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

Lane watch: Price softening intensifies as November arrives

The wholesale market turned the calendar to November on Saturday, and wholesale values are cooling similarly to the deep autumn temperatures. Black Book reported that overall wholesale prices decreased by 1.04% last week, with vehicles less than 2 years old ... [Read More]

Paluzzi to lead RPM’s product strategy, completing trio of executive additions

RPM has hired Mario Paluzzi as chief product and strategy officer, an addition the non-asset-based vehicle and freight logistics provider called a cornerstone of its technology-based vision and a sign of its “focused drive” to unify its product strategy and ... [Read More]

Resource Hub

Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business

Turn Battery Risk Into Trust: Your Edge in the Used EV Market

Independent battery health certification is the new gold standard for used EV dealerships. The latest AVILOO detect Magazine reveals how...
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How GMs Start Their Day with Mastermind & Make More Deals

Successful General Managers know that how you start the day sets the tone for dealership performance. This checklist outlines the...
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Rising Repos, Shrinking Margins: A Guide to Reduce Collections and Servicing Costs with AI Agents

As delinquencies rise and margins tighten, leading auto lenders use AI agents to cut collections and servicing costs without compromising...
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Out-of-State Titling: 12 Steps Every Title Clerk Should Follow (The Easy Way)

Out-of-state titling isn’t easy. With every state having different DMV requirements, document packets, and deadlines, it’s easy for mistakes to...
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Free Guide: How Smart Dealers Can Profit from Customer Car Insurance

Turn Customer Auto Insurance into Dealership Profit If you're not profiting from auto insurance in your dealership, now’s the time...
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Go In-House With Your Photos

Your Photo Vendor Didn’t Show Up Again? Let’s Fix That. Stop relying on vendors and start owning your inventory. This...
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The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI

The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI highlights key questions dealership leaders should ask technology partners during the selection...
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Dealer Guide: Selecting the Right Auto Logistics Partner

In retail automotive, your transport provider isn’t just moving cars — they’re moving your business forward. Every delayed delivery, damaged...
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Technology

Holman drives beyond automotive with new robotics division

Holman has its hand in just about every aspect of the auto industry. Now it’s branching out — into the robot business. The dealership group/global automotive services company announced the launch of Holman Robotics, a new division that aims to ... [Read More]

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]

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]

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