We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring.
AVILOO chief executive officer Brett Lippel focused on what might be the most important part of an electric vehicle. Lippel explained how battery test results are used to reduce days to turn, support stronger resale values, simplify the sales process, and more.
Listen to Lippel recap how dealers can reach those goals with used EVs during a conversation available here.
We begin our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring.
Bryan Pascual, founder of DealerCarLeads, answers one of the most important questions dealers are asking nowadays. What actually sells cars on social media?
Listen to Pascual’s answer and more recommendations for dealers of all sizes during a conversation available here.
Tiger Okeley is the executive board member of Oak Motors, a buy-here, pay-here dealership that’s been in business for more than 40 years in central Indiana.
Having seen boom times, recessions, and more, Okeley shared his insight to help owners navigate soaring gas prices and other factors impacting potential car buyers during this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.
In this insightful episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Auto Trader and KBB executives Elizabeth Stegall and David Lumpkin share findings gleaned from Cox Automotive’s unique research into shoppers who buy from Independent Dealers. Learn how shifting buyer expectations connect to trust and profitability—turning clicks into customers. You’ll get steps you can apply to your business right away. The full research will be presented and available at next month’s NIADA Convention.
James Virgoe, senior vice president and managing director of GWC Warranty, appeared on another special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast at a time when domestic and foreign turbulences have added even more complexities to the car business.
Virgoe sifts through the noise to help dealers maintain a stable path toward inventory management while building value and trust with potential buyers.
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners wrap up with Satyan Merchant, who is senior vice president, automotive and mortgage business leader at TransUnion.
Merchant recollected how his interest in data started when studying statistics on the back of baseball cards as a youngster and how it translated into a career of explaining complex trends back by concrete information.
On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits has a conversation with Vanessa Rocha, VP, All-American Bonds and Insurance and a Board member with the Florida Independent Auto Dealers Association. Vanessa speaks to some of the big issues facing dealers in today’s used car market and also offers a special invitation (in English and Spanish) for them to join her at the Used Car Summit, April 13-15 in Miami.
Enjoy this great episode with Vanessa Rocha.
Next up in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Mike Thomas, who is chief executive officer of Resolvion.
Thomas shares memories with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about working in construction and managing building projects and how that foundation set him on a successful path to working in auto-finance technology as well as a stint orchestrating mergers and acquisitions.
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners continue with Tom Kontos, who now is analytics advisor for Auto Auction Holdings.
Convinced to come out of retirement and get back in the business last fall with the growing wholesale operation, Kontos reflected on how he transformed his education and early professional positions in minerals and natural resources into a career in automotive that has now stretched to more than three decades.
Kontos also touched on the colleagues and clients who have impacted him as he became one of the industry’s top experts, connecting together automotive wholesale, retail, finance and the general economy into the Kontos Kommentary and other projects.
Experian senior director for automotive Jim Maguire made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to recap findings from the company’s latest dealer survey that examined the impact of fraud at dealerships.
Maguire then touched on the balance dealers and lenders have to create to still have a smooth path to vehicle acquisition for consumers while looking to keep fraud losses to a minimum.
