutoVerify, is looking for U.S. dealers to beta-test the algorithm. Once Mobials launches the algorithm, every U.S.-based dealer signing up ... [Read More]