Auto Remarketing Podcast

Next up on our series of episodes from Canada's Used Car Week Live Stage, presented by SYCN Auto Logistics, are Crissy Burton, sales manager at Bob Rohrman Indy Hyundai, and Tianna Mick, chief marketing officer at Dealer Synergy. Burton and Mick talked with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about “The Blueprint for High-Volume Sales: How to Build a Loyal Customer Pipeline,” building a...

The dealership space is a bit of an untapped resource in commercial real estate. But property and real estate matters are crucial areas for dealers to watch. That's where Ned Hennessey and the team at Surmount come into play. Surmount is a full-service commercial real estate platform and said it's the only one focused exclusively on auto dealers. Hennessey and his team run the real estate capital...

Next up on our Live Stage from Canada's Used Car Week is a conversation with Coralee Zueff, author of "Five Star Service Advisor," about empowering women in automotive and engaging the next generation of auto industry professionals. Zueff talks about her journey in automotive after getting into the industry by accident, engaging students about the opportunities in the business, the changing nature...

Edmunds senior vice president of marketing Alison Anziska returns to the show for a discussion about the company's latest ad campaign featuring Tommy Edman of the Los Angeles Dodgers. In the spot, the aptly named Edman shows Angelenos how they can get valuations on their cars through Edmunds' upgraded vehicle appraisal tool. Anziska shares what Edmunds hopes dealers and consumers can come to under...

Remember when there was uncertainty and anxiety about how tariffs would affect exporting vehicles from Canada to the U.S.? Well, now the tariff era is here, and Tane Jillings says you can relax. On this episode of the Auto Remarketing podcast, recorded from the SYCN Auto Logistics Live Stage during Canada’s Used Car Week 2025 in Toronto, the co-founder and president of cross-border vehicle export...

In this session from the Canada's Used Car Week Live Stage, sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, Pam founder Abdullah Baig, Zen AI CEO Olivier Vincent and BlinkAI Automotive CEO Dave Perry join Auto Remarketing senior editor Joe Overby for a conversation about the role of artificial intelligence in the auto industry, busting myths around AI, how the use cases of AI could expand, plus much more.

In no particular order, Jeremiah Wheeler is an auto industry executive. He's a Used Car Week Hall of Famer. He holds an MBA from SMU. He's a husband. A dad. And this week, he became a published author. Wheeler, who is president at DRN, MVTRAC and SCM, talked with Auto Remarketing senior editor Joe Overby about his debut book, "The Unlikely Executive: From Dope and Despair to Leadership and Legacy....

In another episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from Canada’s Used Car Week 2025 in Toronto, Cherokee Media Group associate editor Andrew Friedlander is joined by a man who thinks outside the box — Chris Schnellenberger, founder and CEO of Purr, whose unique business model offers a retail consignment platform for repossessed vehicles. The Alberta-based entrepreneur talks about how t...

Matt Hagan can paint quite a picture — and not just as regional sales manager for ACV Capital. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Hagan shared his journey to becoming a performance artist and working with the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association and other organizations to raise thousands of dollars for charity with his paintings.

Since the beginning of this year, all sorts of experts have been talking about tariffs, analyzing the market and predicting what will happen as the auto tariffs take effect. But what about the REAL experts — the dealers who are out there selling cars and working with customers through all of this? During Canada’s Used Car Week 2025 in Toronto, Cherokee Media Group associate editor Andrew Friedland...

A session at Canada’s Used Car Week featured a mix of automaker and dealership executives, who examined Canada’s certified pre-owned vehicle market, how CPO sales are faring, OEM-dealer partnerships, challenges and opportunities in CPO, vehicle supply dynamics and more.

One of the highlights of Canada’s Used Car Week was a stage full of top executives from the wholesale market. Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby led a conversation with these executives, who discussed macroeconomic, technological and market factors impacting their operations, along with the success strategies they’ve adopted to thrive in this changing landscape.

Agora Data’s Steve Burke is one of the most upbeat executives you can find in auto finance. When asked about his outlook for the car business during a conversation at the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association's annual convention last week in Las Vegas, Burke didn’t hesitate to say 2026 could be one of the best years ever. Find out why during this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podca...

The newest member of the team at the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association spent a few minutes during this week’s NIADA Convention in Las Vegas for this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Patrick O’Brien, who joined NIADA in May as director of government relations and compliance, shared more details about his background with the U.S. Treasury and the Consumer Financial Protecti...

How an independent dealer approaches inventory strategy might be different than a franchised store. Patrick Janes, associate vice president of inventory solutions management at Cox Automotive, delved into the current inventory landscape during this week’s NIADA Convention in Las Vegas for this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.

Cherokee Media Group’s Nick Zulovich secured some time with Gene Daughtry of Auto Master Systems this week in Las Vegas during the annual convention hosted by the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. Daughtry still travels nationwide regularly and has weekly online meetings with buy-here, pay-here dealers who are seeking to sharpen their collections departments. Daughtry shared ane...

AJ Philippakis and Vish Talreja are the co-founders of Kord, an electric vehicle insight product designed to share essential EV data with shoppers on vehicle details pages. Kord works with dealers and groups like Kia North Shore, Volvo Cars Richmond and the Dilawri Automotive Group to help educate shoppers about EVs and facilitate confident EV ownership. AJ and Vish join Auto Remarketing senior ed...

John Elias with Allied Solutions gave an in-depth overview of how auto financing has unfolded so far this year. Perhaps even more importantly for this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Elias pinpointed the blind spot lenders might be missing and offered recommendations to help mitigate risk.

With tariffs rising, inventory shrinking, and affordability tightening, 2025 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for independent dealers. This special sponsored episode of Auto Remarketing Podcast breaks down how shifting market forces are impacting non-franchise auto dealers and what they can do to adapt. From sourcing smarter to building trust with transparency, this conversation offers practical...

In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits welcomes NextGear Capital's Nicole Graham-Ponce, VP Operations Portfolio Management and Kyle Ballinger, AVP, Sales. In this conversation, they share exciting updates for Independent Dealers related to the client experience, audit experience and floorplanning options that are the best match.

Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights and one of the analysts among this year’s Automotive Intelligence Award recipients, returned for another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Zabritski described what elements were in place to help banks gain more market share during the first quarter, what’s intriguing about the buy-here, pay-here market, and trends that p...

James Virgoe, who is senior vice president and managing partner of GWC Warranty at APCO Holdings, acknowledged car buyers nowadays are more skeptical and informed than ever before arriving at the dealership. So, how should F&I managers rethink their approach to presenting traditional products like extended warranties? Virgoe offered a variety of recommendations during this sponsored episode of the...

It all started with a livestream during COVID lockdowns. It's now a major auto industry media and events company, with daily podcasts, community activation, events and more. Ahead of their annual ASOTU Con last month, Automotive State of the Union leaders Paul Daly, Kyle Mountsier and Michael Cirillo joined Cherokee Media Group's Joe Overby for a conversation about the origin story behind the comp...

Artificial intelligence is almost as prevalent in automotive nowadays as car row in your community. But how are the smartest dealerships and service providers using AI? A trio of executives tackled that question and more during a panel discussion at this spring’s Auto Intel Summit that’s now available through this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. The panel featured Rich Sands of STELLA Aut...

Auto-finance data often highlights trends such as originations and delinquencies. But for the closing presentation of this spring’s Auto Intel Summit, TJ Cox of TransUnion and Jill Louden S&P Global Mobility took a different approach about what auto-finance data could show. Now available through this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, hear some of the intriguing findings Cox and Louden disco...