New Car Dealer's Associations of Toronto & Ontario and CarProof Join Forces to Give Consumers Peace-of-Mind When Buying a Used Vehicle

    /24-7PressRelease/ - TORONTO, CANADA, May 28, 2007 - CarProof Vehicle History Reports and the New Car Dealer's Associations of Ontario today announced a partnership designed to provide tools to dealers that will give consumers peace-of-mind when they buy a used vehicle.

The Toronto Automobile Dealers Association (TADA) and the Ontario Automobile Dealers Association (OADA) announced today that they have selected CarProof Vehicle History Reports as their official report. Members of the associations will now be able to purchase CarProof reports through their association web site at www.tada.com and www.oada.com. Each report will provide details about a car's complete history including where it has been registered, any accident claims that may have been made and whether or not the vehicle is stolen.

"We selected CarProof because we are of the opinion their reports provide the most accurate and comprehensive information on Accident Damage, Vehicle History and Liens in the marketplace today," said TADA Executive Director, Barry Gee.

CarProof is a Canadian company and the only service of its kind that is connected "live" to each motor vehicle and lien jurisdiction in Canada so that it can deliver the most up-to-date information available in the Canadian automotive industry. CarProof is also the only online reporting service that is connected "live" to the Canadian insurance industry to report real time vehicle accident damage. In addition, CarProof accesses U.S. vehicle history information from a database consisting of 20 billion records through its partnership with Experian Automotive. CarProof also recently took steps to add another layer of protection for their customers, adding a national stolen record search of the Canadian Police Information Centre. All CarProof Verified and Claims reports will now include data used by law enforcement and government agencies across Canada to identify stolen cars.

"We believe providing this tool to our members, one that will generate the most complete information available, will allow our members to show their consumers that they have taken great care to sell pre-owned vehicles that are accident-free and have clean histories," said Geoff Wilkinson, Executive Director of the OADA.

"At CarProof, our goal is to provide consumers and the automotive industry with critical, reliable and current information so that they can make confident and informed decisions about any used vehicle transaction," said Paul Antony, President of CarProof. "We are excited that the OADA and the TADA have chosen CarProof as the official Vehicle History Report provider for its members. Consumers purchasing a car from one of their members will have greater peace-of-mind seeing the CarProof report that was run on the vehicle before they buy it. And that will result in greater sales revenue for the dealers and better buyer loyalty."

About CarProof
CarProof, a London, Ontario company, was started in 2000 to provide the most comprehensive, accurate and timely Used Vehicle History Reports available in Canada. In addition to being the Official Report of the OADA-TADA New Car Dealers of Ontario, CarProof is used by the government of Alberta and PEI as part of their provincial registry, endorsed by the Motor Dealer Council of British Columbia — Vehicle Safety Authority and the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia and by many major motor vehicle manufacturers in Canada. CarProof is also the sole supplier of vehicle history reports to both Manheim Canada and the ADESA Canada auctions for all of their U.S. import vehicle and arbitrations. For more information about CarProof, please visit their web site at www.carproof.com.

About OADA & TADA
The Ontario Automobile Dealer Association (OADA) and Toronto Automobile Dealers Association (TADA) are trade associations serving the interests of more than 900 new car and truck dealerships across Ontario and their approximately 37,000 employees. The OADA has been serving the interests of Ontario new car dealers for almost 60 years and the TADA will be celebrating their 100th anniversary next year.

The key role of the OADA and TADA is to foster a positive image for the retail auto industry, to lobby Government and manufacturers to protect the rights and interests of new car and truck dealers, to communicate important information to members, and to provide products and services to assist dealerships to operate more effectively, efficiently and profitably.


For more information, please contact:
Holden Rhodes
CarProof
(519) 675-1415
[email protected]

Geoff Wilkinson, CAE
Executive Director
Ontario Automobile Dealer Association
(905) 940-6232, x 240

Barry Gee
Executive Director
Ontario Automobile Dealer Association
(905) 940-6232, x 224

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