Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Satyan Merchant of TransUnion Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners wrap up with Satyan Merchant, who is senior vice president, automotive and mortgage business leader at TransUnion. Merchant recollected how his interest in data started when studying statistics on the back ... Listen Here
Top Reasons Dealers can benefit by attending the Used Car Summit On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits has a conversation with Vanessa Rocha, VP, All-American Bonds and Insurance and a Board member with the Florida Independent Auto Dealers Association. Vanessa speaks to some of the big issues ... Listen Here
Industry Elite: Tony Rimas of XPEL Concluding our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Tony Rimas, who is vice president of global revenue at XPEL Inc. Rimas — an avid biker who swam and ran track & field and cross country ... Listen Here

Retail

Dealer news: Ed Morse buys Iowa’s only Porsche store; Dimmitt earns top Cadillac honor — twice; Rick Case CEO joins reading initiative in Florida

Less than a year after it opened, the only Porsche dealership in Iowa has been sold. The Ed Morse Automotive Group announced it has acquired Porsche Des Moines from Woodhouse Auto Family, which launched the store last July to bring ... [Read More]

CarMax order to pay $1.1M to settle California lawsuit over registration & ownership documentation

For the second time in about a month, CarMax has reached a settlement to resolve allegations of wrongdoing. The newest one is in connection with the district attorney for Riverside County in California. According to a news release distributed at ... [Read More]

Wholesale

Manheim Pennsylvania’s Xtreme Spring Sale raises $82,000 for local nonprofit

Manheim Pennsylvania marked the start of the spring wholesale season with its largest event of the year: the annual Xtreme Spring Sale event and fundraiser. The event, in its 17th year, drew more than 3,000 dealers onsite and via Simulcast ... [Read More]

DOJ suing California towing company for auctioning vehicles owned by servicemembers

Nearly 150 vehicles that allegedly have gone through the wholesale market are part of a lawsuit filed last week by the Justice Department. The federal lawsuit is against S & K Towing, which is based in San Clemente, Calif., alleging ... [Read More]

Resource Hub

Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business

Turn Service Visits Into Sales Growth: A GM’s Checklist

Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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The Dealer’s Guide to Smarter GPS Tracking

A Buyer’s Guide for Independent Dealer, BHPH, and Auto Finance Leaders Reducing Risk, Unlocking Opportunity Independent dealers and finance companies...
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Used Car Turn Vendor Management Checklist

Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
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Technology

PODCAST: Industry Elite honoree Tony Rimas on automotive investment, servant leadership, cycling & more

Concluding our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Tony Rimas, who is vice president of global revenue at XPEL Inc. Rimas — an avid biker who swam and ran track & field and cross country ... [Read More]

AutoWeb launches ‘zero-risk’ UsedCars.com platform to capture car buyers during new-to-used pivot

There’s a new used-car marketplace in town — if your town is in Arizona. UsedCars.com, powered by AutoWeb, announced the regional launch of its marketplace, billed as “zero-risk”, in Arizona, beginning with dealers in the Phoenix, Prescott, Mesa and Tucson ... [Read More]

Analysis

Used-car retail prices continue rise in March, posing challenges for dealers & consumers

Stingy supply and macroeconomic forces like tariffs and tax returns have driven up used-vehicle prices in March, with both dealers and consumers feeling the sting. JD Power said in a forecast Thursday that used-car retail prices for the month have ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Industry Elite conversations continue with Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial

Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Sean Morgan, who is executive vice president of finance and operations at Westlake Financial. Morgan talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about ... [Read More]

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