Analysis
Top 5 cities most & least impacted by recalls
Tuesday, Jul. 25, 2017, 03:08 PM
Auto Remarketing Staff
RepairPal.com released analysis on Tuesday that blends together the site’s data with information from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to find the cities most impacted by vehicle recalls. The site organized user data relating to owner inquiries website user activity by ZIP code seeking repair information during the past five years along with recall […] [Read More]
COMMENTARY: ‘Fly to Buy’ reaches rare air
Monday, Jul. 24, 2017, 08:04 PM
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
When you publish a news story the Friday before a long holiday weekend, conventional wisdom suggests that you might not get much feedback — no matter how interesting the subject matter. On June 30, Auto Remarketing published such a story, and as it turned out, conventional wisdom was wrong. Sometimes the subject matter just strikes a […] [Read More]
Toyota, Kia & Tesla named top shopped brands
Monday, Jul. 24, 2017, 05:31 PM
Auto Remarketing Staff
Toyota, Kia and Tesla are the brands that online consumers are shopping for the most this year, according to Jumpstart Automotive Media's latest shopper study released on Monday. Jumpstart’s June Path to Purchase report highlights the vehicle segments, makes and models that captured the largest share of online car shoppers during the first half of 2017. Toyota's overall […] [Read More]
Podcast: CarGurus editor Matt Smith
Monday, Jul. 24, 2017, 05:04 PM
Auto Remarketing Staff
This week's episode is Part II of our visit to the headquarters of CarGurus in Cambridge, Mass. CarGurus editor Matt Smith joins the show to talk about the company's Best Used Car Awards. Plus, Nick and Joe discuss the latest auto leasing trends from Edmunds. Download and subscribe to the Auto Remarketing Podcast on iTunes or on Google […] [Read More]
U.S. brands dominate Autotrader’s latest Hottest Cars list
Friday, Jul. 21, 2017, 05:11 PM
Auto Remarketing Staff
Autotrader’s newly released Hottest Cars for Summer 2017 list names the current 10 most-searched new, used and certified pre-owned cars on its site. The company looked at search volume from January to the end of May and found that American consumers currently favor domestics. Autotrader editors found that nine of its 10 most-searched models are […] [Read More]
Manheim’s Brazil growth plan includes acquisition & partnership with 6 companies
Friday, Jul. 21, 2017, 03:11 PM
Auto Remarketing Staff
Manheim’s presence in one of the BRIC nations became more robust this month with a long-term commitment in Brazil. Cox Automotive announced that Manheim acquired Pacto São Paulo along with developing commercial partnerships with six other auction companies to invest in the local marketplace. Manheim highlighted that Pacto São Paulo is located approximately 250 kilometers, […] [Read More]
COMMENTARY: A new philosophy of selling used vehicles
Thursday, Jul. 20, 2017, 07:01 PM
Travis Wise, DealersLink
There’s an old adage in the used-car business that says, “Customers come to your lot to look for the cars they want; you’re at the lot to sell the cars you want to sell.” That all works out great if those potentially conflicting motives intersect at the perfect vehicle which just happens to be on […] [Read More]
COMMENTARY: This is 40 (Under 40)
Wednesday, Jul. 19, 2017, 08:14 PM
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
I’m a fan of an underrated comedy, and one that I’ll stop and watch almost any time it’s on cable is “This is 40.” Part of why the movie works is because its two co-stars, Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd, are seemingly “ordinary” folks. Each of them seem like the next-door type, both in this movie […] [Read More]
Daimler recall includes 3 million diesel units mainly in Germany
Tuesday, Jul. 18, 2017, 05:35 PM
Auto Remarketing Staff
Millions of vehicles in the U.S. and Canada have been recalled because of the Takata airbag saga, plus a wide array of other issues. Now Daimler made the move to recall more than 3 million vehicles in Europe to fix emission issues stemming from the diesel engine in certain Mercedes-Benz models. The Daimler board of […] [Read More]
Consulting firm discusses ‘used-car time bomb’
Friday, Jul. 14, 2017, 03:50 PM
Auto Remarketing Staff
The newest report from AlixPartners — whose client roster includes corporate boards and management, law firms, investment banks and other kinds of investors — cautioned the industry that a “used-car time bomb” is about to explode. AlixPartners explained that it arrived at that dire assertion through a project that began two years ago through what […] [Read More]