Certified pre-owned sales climbed more than 2% in 2025, and with CPO vehicles remaining a “value signal in a normalizing used market,” J.D. Power is urging dealers and automakers to “lean on CPO as a strategic lever.” There were 2.61 million certified sales last year, which beat 2024 figures by 2.1%, Cox Automotive said, citing […] [Read More]

Whom do you trust? For consumers about to spend a large amount of money to purchase a vehicle, it’s a vital one. Which, in turn, makes it just as important for car dealers. The answer, according to the latest research from Deloitte, is the dealership at which the consumer goes for vehicle service. Deloitte’s 2026 […] [Read More]

The top 10 best-selling used vehicles in 2025 didn’t change all that much from 2024. In fact, the top four on the list — which was compiled by iSeeCars based on sales of used vehicles from the last five model years — remained the same. And eight of the top 10 from 2024 cracked the […] [Read More]

Affordability is a huge concern for consumers these days and that will continue in 2026. Dealers will need to keep an eye on where consumer sentiment is headed and help customers figure out how to afford new- and used-vehicle purchases, industry experts told Auto Remarketing. “You've got to keep more base-model and one-step-up trims on […] [Read More]

For most segments, used-car prices were more expensive at the end of 2025 than they were a year earlier, with a couple categories climbing four digits. But according to analysis around the latest Carfax Used Car Index, prices fell sequentially in five of seven segments last month — with affordability and availability possibly on the […] [Read More]

Walk into any major hospital administrator’s office, and you will hear them talk about one critical metric: bed occupancy rate. An empty hospital bed is a fixed cost that generates zero revenue. It is a wasted asset. Now, walk into your service department and look at your lifts. Every service bay in your dealership is […] [Read More]

Black Book’s monthly measure of wholesale used-vehicle values fell to its lowest level in nearly five years last month, with price depreciation “outside normal seasonal expectations.” Specifically, the company’s Used Vehicle Retention Index came in at 140.3 for November. The last time it was that low was January 2021, during the throes of COVID. November’s […] [Read More]