Articles

Below are some insightful articles relevant to today´s marketplace written by
Tom Kontos, one of the industry´s leading economists. Click on the article below to download the full story as a PDF.

• An Expert Opinion on the Used Car Market
  Published in the November 2002 Dealer Conference issue of Daimler Chrysler’s CPOV Newsletter: “Brand Spankin’ News”
  A Q&A session focusing on where the used-vehicle market is going, its growth and what has led to it, and the benefits of a CPOV program for a dealership.
  
  
• War Recession: The Impact on Vehicle Remarketing
  Posted at ADESA.COM October 23, 2001
  Written shortly after 9/11, this article focuses on concerns about the impact the economic and political situations may have on new and used vehicles markets in the U.S. Includes an insightful review of what happened to these markets during the 1990-91 Gulf War and recession.
  
  
• What's Driving Your Salvage Returns?
  Published in CCC UpFront, 2005
  Reflects on vehicle salvage remarketing during the past 18 months, describing how more fluctuation in outside economic influences—rather than direct influences—attributed to the majority of gains in this area.
  
  
• Why Factories Should Use Auctions to Certify Vehicles
  Published in Vehicle Remarketing Magazine, Nov-Dec 2001
  Insight into the vehicle certification process, and the value of auctions performing this service as well as diagnostic testing.