Cox Automotive on guiding the modern car buyer One of the keynote presentations from Used Car Week 2025 featured Micah Tindor and Elizabeth Stegall of Cox Automotive for a session titled, “Guiding the Modern Buyer with Trust, Tech & Smarter Trade-Ins.” Valuable study findings and dealership recommendations now ... Listen Here
Kevin Roberts of CarGurus on 2026 Used-Car Market Kevin Roberts, who is director of economic and market intelligence at CarGurus, is back on the show to talk about the hot start to 2026 for the retail used-car market. Roberts and Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby discuss ... Listen Here
Cox Automotive on the vanishing divide between wholesale & retail Used Car Week 2025 extended the ongoing conversation about how the wholesale and retail portions of the used-car market aren’t quite as distinct as they used to be. Cherokee Media Group’s Bill Zadeits hosted a fireside chat about the subject ... Listen Here

Retail

Affordability, satisfaction put EchoPark in the ‘catbird seat’

Sonic Automotive thinks of its EchoPark used-vehicle business as “the Costco … of the pre-owned world.” Sonic’s president Jeff Dyke made that comment during Sonic’s fourth quarter 2025 earnings call on Wednesday. Although he didn’t immediately explain what he meant ... [Read More]

Group 1 used GPU took a dive in 2025 but CEO sees sunnier skies in 2026

Group 1 Automotive sold more used vehicles in the fourth quarter and for all of 2025 than in the previous year, but made less money from those sales. Executives in the earnings call put a positive spin on the news, ... [Read More]

Wholesale

Driven by dealer & commercial strength, OPENLANE sells nearly 1.5M vehicles in 2025

At the start of last year, OPENLANE CEO Peter Kelly challenged his teams with four key annual goals. Those were: to grow the customer base and vehicle transaction volumes, improve financial performance, and position OPENLANE for long-term success. During the ... [Read More]

VIDEO: Robot fights & remarketing EVs in this ‘Battery Royale’

“It’s not about the Xs and the Os. It’s about the Jimmys and the Joes.” This coach-speak (or variations of it) comes up often in conversations about football. It might also apply to “Battery Royale” caged robot fights in Las ... [Read More]

Resource Hub

Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business

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

RockED, Dealerware partner to offer education on dealership mobility offerings

Auto industry training platform RockED announced its latest partnership, teaming with Dealerware to launch a Dealer Mobility Fundamentals Certification program that’s billed as an industry-first. The program, which will be available through RockED’s platform beginning in March, is designed to ... [Read More]

CarGurus makes ‘Big Deal’ bigger with spots promoting new AI search tools

CarGurus’ “Big Deal” brand campaign is getting bigger — thanks to artificial intelligence. The online car-shopping platform has expanded the “Big Deal” with new ads putting the spotlight on its recently launched AI-powered products designed to simplify and personalize online ... [Read More]

Analysis

Best January for used-car sales since 2021 suggests ‘sustained buyer activity’

Used cars could be the “rational choice” for many shoppers re-entering the market. And that viability is already showing up in the numbers for early 2026. There were nearly 493,000 used-vehicle retail units sold last month, which was the strongest ... [Read More]

Study finds AI raises dealerships’ internet lead responsiveness, but creates added risks

They say records are made to be broken. In the case of auto dealerships’ responsiveness to internet leads, it seems they’re made to be broken every year. For the fourth consecutive year, the industry average for responding to inquiries submitted ... [Read More]

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