Auto Remarketing Podcast

Point Predictive chief fraud strategist Frank McKenna returned to the Auto Remarketing Podcast to discuss one of company’s biggest annual projects. McKenna shared some highlights from Point Predictive’s auto fraud report, acknowledging the total impact on dealerships and finance companies continues to grow.

It all seems simple. Dealerships want to reach potential buyers with the specific vehicle they want at the right time. But we know the car business is complex, so Aaron Hancock is here with some solutions. During this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, the director of product management for automotive at LeadVenture shares insights about what car buyers want nowadays and ho...

As OEMs begin to increase vehicle production, Autosled's Senior Vice President of OEM and Government Relations, Bart Schuster, discusses current and future logistics trends for retail automotive. He also reviews specific areas where Autosled pivots to address industry challenges, regardless of whether it's acting as the carrier of contract or a backup carrier for automotive manufacturers. Describi...

Claire Nicol and Tom Reid of RPM appeared on this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. They highlighted how the logistics company’s vast industry connections and significant investment in technology combine to create robust platform for dealerships and other clients who need vehicle transportation.

Four forthcoming repossession agents shared a variety of personal and professional anecdotes last week during the North American Repossessors Summit in Orlando, Fla. In a conference session titled, “What I Wish I’d Known…A Cautionary Tale for Small, Medium, & Large Recovery Companies,” the conversation included: —Ray Franklin of National Locating & Recovery, Inc. —Matt Freeman of Professional Towi...

American Recovery Association president Vaughn Clemmons addressed the record gathering for last week’s North American Repossessors Summit, sharing his “unfiltered beliefs on the state of our recovery industry.” Clemmons described the challenges and opportunities the industry has, asking for a “call for collaboration,” involving agents, finance companies, forwarders and other service providers that...

In a new series of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Cherokee Media Group interviews “Dealer Entrepreneurs” — auto retail leaders, who in addition to their roles at dealerships, have also launched outside companies/startups in the automotive space. Next up in this series is a conversation with Joe Shaker, who is co-founder and CEO of TruVideo and owner of Shaker Auto Group.

In a new series of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Cherokee Media Group interviews "Dealer Entrepreneurs" — auto retail leaders, who in addition to their roles at dealerships, have also launched outside companies/startups in the automotive space. Kicking off this series is a conversation with Ryan Maher, who is the founder of BizzyCar, which provides a loyalty solution designed to boost dealership s...

Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits catches up with Larry Dixon, who is vice president of Auction Data Solutions/AuctionNet at the National Auto Auction Association, during last month's CAR Conference in Phoenix. They discuss Dixon's presentation at the conference, which included highlights from NAAA's annual member survey, auction volumes, conversion rates, vehicle affordability, used-car...

Next up on our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from NADA Show 2024 is a conversation with Stephen Smith, who is vice president of product & engineering at Cox Automotive. Smith talks with Cherokee Media Group's Joe Overby about electric vehicle battery health as well as the recon, repair and remarketing of EVs and much more.

Signal Technologies chairman and CEO Steve Jillings and chief commercial officer Tyler Hall sit down with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby at NADA Show 2024 in Las Vegas. Signal specializes in the Canada-to-U.S. used-vehicle market, so the conversation delves into important reminders for dealers importing cars, market factors impacting the importing and exporting of vehicles, the proc...

Cars are full of complex technology nowadays, especially electric vehicles. But buyers often want a simple path to getting vehicle service contracts and other protection products. With that environment in mind, James Virgoe of APCO Holdings and GWC Warranty takes us through the steps to positive results for both dealerships and their customers in this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarket...

DAS Technology CEO & co-founder Alexi Venneri joins the show from NADA Show 2024 in Las Vegas, where she talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about helping dealers navigate the customer experience, digital retail myths, the company's study and much more.

Cars Commerce said in its 2024 Automotive Trends report there is roughly a 10.2 million-unit deficit in the number of 1- to 3-year-old vehicles expected to re-enter the pre-owned car market in the near future, leading to a “sparse and expensive” picture for dealers’ used-car inventories. How should store managers handle that situation? Brian Kramer, executive vice president at Cars Commerce and ge...

Before spending a few minutes with Cherokee Media Group to elaborate about the used-car market, National Automobile Dealers Association chief economist Patrick Manzi gave a press conference on the NADA Live Stage. Hear what else Manzi had to say about the franchised dealership world from Las Vegas during NADA Show 2024 through this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.

The CARS Rule from the Federal Trade Commission was one of the primary topics at NADA Show 2024, and Adam Crowell offered his expert perspectives, too. The vice president of legal and corporate development at KPA discussed the FTC and other regulatory matters during this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast recorded in Las Vegas.

It’s a joint episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast and the PAL Podcast, featuring their respective hosts, Joe Overby and Jeremy Louisos. Joe and Jeremy connected at NADA Show 2024 last month in Las Vegas for a conversation in which each asked the other five surprise questions. They chatted about everything from electric vehicles and the Boston Bruins to exploring Vegas by foot and a punk rock mu...

Cherokee Media Group listened in as Tim Reuss of the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association appeared at NADA Show 2024 in Las Vegas. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, hear what Reuss had to say about the challenges dealers in Canada are facing and the infrastructure struggles as more electric vehicles enter the market.

Continuing our series from NADA Show 2024, CARFAX editor-in-chief Patrick Olsen and CARFAX Car Care general manager Paul Nadjarian join the show for a conversation about electric vehicles, the company's presence in the wholesale market, the certified pre-owned market, the various factors impacting vehicle history and much more.

Credit Union Leasing of America president Ken Sopp and vice president of business development Mark Chandler elaborated about the company's prospects, the state of credit unions and the ongoing challenge to grow used-vehicle leasing during this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast recorded in Las Vegas at NADA Show 2024.

Next up on our series of episodes from NADA Show 2024, Erin Kerrigan, who is co-founder and managing director of Kerrigan Advisors, connects with Cherokee Media Group's Joe Overby during the J.D. Power Auto Summit. They discuss dealership buy-sell activity, dealer groups diversifying their lines of business, the state of used-car standalone stores and more.

Artificial intelligence can do a lot of things, but solving all of challenges within auto financing doesn’t appear to be one of them yet. Pete MacInnis, founder and CEO of eLEND Solutions, spent some time in Las Vegas at NADA Show 2024 for this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast to discuss AI, the company’s latest industry survey and more.

In late January, Black Book introduced Battery Adjusted Values, which it says are the industry’s first electric vehicle valuations. The valuations incorporate battery condition adjustments based on data from Recurrent, a provider of EV analytics. At NADA Show 2024 last month, Cherokee Media Group connected with Marko Iljadica of Recurrent as well as Laura Wehunt, Jared Kalfus & Alex Yurchenko of B...

Almost seven years ago to the day (March 16, 2017), Cherokee Media Group's Joe Overby was in Chicago to record what would end up being the first-ever episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. The guests? Kayne Grau, the co-founder and then-CEO of DRIVIN, and his colleagues John Manganaro and Justin Mahlik. A few trips around the sun and industry evolutions later, Grau is the relatively new CEO of C...

Kanchana Sundaram acknowledged dealerships are fertile places for fraud to happen. But Experian’s senior director of product and innovation for automotive offered several suggestions for how stores can remain car retailers, not vehicle victims, during this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast recorded in Las Vegas at NADA Show 2024.