Friday, April 5, 2019 - 9:57am

Joe Overby, Senior Editor

It wasn’t the strongest of starts to the year for used-vehicle sales, but the first quarter closed with the pre-owned market poised to remain at peak levels. The annualized rate of used-car sales in March was more than 39.5 million*, beating year-ago figures by roughly 200,000 units, Cox Automotive manager of... Read More

Thursday, April 4, 2019 - 2:31pm

Auto Remarketing Staff

Most new-vehicle owners are still driving the vehicles after owning them for one year. But 3.4 percent of new cars are resold as used within the first year of ownership. Which vehicle brands are sold most frequently after only one year of ownership? A new study from iSeeCars.com breaks down some numbers regarding the... Read More

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 3:47pm

Auto Remarketing Staff

Record-high numbers of vehicles are coming off lease in 2019. At the same time, prices and interest rates are edging higher. With those trends in mind, understanding a vehicle’s retained value is extremely important for a shopper in knowing how much he or she can afford when buying a new vehicle, Edmunds... Read More

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 3:42pm

Auto Remarketing Staff

At NADA Show 2019 earlier this year, Erin Kerrigan of Kerrigan Advisors talks dealership buy-sell activity, including the impact from growing digital retail. Plus, she explains why more buyers and investors are looking to move into this space. The full discussion can be found below. Download and subscribe to... Read More

Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - 12:40pm

Jim Leman, Correspondent

At the recent NADA Show 2019, I spoke to several dealers about their 2019 used-car strategies, and that story was published in Auto Remarketing. Included in that article were comments from used-car expert Tommy Gibbs of Tommy Gibbs & Associates, who shared some pre-show highlights of this then-upcoming used-car... Read More

Monday, April 1, 2019 - 4:47pm

Auto Remarketing Staff

If you bought a used vehicle in Colorado from CarMax over the past year and a half, chances are it was a 4-wheel drive or all-wheel drive. That’s according to a recent sales data report from the retailer, which noted that 72.64 percent of its vehicle sales in that state were either 4WD or AWD. And... Read More

Friday, March 29, 2019 - 9:51am

Auto Remarketing Staff

To give dealers and finance companies insight going into close the first quarter, Nick connected with a pair of experts from J.D. Power for this Auto Remarketing Podcast episode. Thomas King, the senior vice president of J.D. Power’s data and analytics division, dissected the used-vehicle market, while Doug Betts,... Read More

Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 4:05pm

Auto Remarketing Staff

They have so many choices. Millennials and Gen-Z buyers can choose a vehicle from the German luxury automakers, the aspirational exotics or even Tesla’s all-electric fleet. But those under-36 car shoppers identified one brand as the one they most identify with, the one they plan to buy next and the one they... Read More