
PODCAST: Spiffy's marketing leader shares thoughts on driving revenue & customer experience with digital servicing
Monday, Jun. 5, 2023, 11:04 AM

Sedgwick: Auto recalls rise 3.4% in Q1
Friday, Jun. 2, 2023, 11:49 AM

Used EVs & hybrids, pickups on diverging price paths
Wednesday, May. 31, 2023, 04:46 PM
Analysis
COMMENTARY: 6 considerations for the commercial transition to a BEV fleet, other than infrastructure
Wednesday, May. 31, 2023, 11:24 AM
Kathryn Schifferle, Work Truck Solutions
The transition to battery electric vehicles is a conversation today in almost everyone’s social circle. And while the path for transition to a BEV is quite clear for personal use, the path to transition commercial fleets remains challenging. And although the most common argument against BEVs for both personal and commercial use cases remains a […] [Read More]
Wholesale values of late-model vehicles up sequentially for 5th straight month
Friday, May. 26, 2023, 10:45 AM
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
Although overall wholesale vehicle values this month have “plateaued” at the spring/tax season peaks reached in April, prices on late-model units continues to rise.
That’s according to the latest Kontos Kommentary report from ADESA chief economist Tom Kontos released Thursday.
The average wholesale vehicle value was at ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Inside the economic & market factors impacting automotive
Thursday, May. 25, 2023, 11:38 AM
Auto Remarketing Staff
Next up on our series of podcasts from April’s Auto Intel Summit & NRC Spring Summit is another panel discussion, J.D. Power’s Jonathan Banks, NAAA’s Larry Dixon and CarGurus’ Kevin Roberts share insights on the state of the economy and its impact to the retail, remarketing and finance segments of automotive. This discussion also includes […] [Read More]
PODCAST: Investments, M&A surge in automotive
Wednesday, May. 24, 2023, 03:07 PM
Auto Remarketing Staff
Next up on our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from April’s Auto Intel Summit & NRC Spring Summit is a panel discussion on the increases in capital investment and M&A in the retail, remarketing, finance and tech segments of automotive. Moderated by Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby, this panel includes Gina Cocking […] [Read More]
How used EVs compare to ICE vehicles in terms of miles driven & price
Wednesday, May. 24, 2023, 02:23 PM
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
The cost of used electric vehicles are coming down (more on that later), but according to iSeeCars.com, the average price on a 3-year-old EV is still 47% higher than that of a same-age internal-combustion vehicle. Add oddly enough, owners will drive their 3-year-old EV an average of 9,059 miles – 29% less than the 12,759 […] [Read More]
CPO vehicle sales down 4% in April, but remain ahead year-to-date
Tuesday, May. 23, 2023, 11:42 AM
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
For certified pre-owned vehicle sales in April, it wasn’t all good news and it wasn’t all bad. According to a Cox Automotive analysis of Motor Intelligence data, there were 214,684 CPO sales last month. That was down 4.2% year-over-year and 6% softer than March, but year-to-date sales through April are beating year-ago figures by 6%, […] [Read More]
COMMENTARY: Used-vehicle negative equity remains near all-time low — for now
Monday, May. 22, 2023, 03:45 PM
David Paris, J.D. Power
One of the consequences of harvesting high-margin sales, while market prices are sky high, is that future equity positions can be put at risk. That is precisely what is unfolding as dealerships assess their prospects for growth between now and the middle of the decade. J.D. Power research shows that approximately 24 million buyers purchased […] [Read More]