This sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast features two experts from Central Dispatch who offer valuable guidance for choosing a transportation partner. Shanna Wise, who oversees business strategy execution, and Blake Bentley, who leads enterprise client account success, take listeners through the importance of licensing and insurance, handling delays because of weather and other circumstances, and protecting vehicles during transportation.

The auto auction industry has seen a spike in M&A over the last three years, similar to the consolidation in auto retail that has been going on much longer. And our guest today has experience with both. George Pero is president and CEO of Mach10 Automotive, an M&A firm specializing in auto retail. His 34 years of auto industry experience includes founding, operating and successfully selling Auctions in Motion to what is now known as America’s Group Pero joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast to share his perspective on M&A activity in auto retail, auto auctions and where the two might overlap.

While the year-over-year figure reflects broader market volatility, Matthew Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, explained the strong quarter-over-quarter increase of the Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index signals market re-engagement. Babcock elaborated about these points and more during an episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.

We throw the keys to the valet on this episode. Clint Curtis is the co-founder and CEO of Zapmoto, which provides valet pickup and delivery of vehicles for servicing at car dealerships. He joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast for a conversation about the growth of mobile/remote service offerings in auto retail, the origin story of Zapmoto and how its delivery process works, inspiration from service providers like DoorDash and Carvana, plus much more.

Managing delinquencies and repossessions might be as complicated as anything auto lenders do nowadays. To help finance companies of sizes handle those complexities, this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast features Anne Holtzman, who is senior vice president of client experience and risk management services at Allied Solutions. Holtzman gave an update on the current landscape, ways lenders can get better results faster when recovering and remarketing collateral, along with more guidance about the repossession process and optimizing returns.

Lauren joined PureCars in 2015 as a sales associate, later serving as regional manager, national director and senior vice president before moving up to chief operating officer in January 2023. She was promoted to the new role of president in February 2024. And last month, Donalson became the company’s CEO. She joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast to talk about her journey with PureCars, her goals for the company and advice she has for early-career executives looking to take a similar career path.

CarMax chief marketing officer Sarah Lane joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast to talk about the company's new “Wanna Drive?” branding, its omni-channel buying and selling experience, putting the customer in control and how CarMax sets itself apart in an era of new car-buying models, technology and changing means of vehicle ownership and usage. Plus, Lane discusses CarMax's first foray into women's professional sports with its WNBA partnership, how automotive advertising has changed in the last 20 years and how CarMax went from "challenger" to "leader" in the used-car market.

Many dealers likely cheered when the CARS Rule from the Federal Trade Commission was vacated by a federal court at the beginning of the year. But long-time Arizona independent dealer Ace Christian believed it wouldn’t be long before similar regulations arrived on the state level. And it’s happened already in California. Christian, who is also CEO of Secure Close, a technology company formed back in 2014 to solve the problem of human error at the time of vehicle delivery, discussed what’s been happening for this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.

David Prusinski is now the co-CEO of Vehicle Management Systems (VMS), which previously operated as EVAI. Prusinski shared about how the company arrived at its new brand and what might be ahead for the provider of data analytics and artificial intelligence-driven fleet management technology.

Andy Mayers sees opportunity in subprime and other parts of auto finance. The associate vice president of business operations for retail solutions with Cox Automotive explained his reasons during this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Mayers also mentioned another part of the business where dealers and lenders are working even closer together nowadays.

Laurie Harbour is a partner at Wipfli, a top 25 accounting and advisory firm, and works with automakers and suppliers on how to adjust to changing winds of automotive. Harbour joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast to discuss how automakers are rethinking their electric and hybrid vehicle strategies, impact of tariff and trade on the auto industry and much more.

Chip Perry, founding president and CEO of Autotrader and former CEO of TrueCar, has a new role: chairman of sellmyride, a startup seeking to help dealers source inventory from private sellers. Perry and sellmyride founder and president Dom Pope join the show to talk about the origin story of the company, how they connected, vehicle acquisition and much more.

In the grand finale of our podcast episodes from Canada's Used Car Week in June, conference chair and Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits is joined by Brad Hart and Peter Snoyer on a panel celebrating the 20th anniversary of the conference and reflecting on the past two decades in the Canadian used-car industry. They delve into the biggest market movers and changes that have shaped the last 20 years of the Canadian market and explore what's coming next.

In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Merritt Critcher, Director of Product Management with CDK speaks with Bill Zadeits about the newest trends and potential for AI and big data to meet and exceed the inventory management needs of dealers. Highlighting speed and consistency, Merrit outlines the tremendous opportunity these technologies can have for dealers.

Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights, said consumers are looking for ways to secure more favorable vehicle financing terms, especially with interest rates leveling out and perhaps a cut coming next week from the Federal Reserve. The base for Zabritski’s assertion came via Experian’s State of the Automotive Finance Market Report: Q2 2025, which highlighted the volume of auto refinancing increased nearly 70% from a year ago. Zabritski expanded the trends happening inside of auto refinancing during another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast.

In this panel discussion from Canada's Used Car Week in June, Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits talks with leaders from auto finance institutions about the most important metrics, trends and macroeconomic factors in the Canadian used-car landscape. They discuss topics like vehicle affordability, tariff impacts, leasing data, fintech and more.

Continuing our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from Canada's Used Car Week in June, Jameel Ghata of PAVE leads a discussion featuring leaders from across Canada’s automotive ecosystem — Jack Sulymka (PAVE), Mark Would (BMW Group Canada), Bryan McIntyre (EBlock Canada), and Lisa Prestidge (Element Fleet Management) — exploring why transparency, accuracy, and consistency in inspections are critical for building trust and maximizing value for both buyers and sellers.

Next up on our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from Canada's Used Car Week in June is a panel discussion with honorees from the Women & Automotive Profiles in Leadership program, titled "Calm Counsel Amid Stormy Times."

Next up on our series of podcasts from Canada's Used Car Week Live Stage in June, Autocorp.ai founder and CEO Andrew Lemoine leads a panel discussion that seeks to answer this question: "Credit is tight. Negative equity is the new normal. Now what?"

James Virgoe, who is senior vice president and managing partner of GWC Warranty at APCO Holdings, made another appearance for a sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. This time, Virgoe went through a series of recommendations to help dealers evaluate F&I product vendors and spot the difference between a good vendor and a great one.