As every dealer knows, there are multiple ways of acquiring cars, and many different types of inventory. In her workshop with Cox Automotive colleague Elizabeth Stegall during Used Car Week 2025, Bethany Johnson, director of strategic planning for Cox’s vAuto, outlined seven channels for sourcing used vehicles, including auctions, dealer trades, customer trade-ins, buying from […]

The future of used-car reconditioning isn’t about tires and brakes. It’s about technology and data. “If you’ve been to any of the sessions so far here or at any other conference, you have likely seen and heard everybody talk about the changes that are happening to the automotive industry from the use of automation and, […]

Overall wholesale vehicle volumes are expected to be flat in 2026, followed by modest growth in subsequent years. It’s a different story, though, for off-lease volumes, according to Cox Automotive. Lease maturities, says Cox Automotive interim chief economist Jeremy Robb, “are at a critical inflection point” both in terms of actual volume and the makeup […]