SPONSORED EPISODE: Prospects for more auto refinancing with Gravity Lending In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast brought to you by Allied Solutions, we turn our attention to auto refinancing. Brad Paxman oversees 90 lender relationships for Gravity Lending, which is an auto refinance and fintech company ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Fame: Bob McConkey of McConkey Auction Group Next up on our series featuring the 2026 Used Car Week Hall of Fame honorees is a conversation with Bob McConkey, president and CEO of the McConkey Auction Group. McConkey, along with MAG chief operating officer David Pendergraft and DAA ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: What independent dealers need to be successful with Chris Vangellow of Frazer In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Chris Vangellow, who is the Director of Product Management at Frazer, described what’s changed most about running an independent dealership over the past few years, especially from a technology perspective. ... Listen Here

Retail

Dealer M&A: Ken Garff adds top Toyota stores, including CPO Dealer of Year

Ken Garff Automotive Group has acquired two of the nation’s top Toyota dealerships, expanding its portfolio for that brand to seven stores. The group said Monday it has purchased Avondale Toyota in Arizona and One Toyota of Oakland in California. ... [Read More]

Carvana grows as market stalls & its growth could be accelerated by agentic AI

Digital used-vehicle retailer Carvana reported robust growth in the third quarter and sees production constraints as its main hurdle to growing even faster. “There is clearly additional demand available to us if we can produce the cars,” CEO Ernie Garcia ... [Read More]

Wholesale

Online used-car platform Remarket Space expands beyond home market

Benjamin Scharf started a dealership at age 18, then spent the next seven years building Twin Cities Auctions before relaunching it as Remarket Space in 2024. That platform, an online marketplace for used vehicles under $10,000, hit a major milestone ... [Read More]

Auction news roundup: ServNet adds to board, Thoroughbred to open new facility

ServNet Auction Group has added Chad Anderson of Greater Rockford Auto Auction and Great Lakes Auto Auction to its board of directors. Anderson joined GRAA in 1997, working his way through detail, fleet/lease and sales roles, eventually becoming general manager ... [Read More]

Resource Hub

Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business

AI & Auto Finance: An Expert Guide to Using This Technology

This 26-page ebook from Cherokee Media Group, sponsored by dotData, brings together insights from nine experts on how artificial intelligence...
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Turning Dealer Group Data into Demand

Stop letting messy data hold your dealership back from its true earning potential. While many multi-roof dealer groups struggle to...
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Evaluating VPP Cancellation Systems: 7 Questions Every Lender Should Ask

Selecting the right VPP cancellation system is critical to maintaining compliance, maximizing recoveries, and improving operational efficiency. As regulatory requirements...
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Auto lenders spent on AI. Here’s what paid off.

A panel of auto-lending leaders — CEOs of subprime auto finance companies, VPs of Collections, CROs, indirect-lending executives at two...
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Experian Automotive Dealer Fraud Threat Report

Fraud is Hitting Dealerships Hard When one bad deal can erase tens of thousands in profit, fraud becomes impossible to...
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AI-Financing Spotlight: How Tracy Honda Sells 12-15 More Deals Monthly

Discover how Tracy Honda is outperforming its market by leveraging AI-powered auto financing to drive faster approvals and close more...
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The AI Dealer Playbook: 5 Questions to Ask Before You Buy AI

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping dealership operations by automating communication, improving workflows, and supporting staff with tools like copilots and...
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Speaking the Same Language: How Dealers Structure Capital for Real Estate and Growth

Why Capital Structures Matters in Today’s Market Dealers actively expanding or acquiring real estate are often constrained not by opportunity—but...
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Technology

JD Power Platform now available for OEM customers with dealer access in the works

While automotive dealers served by the company will have to wait a bit longer to get their hands on the revamped technology, JD Power on Monday announced the launch of the JD Power Platform for its OEM customers. JD Power ... [Read More]

Cars.com executive changeovers continue with new chief product officer

The revamp of Cars.com’s top-level executive team keeps evolving. The newest move came on Thursday when Cars.com appointed Mausam Bhatt as chief product officer, effective on Monday. Bhatt will join the company after it has already hired a new chief ... [Read More]

Analysis

Turn times, prices rise faster for used EVs than gas & hybrid vehicles

Prices for 1- to 5-year-old used electric vehicles have risen significantly faster than their hybrid and gas-powered counterparts in the last year, according to an analysis by iSeeCars.com. Once thousands of dollars cheaper, used EVs are now close to $600 ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: Auto transportation costs are changing the economics of vehicle acquisition

A vehicle can look like a great buy at auction until a dealership factors in what it will cost to get it to the lot. Transportation has always been part of the cost of acquiring inventory for a dealership. But ... [Read More]

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