vAuto Podcast
by vAuto Podcast
Latest episode
vAuto Quarterly Quick Takes: Q3 2026 Market Update
vAuto Quarterly Quick Takes: Q3 2026 Market Update
About this podcast
vAuto helps today’s leading dealers run better than the competition. With a live market view and powerful inventory management tools, vAuto is the software, the people and the vision you need to achieve record success in any market.
Episodes
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- vAuto Quarterly Quick Takes: Q3 2026 Market Update · 7 minIn this quarter’s Quick Takes, Bethany Johnson, Director of Business Development for vAuto, joins Lance Helgeson, Director of Business Intelligence, to break down what’s…
- Live Market View Q3 2026 - Addressing Affordability with Connected Customer and Inventory Intelligence · 9 minAs affordability concerns shape almost every conversation on the showroom floor, dealers must ensure they have vehicles in stock that match customers’ budget-minded buying power…
- Turning the Negative Equity Problem into Opportunity · 20 minIn this vAuto podcast, Micah Tindor, AVP of consumer vehicle disposal for Cox Automotive, details the factors driving a higher share of vehicle buyers in negative equity…
- A Game Plan to Address the Affordability Gap in Your Inventory · 24 minIn this vAuto podcast, Greg Plank, senior manager of dealership operations for vAuto’s Performance Management team, discusses a growing gap in the average cost of vehicles in…
- Vehicle Inventory & Affordability Trends for Q2 2026 | vAuto Quick Takes Podcast · 5 minvAuto's Bethany Johnson breaks down Q2 2026 dealer trends: rising market day supply, near-record new car pricing, negative equity shifts, and profit per unit.
- How a Dealer Group Lifts its Trade Appraisal/Capture Rate · 22 minIn this vAuto podcast, Ken Fisher, West Coast director of inventory optimization for the Holman Automotive Group, shares how he/his team are working to achieve a new KPI: Capture…
- Live Market View Q2 2026 - Why Precision Matters in a Turbulent Market · 9 minvAuto’s Derek Hansen and Cox Automotive executive analyst Erin Keating break down key trends in new and used vehicle markets for the second quarter of 2026. Watch to learn why…
- vAuto Quarterly Quick-Takes: A View of Key Q1 2026 Trends · 10 minIn this vAuto Quarterly Quick-Takes podcast, vAuto’s director of strategic planning, Bethany Johnson, examines key take-aways from new and used vehicle inventory and sales data…
- Distilling What Predictive Pricing Tells You About a Vehicle · 27 minIn this vAuto podcast, lead Performance Manager Michael McMullen discusses how predictive data science-based pricing recommendations help dealers make the most from individual…
- Live Market View Q1 2026 - Ramping Up for a Strong Tax Season · 5 minvAuto’s Derek Hansen and Patrick Janes highlight key takeaways that emerged from dealer conversations at the NADA 2026 convention in Las Vegas. Watch this Live Market View…
- Next Gen Perspective: Why Clear Career Paths Matter Most · 19 minIn this vAuto podcast, Katie Tonozzi, a general manager in training at Flow Automotive Group, and vAuto’s Patrick Janes discuss how Tonozzi realized her desire to work in retail…
- NADA 2026 Preview: A Quick Rundown What’s New in Las Vegas · 17 minIn this vAuto podcast, Derek Hansen and Patrick Janes provide a preview of the AI-enabled innovations vAuto will debut at the NADA Show in Las Vegas to help dealers achieve…
- Live Market View Q4 2025 - How Mohawk Honda Keeps Pace as the Market Turns · 9 minMohawk Honda’s Used Vehicle Director Mike O’Toole joins Derek Hansen to recap Q4 highlights and outline how the team will double down on inventory and customer-focused strategies…
- How a Dealer Finds His “Happy Place” Every Christmas · 26 minIn this vAuto podcast, Jeremiah Mowry, operations director at Atlanta Auto Brokers, details how a drive-to-school conversation with his daughter in 2017 helped him find his…
- Pointers to Prime Your Service Lane Acquisition Success · 23 minIn this vAuto podcast, Mike O’Toole, used vehicle director at Mohawk Honda, and vAuto’s Patrick Janes go in depth on the best practices and process steps that help Mohawk acquire…
- Going Beyond Look to Book to Measure Appraiser Performance · 32 minIn this vAuto podcast, vAuto’s Dan Winchester highlights how appraiser Look to Book rates at some dealerships aren’t as good as dealers think. Winchester details the limits of…
- Winning Today’s ‘Race to the Customer’ in New and Used Vehicles · 7 minIn this vAuto Quarterly Quick-Takes video, strategic planning director Bethany Johnson summarizes inventory and sales trends for Q3, and how dealers can maintain sales and profit…
- From Source to Sale: A Strategic Approach to Maximizing Used Vehicle Profitability · 28 minIn this vAuto podcast, used vehicle director Drew Hall of Cloninger Automotive Group details how/why the group adopted a source channel-specific strategy for acquiring vehicles…
- Live Market View Q3 2025 │ Watch the Data To Capitalize on Pent-Up Demand · 8 minThere’s no denying that it’s been a difficult year to predict what will happen for the automotive market. While June was down, July was hot for new cars. Tariffs are still a hot…
- How AI Powers Service Lane Appraisals, Acquisitions · 24 minIn this vAuto podcast, used vehicle buyer Josh Kor of Richfield Bloomington (MN) Honda shares how UVeye’s AI-powered vehicle inspections and a new vAuto appraisal integration…
