America’s Auto Auction Houston has a new general manager. Kyle Drake, one of Auto Remarketing’s “40 Under 40: Industry” honorees for 2023, has been promoted into the auction’s top position, parent company America’s Group announced Wednesday. Drake joined AAA Houston as assistant general manager in February after eight years with AAA Austin, where he began […] [Read More]

Vehicle logistics provider Autosled, a provider of digital technology solutions for automotive vehicle transport logistics, has launched the Dealer Exchange Network, technology that allows dealers to order both outbound and inbound vehicle exchanges simultaneously, which enables both exchanges to be handled by the same transporter. The tool is designed to create a seamless round-trip experience […] [Read More]

Two vehicle sourcing platforms are joining forces. Online auction platform Auction Central and sourcing and appraisal tool Carbly announced an integration to create what Carbly CEO Scott Roth called “a unified car-buying experience for our dealers.” Last month, Carbly launched Auction Plus, a new service designed to allow dealers to search for vehicles across a […] [Read More]

We continue our series on the Auto Remarketing Podcast highlighting some of the panels and presentations from Used Car Week 2023. This episode features a keynote presentation titled, “The Whole Story About Wholesale Today,” featuring Pete Grupposo, who serves as senior vice president of sales for Cox Automotive. Listen to the episode in the window […] [Read More]

Autosled, a provider of digital technology for vehicle transport logistics, announced the addition of former Spireon director of sales and client success Boris Rozanov as sales director. Autosled said Rozanov will serve as both sales leader and an individual contributor. His leadership role includes managing and assisting the sales team in meeting sales targets, devising […] [Read More]

We continue our series on the Auto Remarketing Podcast highlighting some of the panels and presentations from Used Car Week 2023. This episode features representatives from High Performance Auto Auctions who discussed M&A and more. The panel included: —David Diedrich of Dealers Auto Auction —Bob McConkey of McConkey Auction Group —Sawyer Walker of America’s Auto […] [Read More]

Black Book announced an integration with peer-to-peer vehicle transaction platform PrivateAuto to give buyers and sellers more visibility into the values of the vehicles on the platform. PrivateAuto is designed to remove the middleman and provide an enhanced level of transparency to the private-vehicle sale process, using proprietary banking technology so buyers and sellers can […] [Read More]

ADESA Kansas City took the top prize in Chase Auto’s Chase Cup for Auction Excellence awards. The auction was awarded the Chase Cup for Best National Auction Performance in a Zoom presentation this week. The awards, in their 25th year, recognize auctions for exceptional performance. Chase reviewed 37 auto auctions based on how they handled […] [Read More]

Carbly has launched Auctions Plus, a new search platform the company said is “poised to transform the way used-car dealers source inventory from auctions.” The platform provides a “unified and comprehensive solution” for searching, filtering and evaluating vehicles from more than 300 dealer auctions nationwide, which Carbly said offers “an unparalleled advantage” in vehicle sourcing, […] [Read More]

Perhaps it’s trouble getting parts or finding the labor to get the repair work done. Whatever the reason, Black Book auction observers noticed a distinct trend in the lanes this past week. After recapping price movements that included overall wholesale prices dropping another 1.49%, Black Book said, “One of the things we noticed this week […] [Read More]