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September 11, 2020 | Scotiabank’s Rebekah Young on fall sales, consumer confidence and who’s buying
Rebekah Young, Scotiabank Economics’ director of fiscal and provincial economics, says some “idiosyncrasies” were behind August’s nine-per-cent decli…
6 years, 1 month ago
September 4, 2020 | Unifor’s Jerry Dias talks targets, strategy and the future of Canadian assembly
Unifor's Jerry Dias discusses his union’s plan as it embarks on the latest round of contract talks with the Detroit Three. He also talks about how US…
6 years, 1 month ago
August 28, 2020 | How the Canadian International AutoShow will go on, in person or virtually
Canadian International AutoShow Marketing Director David McLean discusses planning a show amid a global pandemic, what a virtual exhibition might loo…
6 years, 1 month ago
August 21, 2020 | Magna’s Sherif Marakby on AVs, EVs, and ‘figuring out the future’
New Magna International Executive Vice-President Sherif Marakby talks about why he left Ford for the Tier I supplier, how autonomous and electric veh…
6 years, 2 months ago
August 14, 2020 | Plug’n Drive’s Cara Clairman on new and used EV sales, rebates and infrastructure
Plug'n Drive’s Cara Clairman says COVID-19 stay-at-home orders gave us “heavenly air quality,” illustrated how much pollution traditional transportat…
6 years, 2 months ago
August 7, 2020 | J.D. Power’s Robert Karwel on incentives, inventory and changes in consumer habits
J.D. Power Canada’s Robert Karwel says the retail rebound has left Canada’s auto industry “decently healthy” and not needing to “get crazy with incen…
6 years, 2 months ago
July 31, 2020 | Infiniti Canada’s Steve Rhind on COVID-19 and a challenging luxury segment
Infiniti Canada’s Steve Rhind on conquest sales, the need for luxury sedans and increased marketing so dealers can "quickly get back to generating re…
6 years, 2 months ago
July 24, 2020 | Mike Lewicki breaks down the Canadian buy-sell market during COVID-19
Mike Lewicki, of Lewicki Automotive Consulting Ltd., says Canada’s buy-sell market was fairly healthy to start 2020, then COVID-19 struck. So who’s b…
6 years, 2 months ago
July 17, 2020 | Authors of Deloitte report discuss scenarios dealers and lenders face amid pandemic
Deloitte’s Andrew Hamer and Denizhan Uykur talk about their latest report on how COVID-19 is affecting dealers and lenders. They have some advice and…
6 years, 3 months ago
July 10, 2020 | Scotiabank’s Rebekah Young on second-half sales, government stimulus and the economy
Rebekah Young, Scotiabank’s director or fiscal and provincial economics, says the sales rebound has been a surprise, that 1.5 million vehicles sold a…
6 years, 3 months ago