The service drive is an inherently loud environment. There is the roar of impact wrenches, the constant ringing of phones, the pressure of waiting customers, and rapid-fire coordination between parts and service. The baseline operating volume is chaotic, and in this daily turbulence, the most ineffective thing a fixed ops director can do is add […] [Read More]

More than 28 million vehicles were recalled in 2025. Almost half of them were from one automaker. The ninth annual State of Recalls report from Recall Masters showed the number of recalls and vehicles affected by them last year was up slightly from 2024, in large part because of a staggering 12.9 million Fords recalled […] [Read More]

Hall of Fame pitcher Satchel Paige once advised us, “Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.” That said, when looking back is necessary, such as when you’re backing up in your car, a rear-facing camera can be very helpful, increasing visibility and reducing the risk of collisions and back-over accidents. But according to […] [Read More]

Something seemingly odd happened in the used electric vehicle market during the first quarter. Used EV supply was up more than 14% year-over-year, but the turn time on these cars was 18 days faster than it was in Q1 2025, according to the latest Industry Insights Report from Cars Commerce. Specifically, used EV supply (based […] [Read More]

Customers are likely to bristle at the money they shell out to buy a used car these days. Percentagewise, the jump in price from March to April was about three times the typical sequential change for a given month, says Carfax. But there may be some relief for shoppers on the other side of the […] [Read More]

Auction sales of electric vehicles climbed 46% in 2025 and continued along that trajectory in the first quarter. The full-year growth in 2026, however, could be even more significant, thanks to off-lease EV volumes nearly tripling in size, according to an AuctionNet report from the National Auto Auction Association. There were 159,280 EV sales at […] [Read More]

Not since mid-COVID have sales at auto auctions been as strong as they were in March. According to AuctionNet data from the National Auto Auction Association, wholesale vehicle sales climbed nearly 4% year-over-year in March and reached their strongest point since July 2020. While dealer sales at auction have slowed this year, sales from commercial […] [Read More]

Auto auctions and dealers are selling used electric vehicles at record or near-record clips. Sales of EVs at Manheim auctions reached a record high in the first quarter, according to parent company Cox Automotive, which also observed the second strongest quarter of all time for used EV sales in the overall retail car market. Manheim […] [Read More]

The first quarter of 2026 has been a busy one for auto recalls. According to BizzyCar’s Q1 2026 Recall Report, 11.6 million vehicles were recalled in the U.S. during the quarter, the most of any quarter since the company began keeping records in 2022. But that surge was driven by relatively few actual recall campaigns […] [Read More]

Cherokee Media Group is spotlighting the 2026 recipients of the Automotive Intelligence Awards, which recognize a select group of outstanding auto industry analysts for their contribution to the knowledge base of the used-car retail, finance and remarketing industries. These analysts and economists are among the very best at powering the auto industry with the data, […] [Read More]