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Evolution of the auction: Wholesale industry still built on brick-and-mortar
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'Smaller, less complex' used vehicles top Carfax reliability rankings
Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, 04:43 PM
Evolution of the auction: Digital offerings, data provide transparency, efficiency & more opportunities
Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, 03:41 PM
Deeper dive into rising LTVs with TransUnion’s Satyan Merchant
One of the notable findings from TransUnion’s Q2 2026 Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) was how much loan-to-value ratios have changed in the past five years. Satyan Merchant, one of this year’s Automotive Intelligence Award recipients and senior vice president ... Listen Here
PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor on intersection of payments & technology
PayNearMe recently shared new search, explaining that hidden costs sustained by auto lenders can show up as failed payments, borrower support calls, late payments, collections follow-up, reconciliation work and manual recovery effort. PayNearMe chief product officer John Minor elaborated about ... Listen Here
Matt Babcock of Wolters Kluwer on how digital transformation continues to gain steam in auto financing
Matt Babcock, who heads up digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, returned for another visit on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Wolter Kluwer recently released its latest quarterly Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index. Babcock recapped the sustained upward trajectory the ... Listen Here
Retail
Dealer group news: M&A in Va., GNYADA receives trade association honors
Charlie Obaugh Auto Group has added its first Ford dealership. The Virginia-based, family-owned dealer group has acquired Campus Ford in Waynesboro, Va., from Matt McMurray, according to a news release from Performance Brokerage Services, which was the buy-side advisor on ... [Read More]
Illinois Ford dealer receives 2026 Ally Sees Her Award
This week’s 46th annual National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers (NAMAD) Conference wrapped up with Ally Financial announcing the winner of the 2026 Ally Sees Her Award. The honor, presented by Ally and NAMAD annually to recognize significant achievements of ... [Read More]
Wholesale
Evolution of the auction: Digital offerings, data provide transparency, efficiency & more opportunities
Today, wholesale buying and selling is driven by more than gut feeling and experience. Fred Stark, CarMax’s regional vice president of auction services, said today’s decisions are driven instead by data. “There is still a savviness needed in this industry, ... [Read More]
Evolution of the auction: Wholesale industry still built on brick-and-mortar
What it means to be an auction is changing. Some of these shifts have happened over the years, while others seem to have occurred overnight. Consider the current environment: Digital used-car retailer Carvana now owns ADESA's U.S. auctions and has ... [Read More]
Technology
Pied Piper launches 2 new dealership performance monitoring & alert programs
The monthly report has been the dealership cadence for decades. Pied Piper Management Co. wants to bring the information tempo into the present with the launch of Sales Lead Handling Effectiveness (LHE) and Service Scheduling Effectiveness (SSE). They’re subscription programs ... [Read More]
PromptPath uses AI to help dealers make phone calls (between actual humans) more effective
A trio of veteran automotive technology executives — Jason Barrie, Amit Maheshwari and Max Steckler — have teamed up to launch PromptPath, an artificial intelligence-enabled person-to-person conversation platform for the auto industry. The new platform aims to help sales, F&I ... [Read More]
Analysis
‘Smaller, less complex’ used vehicles top Carfax reliability rankings
When making travel or dinner plans with a group, a “smaller, less complex” itinerary may help to avoid hiccups. Perhaps the same goes for finding reliable vehicles, too. Carfax said Monday it has developed rankings of the most reliable vehicle ... [Read More]
Used commercial market finds ‘renewed transaction velocity’ in Q2
Fleets have been getting more mileage out of their work trucks and vans — quite literally. According to the Q2 2026 Commercial Vehicle Market Analysis from Work Truck Solutions, median mileage on work trucks and vans came in at 77,507 ... [Read More]
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