In honor of Auto Remarketing's 25th anniversary this year — which we are celebrating with our Dec. 1 issue  — 25 reasons, in no particular order, why I’m excited about AR & covering the auto industry: — There is always a new, innovative company to learn about in the used-car business. — We get to interact personally […] [Read More]

ACA International, the association of credit and collection professionals, released a new white paper this week. The paper titled, “Business Practices and Capabilities within the Debt Collection Industry,” examines the potential impact of additional Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regulatory measures on member organizations and the debt collection industry. “The Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy […] [Read More]

On Wednesday, SUVS.com published its list of this year’s top SUVs after examining offerings in each segment. "With SUVs starting to take a majority stake hold in US vehicle purchases, we felt that it would be important to highlight the best options available to consumers," said Sergio Zlobin, principal at Fueled Up, the parent company […] [Read More]

It’s Election Day, but that isn’t exactly why Bill Zadeits is busy on this particular Tuesday. There are neat stacks of documents on the round table in his office — all cookie-crumbs of preparation as the Auto Remarketing publisher readies himself for another Used Car Week, just six days away. It’s the magazine’s signature event, and […] [Read More]

There have been 3.84 million auction sales of vehicles age 8 or younger so far this year (through Oct. 24), according to NADA Used Car Guide. This is a 7-percent hike from the same period of 2015, and the gain for late-model volume is even stronger. The company said in its latest Guidelines report that […] [Read More]

CarGurus conducted a survey of more than 1,000 U.S. consumers to gather their opinions around how the recent presidential election will impact the automotive industry and their plans to buy a vehicle. Overall, survey findings showed many expect both vehicle and gas prices to increase, and even more expect to see fewer government incentives for […] [Read More]

The Federal Communications Commission Enforcement Bureau and the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission recently finalized a formal agreement, committing the two agencies to work together to combat what they deem to be unlawful robocalls. Officials explained the Memorandum of Understanding represents the FCC’s commitment to working cooperatively with international regulators to combat robocalls and caller […] [Read More]

There are more vehicles on U.S. roads today than ever before. And later-model vehicles should have nice lift in volume over the next few years, according to a report from IHS Markit. The analysis indicates that there are more than 264 million registrations for light vehicles in operation in the U.S. Not only is this […] [Read More]

The National Insurance Crime Bureau released new data on Wednesday that shows the total number of vehicle thefts reported during holidays last year. Holiday vehicle thieves in 2015 were their busiest on Halloween, 2,238 vehicle thefts were reported according to NICB's 2015 Annual Holiday Vehicle Theft Report. New Year's Eve day saw 2,227 vehicle thefts. Though […] [Read More]

Chalk up dealerships changing hands as another industry component being impacted by the presidential election. According to analysis from the Blue Sky Report released on Tuesday, dealership M&A activity declined by 7 percent year-over-year during the first nine months of 2016. Kerrigan Advisors, which publishes Blue Sky Report each quarter, explained that sellers are likely […] [Read More]