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.