Dealer Trade Network is a wholesale trading market of new-vehicle inventory. And the company has launched a new index that compares the new-car wholesale trading price (i.e., new vehicles sold from dealer to dealer) with the invoice prices of those new vehicles. What did the New Car Wholesale Monthly Trading Price Index determine? For one, that […] [Read More]

Carvana is staking its claim to two milestones: the fastest used-car retailer to organically sell more than 400,000 units in a year and the fastest online auto retailer to have reached 1 million sales since founding (nine years). The company said it reached each of these landmarks in the fourth quarter. “Our engine of growth […] [Read More]

Within hours of the Supreme Court making its decision on Thursday, ComplyNet president and general counsel Adam Crowell made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to provide an update about mandates put forth by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) involving COVID-19 vaccinations and testing. Crowell described what dealers have been facing since […] [Read More]

Though the numbers are not yet final, the used-car market is likely to have reached 40.9 million sales in 2021, which would be roughly a 10% year-over-year gain, Cox Automotive chief economist Jonathan Smoke said in a conference call Friday. And the growth for used-car sales involving a dealer is expected to be even better. [Read More]

The auto industry often talks about the idea of being "better" in the market, but in truth there still is a lot of work to do to before automotive can catch up with other verticals. Time and again, "better" is a marathon and not a sprint — it’s a continual, ongoing drive to fix what is broken, […] [Read More]

Editor's note: This is Part II of a special preview, available only to CMG Premium subscribers, of Auto Remarketing's "2022 Used Car Kickoff" issue. This two-part piece focuses on the National Automobile Dealers Assocation, National Auto Auction Association, American International Automobile Dealers Association and International Automotive Remarketers Alliance. Part I can be found here. The issue will […] [Read More]

Editor's note: This is Part I of a special preview, available only to CMG Premium subscribers, of Auto Remarketing's "2022 Used Car Kickoff" issue. This two-part piece focuses on the National Automobile Dealers Assocation, National Auto Auction Association, American International Automobile Dealers Association and International Automotive Remarketers Alliance. The issue will also feature the National Automotive Finance Associaton. Receivables Management […] [Read More]

Much like the Eric Church song, the used-vehicle market was “having a record year” in 2021. That includes the Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index, which reached an all-time high of 236.2 in December and beat the prior-year reading by 46.6%. Wholesale prices, when adjusted for mix, mileage and seasonality, climbed …  [Read More]

The numbers are not yet final, but it appears 2021 will not end up as a record year for certified pre-owned vehicle sales. However, there will likely be a best-ever 3.0 million certified vehicles sold in 2022, in what is expected to be the finale of peak CPO. That’s according to Cox Automotive analysts who […] [Read More]

Coinciding with Wisconsin-based First Business Bank making headway in the South with its floorplanning, digital auto auction marketplace EBlock announced a key partnership with Kinetic Advantage, a provider of floorplan technology. With soft wholesale volume and high prices in the lanes, EBlock and Kinetic Advantage said this week through a news release that their partnership will […] [Read More]