Mercedes-Benz Winnipeg Moving to Updated Facility
Wednesday, May. 14, 2014, 02:53 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Mercedes-Benz Winnipeg is getting a facelift, as store management and company leaders broke ground this week for a new location for the well-established dealership. Tim Reuss, president and chief executive officer of Mercedes-Benz Canada, together with company executives, recently joined ... [Read More]
Co-Auto Dealers Have New Service Plan Options
Wednesday, May. 14, 2014, 02:48 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Now, Co-Auto dealership members have a few new options when selling service plans to customers. This week, reconditioning company Dent Wizard International announced a new partnership with Co-Auto — a cooperative buying group dedicated exclusively to servicing new car and ... [Read More]
AutoCanada Connects Q1 Used Success to New Inventory Strategy
Monday, May. 12, 2014, 02:27 PM
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
As AutoCanada announced strong financial results for the first quarter, the company highlighted one area, in particular, that contributed to an overall dealership revenue increase of 28.2 percent: used-vehicle sales. Q1 was an extremely strong quarter for pre-owned, as the ... [Read More]
Chrysler, Ford Ramp Up Fleet Sales in 2013
Thursday, May. 8, 2014, 02:22 PM
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
Though rental and fleet sales for automakers can be looked at in a variety of ways — as many automakers try to pass of some of their harder-to-move products in this fashion — these types of sales normally bode well ... [Read More]
Nissan, Infiniti Dealers To Have New Protection Program Option
Thursday, May. 8, 2014, 01:44 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Nissan Canada Extended Services Inc. announced a new partnership this week with Safe-Guard Canada that will give dealers another warranty and protection program to offer new customers. Protection plans administered by Safe-Guard Canada will be available to Nissan and Infiniti ... [Read More]
Honda Canada Recalls Over 1K 2014 Odysseys
Wednesday, May. 7, 2014, 05:25 PM
Auto Remarketing Staff
Honda announced this week it is recalling 1,501 2014-model-year Odyssey vehicles in Canada to repair the electrical coupler — a component in the passenger side curtain airbag system. “During assembly of the electrical coupler for the passenger side curtain airbag, ... [Read More]
TradeTracker: Ford F-150 Popularity Soars in Q1
Tuesday, May. 6, 2014, 08:42 PM
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
The Ford F-150 has done it again. Scoring the top spot for April, the truck has managed to swipe the No. 1 spot as the most appraised vehicle in Canada every month this year. In fact, the top three models ... [Read More]
2 European Automakers Break All-time CPO Records in April
Tuesday, May. 6, 2014, 03:05 PM
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
As the first quarter wrapped up, two European automakers secured all-time certified pre-owned monthly sales records in April. First up, Volkswagen Canada broke the first all-time record month it notched in March by over 100 units this past month. In ... [Read More]
Q1 Auction Price Spike to Linger
Thursday, May. 1, 2014, 02:29 PM
Auto Remarketing Canada Staff
Though relief from high prices at auction is almost visible on the horizon, according to industry predictions, dealers are still having to shell out for quality used vehicles in the lanes, at least for the short term. According to RVI’s ... [Read More]
AutoCanada Increases Floorplan Facility to Make Way for Expansion
Thursday, May. 1, 2014, 01:57 PM
Sarah Rubenoff, Auto Remarketing Canada Editor
It’s been a big week for AutoCanada. In time with the company revealing it is in the process of adding eight new dealership to its lineup, the dealer group also recently announced it has increased its floor plan credit facility ... [Read More]