Auto Remarketing Podcast

Cherokee Media Group

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Your weekly dose of auto industry news and conversation with top executives, specifically tailored for the used-car side of the business.

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DAS Technology Co-Founder & CEO Alexi Venneri at NADA Show 2024

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.

21m
Apr 01, 2024
Tackling ‘sparse & expensive’ situation with late-model inventory

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 general manager of Accu-Trade, offered his perspectives during a conversation for the Auto Remarketing Podcast recorded at NADA Show 2024 in Las Vegas.

18m
Mar 28, 2024
NADA chief economist Patrick Manzi

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.

18m
Mar 22, 2024
More insight about CARS Rule with Adam Crowell of KPA

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.

17m
Mar 22, 2024
Dueling Podcasts with Jeremy Louisos of the PAL Podcast

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 museum.

32m
Mar 21, 2024
Tim Reuss of CADA at NADA Show 2024

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.

18m
Mar 21, 2024
Patrick Olsen & Paul Nadjarian of CARFAX from NADA Show 2024

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.

15m
Mar 20, 2024
CULA on leasing, credit unions and 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.

18m
Mar 20, 2024
Erin Kerrigan on Dealer Buy-Sell Activity & Investment

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.

18m
Mar 19, 2024
‘Penny perfect’ remains challenge not even AI can yet solve

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.

14m
Mar 18, 2024
Inside the Recurrent + Black Book Partnership

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 Black Book to discuss this partnership, the overall used-vehicle market and much more.

15m
Mar 18, 2024
CarNow CEO Kayne Grau

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, 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 CarNow and the latest guest on our series of shows from NADA Show 2024, where he and Overby reconnect to talk about the new role and more.

16m
Mar 15, 2024
Ways to keep fraud out of your dealership

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.

12m
Mar 15, 2024
Reconnecting with Agora Data’s Steve Burke

About a month before the company welcomed Sharon Mancero as part of its management team, Agora Data CEO Steve Burke made time for the Auto Remarketing Podcast at NADA Show in Las Vegas. Burke shared his assessment of the financing and securitization markets and how Agora Data is diversifying its offerings.

9m
Mar 14, 2024
Chance Mayfield & Justin Neiser of Carfluent

Continuing our conversations from NADA Show 2024, Cherokee Media Group's Joe Overby catches up with Chance Mayfield and Justin Neiser of Carfluent, a provider of artificial intelligence-driven software that helps dealers create bilingual vehicle listings. Mayfield and Neiser share the inspiration behind the company, how the software works, the nuances of translation and the importance of reaching the audience of Spanish-speaking car shoppers.

14m
Mar 13, 2024
ACV CEO George Chamoun from NADA Show 2024

Next up on our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from NADA Show 2024, ACV CEO George Chamoun returns to the program to talk about sourcing inventory from consumers, ACV's "TEC Talks," growth areas for the company, its work with a.i.m. recon and much more.

20m
Mar 13, 2024
When retail car prices might decrease noticeably

Cherokee Media Group asked Jessica Caldwell of Edmunds a question that undoubtedly many consumers and perhaps some dealerships and finance companies are wondering, too. “Will retail prices for both used and new vehicles ever soften back to what they were say four or five years ago?” Caldwell addressed that question and more during this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast recorded at NADA Show 2024 in Las Vegas.

10m
Mar 07, 2024
Buckeye's Shaun Petersen dives into the CARS Rule, elections and more

The FTC’s proposed CARS Rule is currently in legal limbo. So what are the likely arguments and the possible outcomes? And what should dealers be doing to prepare in the meantime? On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Buckeye Dealership Consulting’s Shaun Petersen shares his considerable legislative, regulatory and compliance expertise as he untangles that issue, as well as discussing what’s at stake in the upcoming elections, how dealers can make an impact on the political process, and the upcoming BHPH United Summit, coming up April 23-25 in Las Vegas.

