Friday, February 8, 2019 - 1:00pm
Nick Zulovich, Staff Writer
Thursday, February 7, 2019 - 1:13pm
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 - 3:37pm
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 - 3:37pm
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
Skeptics of the vehicle subscription model may, in fact, be right to pose questions about how the segment is addressing some very important concerns. Many of those questions came to light during a keynote presentation from auto industry consultant Maryann Keller at the Automotive Intelligence Summit in July, and later... Read More
Thursday, October 25, 2018 - 12:28pm
Thursday, October 25, 2018 - 12:28pm
Auto Remarketing Staff
With the industry still sifting through units impacted by Hurricanes Florence and Michael, Carfax shared new information on Thursday, highlighting how many vehicles damaged by flooding remain operation. Compared to this point last year after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma hit the U.S., Carfax reported 478,000 flooded... Read More
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 - 1:30pm
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 - 1:30pm
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
The brisk air and color-changing leaves may say otherwise, but October is looking a lot like September. Edmunds is predicting 3.3 million used-car sales this month, which is the same figure reached in September, based on its data set. The resulting used-car SAAR for the month is projected at 39.6 million – also on... Read More
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 2:50pm
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 2:50pm
Jim Leman, Correspondent
The Germain Automotive Group has increased front-end gross per car by $300 since beta testing a new inventory management concept from Dale Pollak and the vAuto team at Cox Automotive. This new philosophy — and the data product behind it, called Profit Time — looks at inventory aging in a unique way,... Read More
Monday, October 22, 2018 - 1:26pm
Monday, October 22, 2018 - 1:26pm
Joe Overby, Senior Editor
As it turns out, dealers are more likely than the shoppers buying their cars to believe personal vehicle ownership will decrease drastically in the next five years. But does this mean that dealers are worried about the impact this will have on their business? Not necessarily. According to a study released Monday by... Read More
Monday, October 22, 2018 - 11:47am
Monday, October 22, 2018 - 11:47am
Auto Remarketing Staff
It’s been more than a month since Hurricane Florence soaked the Carolinas and other locations in the Southeast. On Monday, Jumpstart Automotive Media uncovered more than a half dozen metrics and other trends through its post-Florence shopping analysis, pinpointing what types of vehicles are being considered and... Read More
Friday, October 19, 2018 - 2:31pm
Friday, October 19, 2018 - 2:31pm
Daryl Lubinsky, Correspondent
Some used-vehicle dealers jack up the pricing on their fresh inventory to offset the lack of gross on their aged vehicles. Don’t do that. And don’t advertise your vehicles online without double-checking the pictures and descriptions, either. Unfortunately, those are just two of the many... Read More
Friday, October 19, 2018 - 9:09am
Friday, October 19, 2018 - 9:09am
Auto Remarketing Staff
More than a year later, Hurricane Harvey still is influencing how wholesale prices and used-vehicle sales are analyzed. The record-setting storm that blasted Texas created comparisons that might make metrics appear odd. According to ADESA Analytical Services’ monthly analysis of wholesale used-vehicle prices by... Read More