Independent battery health certification is the new gold standard for used EV dealerships. The latest AVILOO detect Magazine reveals how...
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End of EV tax credit sparks 'reset era' where pragmatism rules
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Sonic’s Q3 EchoPark performance impacted by ‘off-rental supply headwinds’
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SPONSORED EPISODE: Five questions to ask before choosing a transportation partner
This sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast features two experts from Central Dispatch who offer valuable guidance for choosing a transportation partner. Shanna Wise, who oversees business strategy execution, and Blake Bentley, who leads enterprise client account success, take ... Listen Here
Inside Auto Auction M&A with Mach10 CEO George Pero
The auto auction industry has seen a spike in M&A over the last three years, similar to the consolidation in auto retail that has been going on much longer. And our guest today has experience with both. George Pero is ... Listen Here
Insight into Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index
While the year-over-year figure reflects broader market volatility, Matthew Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, explained the strong quarter-over-quarter increase of the Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index signals market re-engagement. Babcock elaborated about ... Listen Here
Retail
Sonic’s F&I, fixed ops driving franchise dealer profitability
Sonic Automotive generated a record quarter for franchise dealer revenues of $3.4 billion, representing a 17% year-over-year increase and an 11% rise on a same-store basis. Fixed operations was a bright spot, in part, driving this success in the publicly ... [Read More]
Sonic’s Q3 EchoPark performance impacted by ‘off-rental supply headwinds’
Sonic Automotive’s third-quarter earnings report revealed its strongest quarter for franchised dealer revenues in the history of the dealer group, but the picture painted by results for its used-only brand — EchoPark Automotive —wasn’t quite as rosy, mainly due to ... [Read More]
Wholesale
ADESA adds retail values, spread calculations to CarValue valuation guide
ADESA is powering up its vehicle valuations. The auto auction chain, a subsidiary of online auto retailer Carvana, announced it has expanded its CarValue valuation guide to include retail market value estimates and retail-bid spread calculations. The company said the ... [Read More]
America’s Group reaches 50-auction milestone
With its latest purchase, America’s Group has reached a major milestone: 50 auto auctions in its footprint. The auction group acquired EBlock Houston and EBlock New Orleans, a sale announced last week by EBlock. In a news release Monday, America’s ... [Read More]
Technology
Lotlinx begins initial launch of LotGPT, its dealer-facing AI advisor
Perhaps if you don’t use artificial intelligence regularly, you’ve probably still heard about ChatGPT. Well, here comes LotGPT, an AI advisor that puts Lotlinx’s intelligence directly in dealers’ hands. Fueled by Lotlinx’s decades of VIN-level and shopper data, the company ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: How accurate OBDII data is reducing arbitration & building trust at auto auctions
In today’s wholesale automotive marketplace, transparency and trust are the driving forces behind stronger transactions. With vehicles often sold sight-unseen through digital or simulcast platforms, buyers depend on condition reports to provide an honest reflection of a vehicle’s health. That’s ... [Read More]
Analysis
End of EV tax credit sparks ‘reset era’ where pragmatism rules
The appetite for electric vehicles hasn’t evaporated. Far from it. It’s just that now, with the $7,500 tax credit having expired, the demand that exists (albeit smaller) is more genuine interest and “less deal-driven.” Or as Jessica Caldwell of Edmunds ... [Read More]
Consumers looking for ‘balance’ in vehicle technology, Enterprise survey finds
Technology has exploded in the modern automobile, with touchscreens, adaptive cruise control and all sorts of bells and whistles available. But according to research from Enterprise Mobility, most people don’t want all of that on their vehicle. The parent company ... [Read More]
