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 are available through this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Listen to the presentation in […] [Read More]

The dates change, but the name at the top remains the same. Toyota claimed the car category’s Overall Brand Award in Canadian Black Book’s 2026 Best Residual Value Awards for the fifth consecutive year. Not coincidentally, that’s also how many years the award has been presented. Toyota also won the Overall Brand Award for SUVs/trucks […] [Read More]

Key Auto Group is now in on the FFUN. The FFUN Group announced it has acquired Key Auto Group, a deal that adds four auto dealerships and a collision center to the Saskatoon-based dealership group. The deal includes three stores in Yorkton, Saskatchewan — Key Chevrolet Cadillac Buick GMC, Key Yorkton and Yorkton Toyota — […] [Read More]

Canadian dealers, franchised and independent, are facing a volatile supply environment and compressed profit margins across multiple fronts.  And more than ever, add-ons and F&I offerings are integral to dealership bottom lines. When done well, the business office often drives repeat sales while building trust and reinforcing its individual brands as a dealer. Jake Stacey, […] [Read More]

Perhaps some individuals already in your subprime auto finance portfolio are getting a “wake-up call” this week courtesy of consumer advocates who are orchestrating a financial education program. Debt Awareness Week began on Monday with officials at Debt.com, a resource for personal finance education, offering expert advice on debt relief, credit counseling, budgeting, and financial […] [Read More]

Henry Ford said, “Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.” The modern automotive dealership moves at a relentless pace. Every day is a race against the clock with a frustrated service customer demanding help, a sales manager asking for support on the current complex deal, […] [Read More]

Penske Automotive persevered through a challenging fourth quarter of 2025, and the company’s used-vehicle business was no exception. “Used-vehicle sales continue to be constrained by fewer lease returns and affordability,” said Rich Shearing, North American operations officer for Penske Automotive Group. Shearing made that comment during Penske’s fourth quarter 2025 earnings call last week. He […] [Read More]

Asbury Automotive Group’s Park Place Dealerships has some groundbreaking news. The company announced it has broken ground on a new facility in Dallas that will include a Porsche dealership and a Volvo service facility. The 15-acre site, which Park Place purchased in December 2024, will be the new home of Park Place Porsche, which currently […] [Read More]

Kevin Roberts, who is director of economic and market intelligence at CarGurus, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to talk about the hot start to 2026 for the retail used-car market. Roberts and Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby discuss why last month was the strongest January for used-car demand in five years, […] [Read More]

Expanding its client portfolio among some of the largest institutions in the space, Credit Union Leasing of America (CULA) recently announced a partnership with Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union (PSECU), one of the largest credit unions in Pennsylvania, to offer vehicle leasing to PSECU’s more than 545,000 members. Through CULA, PSECU members in Pennsylvania will […] [Read More]