Canadian Auto Dealer

Rhino Linings adds new product to Its family of bed liners December 15, 2009 Rhino Linings Corporation has introduced its newest product, Rhino Extreme lining, to its family of truck bed linings solutions. What was intended to be a commercial and industrial lining has become our latest phenomenon, the company says. As with all Rhino Linings products, Rhino Extreme lining offers great chemical and ... Read more	Quorum announces record sales December 15, 2009 Quorum Information Technologies Inc. reports that it has attained a record level of sales activity. The Company has sold 15 new dealership systems in the past 10 weeks. Of these new sales, eight were in the U.S. while seven were in Canada. Ten are General Motors franchised dealerships. “We have seen ... Read more
CarProof Vehicle History Reports earn business honours October 20, 2009 CarProof Vehicle History Reports ranked fourth among the Deloitte Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada, based on the percentage of revenue growth over five years. CarProof, based in London, ON, was initiated in 2000 to provide Canadian dealers and ... Read more	Mobile website helps dealers track their stores’ performance September 27, 2009 Imagine a world where, where ever you are or whatever you are doing, you can know exactly what is going on in your store(s) and provide your managers and staff with up-to-the second information to help them make effective and profitable decisions. That world is here according ... Read more
Vehicle theft a problem for consumers and dealers alike September 27, 2009 Vehicles are most often stolen from parking lots at shopping centres and airports… or from dealership lots! And vehicles stolen from dealerships and private homes have a much higher probability of vanishing than those stolen from parking lots and city streets. Thieves are smart shoppers who don’t ... Read more	LGM offers Dealer Resource Centre August 20, 2009 Earlier this year, Lions Gate Marketing Company Ltd. (LGM), launched a new online sales and support system called the LGM Dealer Resource Centre (DRC). The DRC enables LGM’s customer base to quote and sell LGM products in a digital, paper-free en... Read more
WALKAWAY founder earns laurels August 20, 2009 Vince Beretta, founder and CEO of WALKAWAY Canada, has not only been nominated for but is one of 50 Ontario finalists for the Ernst & Young (E&Y) Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. The awards honour outstanding Canadians who have turned their unique business vision into successful ... Read more	MPi’s ‘World Class Inspection Program’ expands into Canada July 21, 2009 MPi, a leading provider of profitability tools for auto dealer service departments, recently announced that its World Class Inspection (WCI) Program has now expanded into Canada. In the U.S., the program has proven to add from $100 to $125 in additional needed repairs per vehicle.... Read more

Supplier Spotlight: Canadian software supplier wins key awards July 13, 2010 Toronto area-based SCI Ltd., a pioneer in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions specifically for dealers, won two important business awards recently. SCI Ltd. placed 14th on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 for Canada and 90th on the Fast 500 for North America for 2009. This is the second year in a row that ... Read more	New Scotiabank program expands opportunity for dealers June 17, 2010 In 2008, over half-a-million newcomers arrived in Canada. If current immigration rates continue, by 2017 more than one in five Canadians will be foreign born. And many if not most of them will need vehicles. Newcomers, however, typically have difficulty financing large purchases such as automobiles. Which is why Scotiabank ... Read more
Supplier Spotlight: Sirius makes satellite radio a success story June 14, 2010 The cover story in the very first issue of Canadian auto dealer (November/December 2005) was about the imminent arrival of satellite radio on the Canadian market. Four years on, SIRIUS Canada, the dominant player in the satellite radio market, is launching a new dealer incentive ... Read more	Supplier Spotlight - Boost eases dealers’ used-car burden November 2, 2006 "On-line is where the customers are - and where you need to be."Traditionally, dealers relied on print advertising in newspapers and supplements to create awareness of their dealerships and list their used-car inventory. Then when prospects visited their lot to get more information on the vehicles listed, the sales force would do its job and close the sale. Whether tho... Read more
Supplier Spotlight - ADESA leads changes in remarketing May 12, 2006 Wholesale auctions are at the core of today's remarketing business. But if your image of that scene is limited to the physical, multi-lane drive-through, then it is seriously out of date.On-line is where the auction action is, these days, and ADESA Canada is at the forefront of that business, as it is with conventional au... Read more

Supplier Spotlight: Sirius makes satellite radio a success story May 4, 2010 The cover story in the very first issue of Canadian auto dealer (November/December 2005) was about the imminent arrival of satellite radio on the Canadian market. Four years on, SIRIUS Canada, the dominant player in the satellite radio market, is launching a new dealer incentive program, Sirius +, that will ... Read more	Serious about improving your dealer operations? November 26, 2009 Mike Nelson has more than 29 years experience on the dealership side of the auto business, including sales, sales management, fixed operations, general management and ownership of a Ford Lincoln dealership. After selling his store he sought to assist others as a consultant, believing that there was a better way to provide dea... Read more
Sirius surpasses 500K subscribers... October 24, 2007 Auto partners account for almost 60 percent of new vehicles sold. Sirius Canada recently announced that it has contracted over 500,000 paying subscribers to its satellite radio service in Canada, adding more than 200,000 since February, 2007. According to the company, Sirius is the first satellite radio provider to surpass the ke... Read more	Satellite radio future up in the air... again March 8, 2007 Sirius-XM merger is far from a done deal.Just when you thought the satellite radio market was settling in for a period of stability, it is all up in the air agai... Read more

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