Have you ever heard of someone winning a deal and losing a customer at the same time? Winning a trade today is great, but the business of selling cars and getting great trades is quickly becoming more competitive. So how ... [Read More]

CarGurus senior editor Matt Smith says shopping for a used vehicle can be “a journey peppered with uncertainty.” But Smith says CarGurus’ inaugural Editor’s Choice Used Car Awards, which the company launched in Canada, are a “signal of assurance for ... [Read More]

A new mobile app for dealers from Carpages.ca is a recently revised mobile inventory management tool that is a complete rebuild of the previous Dealer Dashboard, which was a first-generation mobile app. With the revised app, dealers can extract vehicle ... [Read More]

On the eve of last month's Auto Remarketing Canada Conference in Toronto, we visited the headquarters of TRADER Corp., and talked with Matt Lawson, vice president of dealer software and OEM at autoTRADER.ca. Lawson discusses TRADER's partnership with vAuto and ... [Read More]

Perhaps the stage is set for another record-breaking milestone in the Canadian wholesale market. After faltering in February, the Canadian Black Book Used Vehicle Value Index climbed back up to near record levels in March. Now sitting at 105.1, experts ... [Read More]

“Why not take a picture of the dealer’s advertisement the next time you’re shopping for a car and take it with you to your dealer? Because the dealer should not charge more than that advertised price.” That statement is part ... [Read More]

At last month's Auto Remarketing Canada Conference in Toronto, Drew Harden of CARFAX Canada talks about the pain points dealers have in the vehicle trade-in process and how to address those challenges.  The conversation touches on a more collaborative trade-in ... [Read More]

The Kelley Blue Book brand is now in Canada. Cox Automotive Canada made the announcement on Tuesday, the first of two major moves from the company this week. “Kelley Blue Book is the leading provider of vehicle valuations in North ... [Read More]

Canadian Black Book said it uncovered more “very telling statistics” as part of its annual vehicle-buying study conducted by Ipsos. The latest endeavor breaks down the differences between various Canadian demographics in how they shop, what they expect and overall ... [Read More]

Certified pre-owned car sales results in Canada are coming in, and several are reporting records.   Nissan and Infiniti, for example, both reported their best-ever months for certified pre-owned sales.  The Nissan brand increased its CPO sales from 687 in March ... [Read More]