AI is rapidly reshaping dealership operations, yet most stores are still in early experimentation mode. According to the Cox Automotive...
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Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Sponsored Episode: Winning Talent Strategies for Car Dealerships – with CDK & Industry Leaders
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bruce Johnson from CDK sits down with Tyler Jones, President of EV Auto, and Joe Brown, CMO at Frank Leta, to explore proven strategies for attracting and retaining top talent ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, 10:00 AM
Dissecting evolving credit scores with Shams Blanc of FICO
As much as auto-finance underwriting has become sophisticated, a potential starting point to determine if the applicant will be offered an installment contract is the credit score. Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, described the ... Listen Here
Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, 03:34 PM
PAR chooses Hawley to be VP of sales and client relations
Friday, Jun. 4, 2021, 02:14 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
PAR North America chose an executive with almost two decades of industry experience to be its vice president of sales and client relations. According to a news release distributed on Thursday, the business unit of KAR Global announced the appointment ... [Read More]
S&P Global Ratings spots significant net-loss improvements in both prime & subprime
Thursday, Jun. 3, 2021, 02:57 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experian’s Q1 2021 State of the Automotive Finance Market report illuminated many attributes about the contracts originated during the opening quarter of the year, including how outstanding balances now are approaching $1.3 trillion as well as metrics based on geography. ... [Read More]
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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business
Turn Battery Risk Into Trust: Your Edge in the Used EV Market
Independent battery health certification is the new gold standard for used EV dealerships. The latest AVILOO detect Magazine reveals how...
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How GMs Start Their Day with Mastermind & Make More Deals
Successful General Managers know that how you start the day sets the tone for dealership performance. This checklist outlines the...
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Rising Repos, Shrinking Margins: A Guide to Reduce Collections and Servicing Costs with AI Agents
As delinquencies rise and margins tighten, leading auto lenders use AI agents to cut collections and servicing costs without compromising...
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Out-of-State Titling: 12 Steps Every Title Clerk Should Follow (The Easy Way)
Out-of-state titling isn’t easy. With every state having different DMV requirements, document packets, and deadlines, it’s easy for mistakes to...
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Free Guide: How Smart Dealers Can Profit from Customer Car Insurance
Turn Customer Auto Insurance into Dealership Profit If you're not profiting from auto insurance in your dealership, now’s the time...
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Go In-House With Your Photos
Your Photo Vendor Didn’t Show Up Again? Let’s Fix That. Stop relying on vendors and start owning your inventory. This...
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The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI
The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI highlights key questions dealership leaders should ask technology partners during the selection...
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ARA to host free webinar with Bassford Remele about data privacy
Wednesday, Jun. 2, 2021, 07:26 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The American Recovery Association (ARA) is again leveraging its relationship with Bassford Remele to offer repossession agents a free webinar to discuss an important operational element — data privacy. In an attempt to help repo agents avoid a potential exposure ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Reviewing key court decision involving finance company, GAP coverage & MLA
Wednesday, Jun. 2, 2021, 03:48 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Getting auto financing over the finish line to vehicle delivery already can be complex. When the potential buyer falls within the confines of the Military Lending Act (MLA), it can become even more complicated. Marci Kawski, a partner in the ... [Read More]
Looking at Q1 financing metrics by geography
Tuesday, Jun. 1, 2021, 02:00 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with highlighting how total outstanding balances are approaching $1.3 trillion, Experian’s Q1 2021 State of the Automotive Finance Market report also delved into some metrics based on geography. Experian pinpointed the average credit score of used-vehicle paper bought in ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Why securitizations are accelerating again
Friday, May. 28, 2021, 02:52 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Originations aren’t the only part of auto financing accelerating nowadays. Stephen Bisbee, founder of eOriginal, which is now part of Wolters Kluwer, appeared on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to explain why securitizations are accelerating again as an attractive option for ... [Read More]
Looking for ‘telling points’ of potential changes as total outstanding balances approach $1.3 trillion
Thursday, May. 27, 2021, 03:09 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Escalating vehicle prices are impacting auto-finance data, too, as Experian’s Q1 2021 State of the Automotive Finance Market report showed outstanding balances jumped 10.3% year-over-year from $1.168 trillion to $1.288 trillion. So, SubPrime Auto Finance News posed this one to ... [Read More]
LAUNCHER.SOLUTIONS enhances communication tools for dealers, finance companies & consumers
Wednesday, May. 26, 2021, 03:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
LAUNCHER.SOLUTIONS wants to provide a smooth communication path from application to underwriting and then on to funding and delivery. The technology provider specializing in originations recently announced the release of its new product offering, appTRAKER CONNECT for its clients using ... [Read More]
GWC Warranty names new senior vice president of sales
Wednesday, May. 26, 2021, 03:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, GWC Warranty welcomed an experienced executive to be its new senior vice president of sales. With a strong track record of managing top-performing territories, developing new channels of business, and building revenue-producing relationships, GWC said James Virgoe will ... [Read More]
PODCAST: Path toward reducing wrongful repossessions
Wednesday, May. 26, 2021, 03:22 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Wrongful repossessions might be the most heartburn-inducing, headache-creating part of auto finance. Offering an assessment of the current landscape of recoveries and more on this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast is Sabrina Neff, a partner in the Houston office ... [Read More]
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