Drawing standing-room-only attendance in the second-largest setting at Used Car Week 2025, Ryan Miller led a six-executive panel session that focused on one of the most complex challenges in all of repossessions and recoveries.

Now available through this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, a lively discussion about keys for repossessed vehicles included:

—Matthew Yoo of Paramount Recovery Service

—John Messiah of Bridgecrest

—Dave Johns of Done Rite Recovery

—Ryan Medina of MVTRAC | SCM

—Pamela Bishop of RunBuggy

—Wayne Ray of Romans Adjusters

Used Car Week 2025 again brought together experts who can explain which parts of the economy impact automotive most.

This year’s event included views from Laura Wehunt of Black Book, Tim Gill of the American Financial Services Association, T.J. Cox of TransUnion and Kevin Roberts of CarGurus that are now available through this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.

Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to turn today's challenges into tomorrow's advantage.

In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bruce Johnson from CDK sits down with Tyler Jones, President of EV Auto, and Joe Brown, CMO at Frank Leta, to explore proven strategies for attracting and retaining top talent in the dealership industry. Drawing on insights from CDK’s Dealership Workplace Study, the conversation dives into practical tactics to reduce turnover, foster workplace culture, and ensure that “people taking care of people” remains at the heart of dealership success.

As much as auto-finance underwriting has become sophisticated, a potential starting point to determine if the applicant will be offered an installment contract is the credit score.

Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, described the ongoing evolution of credit scores during this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.

Blanc also revisited a project conducted earlier this year with Cox Automotive that examined the dynamics of changing scores amid student loans and delinquency, as well as how much more cognizant consumers are about their credit status.

Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees is a conversation with Jerry Kroshus, who is CEO of Location Services. Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits talks with Kroshus about his career journey in the auto finance, collections/recoveries and remarketing industries. Plus, they chat about Kroshus' time playing football at North Dakota State, where he and his Bison teammates won three national championships, and much more.

Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees, we catch up with Kathy Ruble, who is executive director of marketing, dealer financial services and communications at Ally. Ruble has been the longtime moderator of the Women in Remarketing panel at Used Car Week, and in her conversation with Auto Remarketing senior editor Joe Overby, she talks about her preparation for that panel, how to get the most out of attending conferences and the keys to her success in the auto industry.

In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bill Zadeits joins with Elizabeth Stegall of Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book and ICO, and Bethany Johnson from vAuto to preview their Used Car Week workshop. Listen now and you'll get an early preview of their workshop: A 5-Point Plan to Optimize Used Vehicle Profitability.

Becky Igo remembers the first few business trips she made going to industry conferences at a time when things like pay phones and fax machines were critical business-development tools.

Now more than four decades later, the regional vice president for Allied Solutions remains a friendly and knowledgeable executive at industry events, including Used Car Week. One of this year’s inductees to the Used Car Week Hall of Fame, Igo reflects on her successful career and proven strategies to make the most of in-person industry events.

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.