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Five minutes on what actually moved in automotive retail, dealer marketing, and the rules that touch a store. Monday to Saturday, first thing, hosted by Naomi Hale of AUTONOMi.

  1. 3h ago

    Half Your Shoppers Are CPO-Ready, Few Buy

    Forty-six percent of shoppers are CPO-ready. Twelve percent of used sales are actually certified. Cox Automotive's new study, reported by CBT News, lays out that gap and traces it to comprehension, not interest. Today's episode also covers Toyota, Honda, Hyundai and Kia riding hybrid demand to October gains per Automotive News, a second outlook cut from BMW via Reuters, and a parts supplier betting on automation to offset sales headwinds. GM is adding an AI layer to OnStar, a Motor1 story raises questions about credit conversations on the showroom floor, and an industry group is pushing Congress to make the Chinese vehicle ban permanent the same week Chinese automakers posted record numbers at the Paris Motor Show. None of it changes what's parked on the lot this morning, but it changes what shoppers understand when they get there. Links to everything referenced in this episode: goautonomi.com/naomi

  2. 1d ago

    GM's Data Settlement, A Stalled Model Year

    Two hundred twenty million dollars is the number General Motors is paying to settle claims over driving data sold to insurance companies, CBT News reports. By the same afternoon Ford was telling The Drive it handles customer data differently. The inventory numbers haven't moved either. F&I and Showroom finds three quarters of the lot still carrying this model year, against just over half last November, with Broncos and Wranglers from twenty twenty-five still sitting unsold. Collision Repair Magazine's quarterly roundup has LKQ in a loss, Axalta's refinish sales down, and Magna's earnings up on lower volume. A privacy bill lands on one desk this morning. Aged steel sits on another. Links to everything referenced in this episode: goautonomi.com/naomi

  3. 2d ago

    Four Recalls, One Crowded Wire

    Four recalls land on one morning's wire, from a Ford transmission fix topping a million trucks to a Toyota engine program some owners still don't trust. Jaguar Land Rover's power-loss recall keeps running, and GM pulls six new Traverse and Acadia SUVs over a seat weld. Motor1 and Insideradio both carry Audi this morning, one on weak sales, one on a possible tariff break under review by the Trump administration. Arch Insurance's purchase of Premier Dealer Services pushes further into F&I, Evans Halshaw adds two franchises in Sunderland, and BYD's overseas shipments more than double. Ford answers GM's data settlement with a transparency pledge, and China eases an export rule tied to the Nexperia chip crunch. Links to everything referenced in this episode: goautonomi.com/naomi

  4. 4d ago

    Last Saturday, No Days Left

    There are no selling days left once today ends, and the wire hasn't slowed down for it. CBT News carries a weekly roundup with a steady Fed, a denied court bid from Volkswagen and Scout, and a cybersecurity investigation into VinSolutions. Auto Remarketing tracks a fresh Iowa buy-sell, an eBay Motors tie-up with NIADA, and credit costs still pressing on financing. Automotive Dive has GM confirming hybrid production in Michigan and the administration choosing trade talks over new tariffs. Motor Trader, Automotive News and Gasgoo round out a dense Saturday of earnings, recalls and leadership moves that doesn't pause for the biggest day of the month. Links to everything referenced in this episode: goautonomi.com/naomi

  5. 5d ago

    Two Recalls, One Buy-Sell Morning

    Two recalls landed this week covering more than three hundred thousand vehicles between Toyota and Hyundai, and neither filing says yet what the fix will cost in bay time. Today's episode covers Georgica Auto Holdings picking up Mangino Chevrolet and Buick GMC, a second succession-plan sale moving stores in New York and Kansas, and Lithia telling Auto Remarketing that artificial intelligence is helping used-vehicle margins even as pricing stays hard. The tariff story between Washington and Audi over its Georgia plant gets a new line, and the Fed's credit-cost problem for auto lending has not moved. A UK vacancy count, a Volvo product report, an eBay Motors partnership and an EV pricing number round out the wire. Links to everything referenced in this episode: goautonomi.com/naomi

  6. 6d ago

    Group 1 Hits Record, GM Jumps to Nasdaq

    Group 1 Automotive posted the kind of quarter other dealer groups get measured against: record US customer-pay revenue, a ten-store Hennessy acquisition in Atlanta, and roughly three hundred sixty million dollars in asset sales to cut leverage. Today's episode covers Cox Automotive's upgraded October sales forecast, General Motors pairing a Michigan hybrid investment with a move to the Nasdaq, and a Stellantis quarter that posted a loss even as management promises faster revenue growth and warns Canadian tariffs could be catastrophic. Carvana's earnings, Honda's fleet push into used supply, Lithia's AI service pilot, and a California court letting the Scout direct-sales suit proceed round out the lineup. None of it changes what a dealer owes on floorplan this week, but it does set the comparison points for the quarter just closing. Links to everything referenced in this episode: goautonomi.com/naomi

  7. Oct 28

    AI Pricing Pressure Meets a Breach Warning

    CBT News files three stories this morning on the same pressure point. AI is changing how shoppers find a dealership, and CarEdge's chief executive says the tools now hand customers a price estimate before they walk in. Auto Remarketing carries a sharper warning, with a law firm saying the VinSolutions breach could leave dealers exposed regardless of fault. GM posts its best fleet numbers since twenty nineteen, Toyota talks up selling its engines to rivals, and buy-sell activity keeps moving from Iowa to Belfast to the Southeast. Ally reports stronger loan volume, Car-Mart faces another lender deadline, and Motor Trader has used hybrid ads at a record high in the UK. Links to everything referenced in this episode: goautonomi.com/naomi

  8. Oct 27

    Tariff Talks Resume, Lexus Recall Hits 68K

    The scheduled jump to fifty percent on Canadian-built vehicles still hits January first, and nothing changes that yet. Reuters reports Washington and Ottawa are back at the table on steel and auto tariffs, months after the last round of talks broke down. NHTSA has widened a Lexus NX recall to roughly sixty-eight thousand vehicles over an instrument cluster fault that can hide engine overheating, ABC27 says. Group 1 Automotive has closed its one-point-three-billion-dollar purchase of Hennessy, Cox Automotive flags suspicious activity tied to VinSolutions, now contained, and Auto Remarketing runs a full slate of dealer-tech moves. None of it changes a stocking decision by itself, but the tariff number is the one worth checking before year-end orders go in. Links to everything referenced in this episode: goautonomi.com/naomi

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Five minutes on what actually moved in automotive retail, dealer marketing, and the rules that touch a store. Monday to Saturday, first thing, hosted by Naomi Hale of AUTONOMi.

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