Canadian Auto Dealer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

GoAuto has been involved in the auto retail industry for more than 30 years and has established itself as one of the major retail groups in Canada. Earlier this year, the Alberta-based group opened L’OCA Quality Market in a suburb of Edmonton, retailing produce and also featuring two restaurants — all under one roof.

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Canadian Auto Dealer

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As a result, Canadian wholesale declines have slowed from the previous pace seen in December,” said David Robins, Principal Automotive Analyst and Head of Canadian Vehicle Valuations at Canadian Black Book, in a statement. “Exporters have been increasing activity due to early indications of a strong U.S. tax season/spring demand.

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AutoSuccessOnline

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

That said, I do attend them, and we consult with a lot of dealer principals and GMs in addition to CMOs and marketing roles. Digital Marketing Strategies Conference, Modern Retailing Conference, ASOTU CON and more are geared toward limiting pitches and maximizing value for dealer principals, GMs and store/group executives.

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Canadian Auto Dealer

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Bryan started in sports car racing, which led him on a path to automotive retail in 1957. In 1963, he started at Golden Mile Motors and became General Manager and later Dealer Principal, where he retailed more than 3,200 vehicles a year in the 1960s. Impressive numbers for the time, ranking him among the top retailers in Canada.

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Canadian Auto Dealer

JANUARY 3, 2025

Depending on which dealer you talk to and the brand or multiple brands they retail, there is reason for optimism or concern for vehicle sales in Canada this year, according to some people interviewed by Canadian auto dealer. Carson Grant, Managing Partner and Dealer Principal of Comox Valley Dodge in B.C.,

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Dealer World

JANUARY 9, 2024

Jim Price Auto Group’s 50 years of auto retail success, their reputation for superlative service, the power of the Chevrolet brand and the dealership’s prime real estate made it a very attractive acquisition that generated strong interest from buyers. To access The Kerrigan Index™, click here.

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AutoSuccessOnline

MAY 14, 2024

Adding a chat or digital retailing solution to your site? We offer no-obligation marketing consultation to any dealer principal, GM or CMO, and we can help look over your budget and determine where you have wasted and where your plan appears shortsighted. Does your team know how to use it? Do they even know what it looks like?

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Canadian Auto Dealer

MARCH 28, 2025

As for the more global image of Canadian retail sales, the auto sector experienced continued growth in key parts of the market. For example, new vehicle dealers saw retail sales jump 3.7% And used vehicle dealers saw retail sales increase 2.2%. increase in retail sales for 2024 to $15.4 compared to 2023, up to $174.0

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Auto Remarketing

OCTOBER 2, 2024

As one dealer principal told me while I was gathering facts and information for this article: “When we are going through a phase with margin compression like we are now — we look at EVERY expense to see, where we can reduce or cut costs.” The other side of the scale — or the equation — is costs.

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AutoSuccessOnline

MAY 8, 2024

Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) has opened its 300 th Retail Evolution (RE) dealership with Luther Mazda in Kansas City, Missouri. Across our Retail Evolution locations, dealer owner loyalty is up 4.3 Retail Evolution dealerships consistently outperform non-upgraded facilities in monthly throughput, averaging a 126% increase.

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Automotive Mastermind

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Garvey, Dealer Principal of Garvey Automotive Group, discuss the importance of data security in automotive retail live from NADA Show 2025. automotiveMastermind Regional Group Manager Wendy Engelhardt and J.P.

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Drive.com

JANUARY 7, 2025

Supposedly, the transmissions are defective due to a design fault in the Torque Converter and Torque Converter Clutch, said Maurice Blackburn principal lawyer, Kimi Nishimura. per cent of the vehicles average retail value. Affected Toyota owners are entitled to a payout that reflects 17.5 6L50 Calais VE MY11-MY12.5

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Carscoops

APRIL 20, 2024

Kelley Blue Books / Cox Automotive “Whether it’s a retailer, whether it’s a manufacturer — all of us in this EV space are going to do a whole bunch of stuff we don’t want to do, mainly as a reaction to Tesla,” Howard Drake, the dealer principal of Casa Automotive Group, told Autonews.

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Motor Trader

APRIL 16, 2024

FRF Group (pictured) has been named as the Best Toyota Group in the 2023 BRIT (Best Retailer in Town) awards. Vantage Toyota Scarborough took the award for the Toyota Retailer of the Year. The Toyota Retailer of the Year award went to Vantage Toyota Scarborough, part of the Yorkshire and Lancashire-based Vantage Motor Group.

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Drive.com

MAY 16, 2024

Unlike in other countries, like the United States, GST is not a hidden tax and is included in the advertised retail price charged for goods and services. The most important part of that list is the commercial vehicle is not designed for the principal purpose of carrying passengers.

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AutoSuccessOnline

MARCH 18, 2024

The Reynolds and Reynolds company announced Shawn Leibold, director of industry relations for Reynolds, was selected in a special election to fill a vacant seat on the board of directors for the Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail (STAR), the leading automotive IT standards organization.

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Canadian Auto Dealer

MARCH 27, 2024

Shawn Leibold, Director of Industry Relations for Reynolds and Reynolds, was recently selected by the company to fill a vacant seat on the board of directors for the Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail (STAR). STAR is an automotive information technology standards organization.

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Canadian Auto Dealer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

DSMA Managing Partner Maxime Théorêt co-founded QUOTUS, a provider of financial intelligence solutions for auto retail, which recently launched a software as a service (SaaS) platform to help dealerships transform complicated financial data into actionable insights so they can quickly make decisions.

