With fall officially arriving, dealer behavior is changing accordingly based on the data and observations included in the latest Black Book Market Insights report. Along with more perspective on hurricane-related buying, editors shared in this week’s rundown that truck segments performed much better than car segments. Three vehicle categories within the truck segments increased in value […] [Read More]

A mid-September morning in Wilmington, N.C., feels a lot like Auto Remarketing’s previous visit to the D&E Mitsubishi grounds back in January Sunny skies, pleasantly warm. Auto dealers milling about, bidding on and buying cars from the Manheim auto auction sale happening on the property. Except this time around, instead of cars running through an […] [Read More]

BSC America hosted its first regular sale at its new Bel Air Auto Auction facility last month. Several county and elected officials, including Harford County executive Barry Glassman joined the Nichols family for a formal ribbon cutting event just before the auction opened the doors for its first sale. Following the sale, the Nichols Family […] [Read More]

Manheim California recently announced that it has planned another trip to Valley High School in Santa Ana, Calif. for the third year of its “Flip this Car” project, which shows auto shop students how to recondition cars and auction them off to expand their understanding of career options in the automotive industry. The program provides […] [Read More]

While the September used-vehicle sales projection might not show it, dealers are certainly bracing for additional sales stemming from hurricane-damaged vehicles that need to be replaced. And it’s reflecting in how prices are moving, according to the latest this week’s Black Book Market Insights report. Editors found that prices for both compact cars and crossovers […] [Read More]

Janet Barnard has been named the new chief people officer of Cox Automotive, and Grace Huang has been chosen as the new president of Cox Automotive Inventory Solutions, which includes Manheim, among other brands. Rock Anderson, who had been chief people officer, is retiring. Both Barnard and Huang will move into their new roles Monday. […] [Read More]

After a 30-day window of studying auction sales and their associated auction charges earlier this year — a period that included more than 347,000 vehicles sold by clients — AutoIMS was able to determine the 10 most common charges spotted in the auction marketplace. And while some, like sale fees, transportation and detailing, were reported […] [Read More]

Florida. The Mid-Atlantic. New England. Illinois, Texas, Colorado and Arizona. California. Not only do these areas contain some of the largest cities in the country, but they are also areas where the commercial consignors utilizing CarLotz have heavy volumes of vehicles for the company to remarket at retail. So with a $30 million round of […] [Read More]

The National Auto Auction Association Convention — which is held in partnership with the National Remarketing Conference at Used Car Week — is just around the corner. And Auto Remarketing is celebrating the annual event and the auction industry with our yearly NAAA Convention issue. One of the special sections in that magazine (our Nov. 1 edition) is the […] [Read More]

Year-to-date auction volume on late-model vehicles wrapped up August just a shade under 2 million units, with nearly a 22-percent sequential hike for last month alone. According to the latest Guidelines report from J.D. Power Valuation Services, the late-model auction volume tally of 1.94 million units through August is up 6.67 percent from a year ago. The […] [Read More]