America’s Group has promoted America’s Auto Auction El Paso general manager Luke Pidgeon to regional vice president of the America’s Group Western region. “As we continue to grow, we are focused on strategically supporting our auctions,” senior regional vice president Brian Thomas said in a news release. “We are thrilled that Luke is taking on […] [Read More]

The world’s largest auto auction is getting some of the industry’s latest technology. Manheim Pennsylvania — which bills itself as “the world’s largest wholesale vehicle auction” — has added three fixed imaging tunnels, powered by Fyusion artificial intelligence technology, designed to provide the industry’s most consistent and complete view of each vehicle. Manheim became the […] [Read More]

The digital auto auction space continues to grow, with the latest expansion coming from Roadra, an online platform that lets consumers sell vehicles directly to dealers. The company said Wednesday it has secured $5 million in funding to scale Roadra further. The planned expansion and development of new products include artificial intelligence-powered photo and video […] [Read More]

Montway Auto Transport has reached a formidable milestone. The third-party logistics brokerage and automotive transport company announced Tuesday it has completed 1 million customer deliveries. In a news release, Montway said the achievement reflects its “evolution over the past 16 years and its position as a trailblazer in automotive logistics.” Among all those shipments, there […] [Read More]

A federal grand jury in Tennessee has indicted a former general manager of Dealers Auto Auction Group’s Murfreesboro location and two others with wire fraud and money laundering in a scheme to defraud the auto auction. The office of U.S. Attorney Henry Leventis for the Middle District of Tennessee announced the charges Monday. Stephanie Baker, […] [Read More]

Auction Insurance Agency, a division of AutoTec, celebrated a milestone anniversary this month. The third-generation family business commemorated its 70 years of providing the wholesale vehicle industry with payment and title guarantee insurance, fraud protection, risk mitigation, B2B arbitration and C2C dispute resolution in an event at the grand atrium of the Barber Motorsports Museum […] [Read More]

Dealers likely aren’t walking the auction lanes with the same intensity that United Auto Workers (UAW) are marching on picket lines. Black Book summarized the latest auction scene on Tuesday, a day after the UAW told 6,800 workers at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Michigan to strike at the facility that builds Stellantis’ best-selling […] [Read More]

Danny McNelis, who is the director of auction relationships at NextGear Capital, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast for an interview at last month’s NAAA World Remarketing Convention in Chicago. McNelis chats with Auto Remarketing senior editor Joe Overby about what he has learned through the company’s auction services group and auction advisory board. […] [Read More]

America’s Auto Auction Savannah collaborated with area auto dealers to raise $3,500 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation on Oct. 4. The donation from Vaden Automotive Group, HWY 17 Auto Sales, Hilton Head BMW, Grainger Honda, Hilton Head Honda, The Car Lot of East Dublin, Jarrard Auto Sales and Augusta Mitsubishi, among others, will help […] [Read More]

Mere Rangel, assistant general manager of Big Valley Auto Auction, and Jacob Warren, vice president and chief operating officer of Louisiana’s 1st Choice Auto Auction, join the Auto Remarketing Podcast from last month’s NAAA World Remarketing Convention in Chicago They talk with Auto Remarketing senior editor Joe Overby about their “Understanding Generational Differences in the […] [Read More]