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Canadian Auto Dealer

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Jim Williamson, Dealer Principal/Partner of Williamson Chrysler in Uxbridge and General Manager/Partner of Williamson Chrysler in Lindsay A celebrity hockey tournament raised more than $500,000 for the Uxbridge Hospital Foundation, thanks largely to generous car dealerships and auto retail suppliers.

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Canadian Auto Dealer

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Todd Bourgon, CEO and Executive Director of the Motor Vehicle Retailers Ontario (MVRO) Todd Bourgon, CEO and Executive Director of the Motor Vehicle Retailers Ontario (MVRO) talked to dealers about the work his association is doing to recruit foreign-technicians to help the province’s dealerships fill their labour shortages.

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Canadian Auto Dealer

JANUARY 21, 2025

They also bring experience in various industries, from insurance to retail to the auto sector. Advisors provide expertise in areas like biodiversity, forestry, education, youth engagement, Indigenous partnerships, data, business, and climate adaptation.

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Canadian Auto Dealer

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

CarGurus recently introduced a new digital retail solution that it says more efficiently connects Canadian dealers with consumers that are ready to buy a new vehicle. They can start their financing application online for new and used vehicles, book an appointment, and start a trade-in before completing the process at the dealership.

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AutoSuccessOnline

JUNE 11, 2024

That was followed by a powerful testimony from Laura Murphy, automotive retail specialist from Google Detroit on self-care and how to “Be your Own Best Friend” as well as how to tell yourself “#IAMREMARKABLE” and believe it. This was an incredible session. The food was amazing at every break, every lunch — it was five star all the way.

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AutoSuccessOnline

JUNE 18, 2024

The union combines BCP’s lead engagement platform, generative AI for SMS/email and BDC operations with PDS’s Brooke AI Digital Voice Assistant, BDC technology and in-store retail performance consulting and training. BCP is creating an industry-leading omnichannel engagement platform to solve modern retail challenges.

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AutoSuccessOnline

MAY 22, 2024

Using its new AI-powered data-mining software, retail automotive advisory firm Dave Cantin Group (DCG) can now provide accurate, reliable data-driven valuations for any new-car dealership in the United States, regardless of brand, location or direct input from the dealership.

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AutoSuccessOnline

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Karen Sutton-Ford, dealer principal of Sutton Ford in Matteson, Illinois, has been named the winner of the prestigious Ally Sees Her Award. “This award reinforces my belief that I fulfill my purpose when I build others,” Sutton-Ford said about the award. The dealership business was in Sutton-Ford’s blood.

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Drive.com

MARCH 26, 2025

The base-model will retail for $47,995 with the R8 costing $54,950. litre V8-powered Maloo ute, borrowed from the local school principal, Stuart Knox (pictured above). The higher-spec model is called the Maloo R8. It picks up a hard tonneau, cargo-bed liner, better brakes and improved seats. And its official too. he told Drive.

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Canadian Auto Dealer

JUNE 3, 2024

Silvia Carfora, CEO of the Weis Group, a Toronto-based architecture firm specializing in the execution of automotive retail facilities and customized franchise compliance assessments, said the typical sales process does not serve the EV customer well. Old (sales) habits are irrelevant with EVs,” said Carfora.

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Drive.com

MARCH 3, 2024

According to Principal Technical Researcher of RACQ, Andrew Kirk, thieves usually have a way of identifying faults within new tech found in most modern and potentially future vehicles. “As How do thieves steal cars with keyless entry?

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Canadian Auto Dealer

JANUARY 11, 2024

It’s easy to take for granted how much your car knows about you,” said Kurt Baumgartner, Principal Security Researcher at Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team, in a statement. The report, entitled “Is my car spying on me?”, considers drivers’ thoughts on the use of personal data obtained from connected cars via OEMs.

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Canadian Auto Dealer

MARCH 10, 2025

D epending on which dealer you talk to and the brand or multiple brands they retail, there is reason for optimism or concern for vehicle sales in Canada 2025, according to some people interviewed by Canadian auto dealer. Carson Grant, Managing Partner and Dealer Principal of Comox Valley Dodge in B.C.,

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Canadian Auto Dealer

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Shannon started with the Pfaff group as a co-op student, did a stint in the aftermarket and the OEM world and then settled back into automotive retail, in sales, sales management and ultimately made it to GM.

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Canadian Auto Dealer

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Some dealers are branching into other business areas to spread out their risk and reap new rewards S ome auto dealers are transforming into retailers who also happen to sell vehicles. There are also some dealerships that have developed businesses that are not directly related to auto retailing.

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Canadian Auto Dealer

MARCH 1, 2024

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DealerTrack Insights

JUNE 13, 2022

The General Managers and Dealer Principals that I speak to are always brainstorming new ways to improve their business. In retail automotive, there’s simply no time to sit back and watch your business run, thinking, “Things are just fine the way they are.” And I mean always. It’s like they can’t turn it off. Ready to learn more?

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AutoSuccessOnline

MAY 15, 2024

Successful car wash operations — whether in the retail realm or at a dealership’s service center — must maintain a reliably symbiotic relationship between two principal metrics: throughput rate and vehicle cleanliness. Drive-thru car washes should be a first-choice technology option for fleet-wash operators.

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Canadian Auto Dealer

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The strong employee team we have built is also the best and have made it much easier to compete in the auto retail space. What I like most about the business: The auto retail business is very dynamic and that always keeps me interested in the business. What I like most about the business: Retail automotive is complicated.

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