26m
Mar 07, 2024
ARC’s Justin Osburn talks fixed ops, F&I and Disney World

Justin Osburn, founder and CEO of Automotive Reinsurance Concepts and SmartGroups: 20 Groups Reimagined, returns to the Auto Remarketing Podcast fresh off a SmartGroup meeting that included some of the nation’s largest independent dealers. Osburn talks with Cherokee Media Group associate editor Andrew Friedlander about areas those dealers focused on, including opportunities in fixed ops and F&I, as well as what car dealers can learn from Walt Disney World – and how they can get a chance to learn at the Disney Executive Leadership Institute.

24m
Mar 07, 2024
Cox Automotive's Stephen Smith on All Things EV

Stephen Smith, vice president of product and engineering at Cox Automotive, is the latest to join our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from NADA Show 2024 last month in Las Vegas. He talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about electric vehicle battery health, delving into some of the research, insights and regulations around that and how it impacts EV valuations.

11m
Mar 06, 2024
Shiv Dutt and Trevor Henderson of OPENLANE

Next up on our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from NADA Show 2024 in Las Vegas last month is a conversation with two executives leading the North American marketplaces at OPENLANE: senior vice president Shiv Dutt, who is also the president of the company's US marketplace; and SVP Trevor Henderson, who is president of the Canadian marketplace.

13m
Mar 05, 2024
Lyamen Savy of Blabber

Continuing our discussions from NADA Show 2024 in Las Vegas last month, Lyamen Savy joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast to discuss her new venture, Blabber, where she is founder and CEO. Blabber is a referral platform, where automotive professionals can "rapidly scale your sales through warm introductions." Savy talks with Cherokee Media Group's Joe Overby about that new venture and more.

11m
Mar 04, 2024
Discussing sharper alternative data with Equifax

Alternative data isn’t new in auto financing. But Lena Bourgeois, senior vice president of vertical markets at Equifax, explained why alternative data is now more refined to the benefit of finance companies of all sizes. Bourgeois discussed that topic and more during this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast recorded at NADA Show 2024 in Las Vegas.

11m
Mar 04, 2024
Mike Boyd of AutoMobile Technologies & Randy Kobat of Repair OnDemand

Continuing our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from NADA Show 2024 in Las Vegas, Automobile Technologies managing director Mike Boyd and Repair OnDemand president Randy Kobat join Cherokee Media Group's Joe Overby from the expo hall floor to talk repair and recon.

12m
Feb 29, 2024
Derek Hansen of Cox Automotive at NADA Show 2024

Next up on our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from NADA Show 2024 earlier this month in Las Vegas is a conversation with Derek Hansen, vice president of operations, inventory and management solutions at Cox Automotive.

10m
Feb 28, 2024
How 700Credit now sees auto financing and retailing

Cherokee Media Group’s Nick Zulovich reconnected with Ken Hill, who is managing director of 700Credit. They shared a conversation about auto financing, regulation and fraud during this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast recorded at NADA Show 2024 in Las Vegas.

9m
Feb 28, 2024
What’s happening in BHPH with Mike Onda of Byrider Franchising

The buy-here, pay-here industry was also represented at NADA Show 2024 in Las Vegas. And for this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Byrider Franchising CEO Mike Onda spent some time with Cherokee Media Group’s Nick Zulovich to discuss what’s happening in the BHPH space and how the company is helping new and existing franchisees.

9m
Feb 27, 2024
OPENLANE CEO Peter Kelly at NADA Show 2024

Next up on series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from NADA Show 2024 earlier this month in Las Vegas is a conversation with OPENLANE CEO Peter Kelly.

9m
Feb 26, 2024
Origience on 30 years of business & growing network of credit unions & dealerships

Origence chief revenue officer Phil DuPree is in a festive mood like the rest of the company that provides technology solutions for credit unions. The company that includes CUDL is celebrating its 30th year of operations in 2024.

10m
Feb 26, 2024
Talking subprime auto finance with Amitay Kalmar of Lendbuzz

For some finance companies, delving into the subprime space isn’t worth the risk. Lendbuzz co-founder and chief executive officer Amitay Kalmar reiterated why subprime auto financing can be profitable when structured properly and how it’s helped his operation during this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast recorded at NADA Show 2024 in Las Vegas.

7m
Feb 26, 2024