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 all 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.

In addition to providing an update on the current landscape, Holtzman offers suggestions on how lenders can get better results more quickly when recovering and remarketing collateral and offers additional guidance on 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.