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Preparation key to preventing 2nd COVID-19 shutdown
From mandatory showers to not sharing pencils, Quebec dealers lay out safety plan

The Quebec dealers’ association has laid out a detailed health and safety framework for dealerships to reopen their service departments — which were deemed an essential service April 15 — providing a glimpse of the new normal for retail operations nationwide. 
Assume a data attack is coming

Being terrified isn’t much of a plan for a data breach, nor is doing nothing, but if the “aha!” moment is realizing that a breach is inevitable, you have a chance to control the outcome. 
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Calling the Mach-E a Mustang? Brilliant

Is a Mustang purist going to buy a Mach-E? Not likely, and that’s what makes it brilliant marketing. 
Why watch the Canadians to Watch?

The Canadians to Watch share one thing: They point the way to the future of the auto industry.
Electric pickups: Canada is unjustifiably skeptical

With the disproportionate level of pickups to cars bought in Canada, a properly manufactured and marketed truck — with enough size for huge batteries — could be a breakthrough vehicle for the first automaker over the wall.
GM’s $170M buys peace over Oshawa debacle

General Motors is turning its Oshawa, Ont., assembly plant into what is essentially a supply plant and retain 300 jobs held by Unifor members. That was enough to silence the union's outrage.
The cannabis danger you can't see on the shop floor
Since cannabis is more accessible, the concern over workplace impairment due to pot use is well founded. Should it elicit wide-spread panic in the industry, though?
Tech jobs abound, tell your kids
A vast pot of opportunity has opened up for talented, eager and driven individuals who want to work in the tech and auto industries. All they have to do is roll up their sleeves and get...not dirty.
Dealers, it's time for the tough talk
Never do business with family, isn't that the old saying? Succession planning for dealer principals and their families takes that logical and time-honoured saying and sets it on fire.
Young buyers are proving to be moving targets for automakers
Ride-hailing companies are popular in some circles but they haven't replaced vehicle ownership as a way of life. Surprisingly, that's especially so with young Canadians, who are currently piling on auto debt.
How auto shows evolved — and became real work in the process
Auto shows apparently needed to keep up with the times, which is often code for having side gigs that have nothing to do with the vehicles on the floor.
Full disclosure on long-term financing
Opinion-free full disclosure when it comes to long-term financing is in the best interest of both buyer and the seller.
2 million sold (It's just one number)
Is two million any better than 1,999,999, other than the one vehicle that makes the difference? Other numbers, such as used-vehicle values, incentives and interest rates, are likely more important.
Canadians know Rogue better than Qashqai
Nissan says the Qashqai name was retained because Canadians associate with vehicles driven in Europe. Then why is Nissan currently running ads explaining how to pronounce Qashqai?