Canadian auto dealer editor Todd Phillips interviews David Adams, President of the Global Automakers of Canada about the rise in U.S. protectionism in the wake of the Ambassador Bridge protests and closings. Adams says Canada needs to make its voice heard to defend its manufacturing footprint.
The economic research institution, Urban Science, today revealed the results of its annual 2022 year-end Automotive Franchise Activity Report (FAR), which shows “continued stability for the U.S. automotive retail network, despite the challenges the industry faced regarding ongoing inventory shortages …
Investing into Saint John, New Brunswick, has been an intelligent business move for Century Auto Group, a Nova Scotia-based family-owned dealership group. Century Auto has been in operation for over 46 years, and has just acquired a second store in …
Targeting the pervasive problem of auto financing fraud, which will only get worse the more automated the buying process becomes, Paays Financial Technologies (“Paays”), has developed a new platform called ID Verifier by Paays API (“Paays IDV API”). This new …
A recent study has found that the ultra-premium electric vehicle consumer is almost equally likely to be female as male, and is in their 40s; when previous research had suggested the demographic was in their 50’s and most likely male. …
Alberta-based automotive group Go Auto donated $500,000 to the Edmonton Public Schools Foundation (EPSF) as part of a continuing campaign to support the Edmonton Stingers’ Fresh Hoops initiative. Fresh Hoops is a partnership between the Edmonton Stingers and the EPSF; …
Canadian provincial sales of new light vehicles revealed double-digit growth among reporting manufacturers in June, according to DesRosiers Automotive Consultants (DAC). This period represents Canada’s eighth consecutive month of year-over-year increases, climbing 12.6% to an estimated 162,000 units sold. For …
