Auto Remarketing Podcast

Next up on our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from Live Stage at Canada's Used Car Week is a conversation with United Car Dealers Association leaders Jim Hamilton, Christy Fines and John Tangreda. They talk with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the biggest challenges facing dealers in Ontario and how UCDA is helping, the international trade/geopolitical landscape, vehicle fraud/theft , how dealers can get involved with UCDA and much more.

John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development with Allied Solutions, acknowledged lenders might be experiencing more than just “portfolio stress” since delinquencies, insurance costs, negative equity, and repossessions are all intensifying at the same time. Elias, who was recently recognized with the Outstanding Employee Award from the American Financial Services Association, gave a variety of recommendations to help lenders navigate these challenges and pinpoint where they might be most vulnerable.

The latest appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast by Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights and Automotive Intelligence Award recipient, focused on auto-loan terms, which oftentimes are at least 72 months nowadays. Zabritski also compared a data point from Experian’s latest report to the same reading recorded 10 years ago to find the one that might be most astonishing.

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. To get a better understanding of how autonomous technology has the potential to be highly disruptive in the used-car market, Draiver senior vice president of sales Peter Janczewski shared a conversation with Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby, discussing how autonomous delivery and repositioning can reduce logistics friction, enabling faster remarketing, broader buyer reach, and more dynamic pricing.

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. As vehicle ownership costs now exceed $12,000 per year and repair and maintenance prices have risen roughly 30–40% since 2020, Kathleen Long, who is vice president of business operations and strategy with Yelp, said the first mechanical repair has become a defining behavioral inflection point for used-car owners. Long then explained to Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby how that juncture can impact dealerships and their service customers.

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. David Prusinski, who is CEO of Vehicle Management Systems (VMS), was back in the spotlight to share his perspectives about the current state of fleet management, especially with fuel and maintenance costs soaring.

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. During a candid conversation with Cherokee Media Group’s Andrew Friedlander, Michael Kraut, who is vice president of data advertising solutions with Experian Automotive, explored how franchised and independent dealers can use cleaner, more connected data to make smarter acquisition decisions, accelerate reconditioning, improve inventory turn, and protect gross profit.

Most independent dealers are working harder than ever — and still watching inventory sit. The difference between the stores that are winning right now and the ones that are grinding isn't budget, market size, or luck. It's discipline. The top-performing independent dealers are turning inventory 54% faster and generating 4.5x as many leads as the average store. They're replacing their entire lot 8 to 10 times a year. That's not a story about technology. It's an operational one — and it's replicable. In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Hayley Hollen and Chris Vangellow of Dealer Car Search break down what fast-turn dealers actually do differently: how they think about stocking decisions, why they don't wait for perfect listings before going live, and how they use trust signals — reviews, pricing transparency, response consistency — to keep the buyer path moving. Timely, practical, and grounded in data from thousands of independent dealerships.

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. This conversation features Cherokee Media Group’s Andrew Friedlander and Zach Klempf of AutoAp. They broke down what is really happening in the recall landscape today and why recalls are becoming more frequent, more complex, and more costly across the used-car ecosystem.

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. AutoWeb / UsedCars.com president and COO Dan Ingle tackled a part of the dealership business that’s frustrating managers and their sales staffs. Why have leads deteriorated so significantly? Along with offering his explanation for the situation, Ingle explained what performance-based marketing is and how it could provide a solution .

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. AVILOO chief executive officer Brett Lippel focused on what might be the most important part of an electric vehicle. Lippel explained how battery test results are used to reduce days to turn, support stronger resale values, simplify the sales process, and more. Listen to Lippel recap how dealers can reach those goals with used EVs during a conversation available here.

In this insightful episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Auto Trader and KBB executives Elizabeth Stegall and David Lumpkin share findings gleaned from Cox Automotive's unique research into shoppers who buy from Independent Dealers. Learn how shifting buyer expectations connect to trust and profitability—turning clicks into customers. You'll get steps you can apply to your business right away. The full research will be presented and available at next month's NIADA Convention.

Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed the positives and negatives from the spring 2026 edition of the FICO Score Credit Insights report, how auto lenders are continuing to sharpen their underwriting and more.