As delinquencies rise and margins tighten, leading auto lenders use AI agents to cut collections and servicing costs without compromising...
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70% of recall issues can be detected early using connected car data, report says
Friday, Jul. 11, 2025, 04:11 PM
Lotlinx’s inventory management and pricing system earns AI innovation award
Friday, Jul. 11, 2025, 12:12 PM
Used inventory aging as COVID gap continues to affect the market
Friday, Jul. 11, 2025, 11:41 AM
Examining Canadian CPO market
A session at Canada’s Used Car Week featured a mix of automaker and dealership executives, who examined Canada’s certified pre-owned vehicle market, how CPO sales are faring, OEM-dealer partnerships, challenges and opportunities in CPO, vehicle supply dynamics and more. Listen Here
7 top executives discuss Canadian wholesale market
One of the highlights of Canada’s Used Car Week was a stage full of top executives from the wholesale market. Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby led a conversation with these executives, who discussed macroeconomic, technological and market factors impacting their ... Listen Here
Why Agora Data’s Steve Burke is so bullish about automotive
Agora Data’s Steve Burke is one of the most upbeat executives you can find in auto finance. When asked about his outlook for the car business during a conversation at the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association’s annual convention last week ... Listen Here
Retail
Carfluent launches AI-powered bilingual dealership website platform
Carfluent is taking its technology to another level. The provider of artificial intelligence-driven website technology designed to connect dealers with Spanish-speaking customers is expanding its offerings with a complete AI-powered, fully integrated bilingual website platform for dealerships. The company had ... [Read More]
CNCDA and Subaru of New England boost involvement in automotive education
The California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA) and Subaru of New England (SNE) recently took significant actions to educate future automotive professionals. The CNCDA Foundation is partnering with Automotive Apprenticeship Group (AAG) to provide a path to training and an ... [Read More]
Wholesale
COMMENTARY: For independent auto auctions, it’s about balance
There is no question that, over the last few years, the ranks of the independent auctions in the National Auto Auction Association are shrinking. We have observed the buying sprees by digital platforms like EBlock (three U.S. acquisitions) and ACV ... [Read More]
IAA finalizes new market alliance in Azerbaijan
RB Global is enhancing its worldwide presence again via IAA. The company announced on Thursday that IAA has launched a new market alliance with CarGo Logistic Azerbaijan. According to a news release, CarGo Logistic Azerbaijan will operate an IAA Auction ... [Read More]
Technology
Lotlinx’s inventory management and pricing system earns AI innovation award
Lotlinx’s innovation in artificial intelligence has been rewarded. The dealership inventory management platform has been recognized as the recipient of the 2025 LLM Innovation Award by market intelligence organization AI Breakthrough. Lotlinx was one of four companies honored for their ... [Read More]
Newest UVeye tool can generate instant AI-powered, used-car merchandising
An MRI is a valuable medical examination to determine the extent of injuries and other ailments. UVeye is about to bring “MRI for vehicles” via a new offering that can generate 360-degree car photos for appraisals and listings. On Thursday, ... [Read More]
Analysis
BizzyCar report shows recalls soaring to 7.3 million vehicles in Q2
Vehicle recalls spiked in the second quarter of 2025, according to the latest report from BizzyCar. The dealership recall management platform’s Q2 2025 Recall Report found more than 7.3 million vehicles were recalled between April and June, the most in ... [Read More]
Tariffs far behind communications, service among complaints in reviews
Tariffs have been the headline of the year in the auto industry. But to dealership customers, they’re not worth talking about — at least for now. According to customer review and reputation management platform Widewail’s latest research, released in its ... [Read More]
