For months now, everyone has been talking about tariffs and what might happen. Now here we are in the tariff era. So what is actually happening?

In this episode of the Auto Remarketing podcast, AutoTrader vice president of insights and intelligence Baris Akyurek answers that question from the Canadian point of view. Akyurek, who will be a speaker at the upcoming Canada’s Used Car Week conference, discusses the outlook for Canadian used-car sales, supply and demand as well as the effects of new-car factors on the used market

There are scores of examples in automotive where the father handed over the family business to a son or they followed the same professional path. Auctions, dealerships, and service centers come to mind.

But what about the legal world and automotive compliance? That’s what makes the situation involving Paul Metrey and his son, Mark, unique.

You see, Paul Metrey is executive vice president of public policy with the National Automobile Dealers Association, and Mark Metrey is an associate with Hudson Cook. They appeared together for this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast to share their journeys and how they support each other.

Plug founder and CEO Jimmy Douglas sat down with Auto Remarketing senior editor Joe Overby at the Auto Intel Summit this month to talk all things used electric vehicles. They discuss the Plug's product expansion to help dealers navigate EV trade-ins, its budding partnership with brick-and-mortar auto auctions, seed capital fundraising, roadmap and more.

James Virgoe, who is senior vice president and managing partner of GWC Warranty at APCO Holdings, explained why F&I providers can provide dealers with more than just potential profitability through the finance office. Virgoe highlighted that F&I technology also can help managers predict future inventory needs.

Find out how during this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.

DRN president Jeremiah Wheeler appeared on the Auto Remarketing Podcast this week to continue the intensifying dialogue about license plate recognition technology.

Wheeler elaborated about the company’s response to assertions made by the American Recovery Association and what he hopes the future holds for repossession agents, finance companies, forwarders and other recovery industry service providers.

In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Lainey Sibble, Head of the Central Dispatch Business and Eric Schwartz, AVP, Engineering and Product Development, walk us through some of the biggest challenges facing the logistics industry. Fraud is occurring far too often at multiple points in the process. Lainey and Eric share where its happening most and also provide solutions and best practices in combatting fraud in transportation and logistics.

While leadership has changed at both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission, Allied Solutions suggested that auto-finance companies stay vigilant about compliance, especially with complex activities like ancillary product refunds.

In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, two executives from Allied Solutions’ deep roster of experts — John Elias and Peter Krall — recapped what’s happened on the regulatory front and how auto-finance leaders can stay ahead of this shifting landscape.

A few weeks ago, the Auto Remarketing Podcast featured a discussion with three industry experts laying out reasons why franchise and independent retail dealers should consider adding a buy-here, pay-here component to their operation. In this episode, Auto Remarketing associate editor Andrew Friedlander is joined by three more BHPH experts — Todd Yates of PrimaLend Capital Partners, Ariad Sommer of GPS provider Ituran and Jason Gosnell of Buckeye Dealership Consulting — to examine that premise from the financial and risk mitigation perspectives, and to discuss the BHPH United Summit, coming up April 22-24 in Las Vegas.

In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Jade Terreberry, Senior Director of Strategic Planning with Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and Micah Tindor, Senior Director of Strategic Planning for KBB ICO share an inside look at their upcoming keynote session for the Auto Intel Summit, Apr 8-10. Jade and Micah walk us through the process and steps of finding more qualified shoppers, driving more sales and establishing lifetime value clients. Listen here to learn more and come meet Jade and Micah at AIS!

As part of the inaugural Automotive Intelligence Awards, Cherokee Media Group is honoring a select group of outstanding auto industry analysts for their contribution to the knowledge base of the used-car retail, finance and remarketing industries.

To conclude our series of podcasts with these first-ever honorees in the Automotive Intelligence Awards: Industry Analysts program, we talk with Kevin Roberts, director of economic and market intelligence at CarGurus.

Roberts, who is from Detroit, has a deep family background in automotive. His great-grandfather worked at Willys-Overland Motors in Toledo, Ohio — "that was Jeep before Jeep," he said — and that tradition of working in the car business continued over three more generations. Combine that with his love of math and economics, and being an auto analyst was a "natural fit" for Roberts. He shares that story and more in our conversation.