Trucking fraud is still out there! From the 1/26/26 edition of Vehicle Remarketing: With fraudulent schemes on the rise, 2025 has seen a sharp spike in stolen vehicles across all major load boards. Carriers, shippers, and their numerous fleet and dealer clients who transport vehicles must learn to distinguish between red flags and green lights. […]
We are not big on tooting our own horn, but many of our business friends ask, “….hey, did you have a good year last year?…”. So, yes, we did. A quick review of some good stuff we accomplished last year: We celebrate our 25th year in business. Using both commercially available tools, AND our own […]
From the excellent “Vehicle Remarketing” newsletter January 12, 2026: Commercial, rental, and government fleet sales hit a collective post-pandemic high in 2025, recovering from a dip in 2024, according to figures released by Bobit Business Media on Jan. 5. 2025 fleet sales numbered 2,227,876, up 4.8% over 2,125,441 in 2024. 2025 sales also exceeded the […]
From the January 2, 2026 edition of the Car Dealership Guy newsletter (which is very interesting for those of us in the used car business…): Used car inventory: After years of thin off-lease supply due to COVID-era new car production shortages, 2026 will bring an estimated ~400,000 additional newer used vehicles back into the market. […]
Let’s articulate why dealers, rental car companies, and fleet companies have consistently done business with VRCG over the decades….. Delivered Pricing — What You See Is What You Pay With VRCG, there are no buyer or extra fees. Ever. The price we quote is the price delivered right to your door — simple, transparent, and […]
From the Wall Street Journal 8/14/2025: Used-car prices are rising faster than overall inflation after crossing the $30,000-mark again early this year. People looking for deals on used cars are having to pay up more. Prices for preowned cars are rising faster than for new ones, with tight overall supplies pushing more people into the […]
From the July 25, 2025 issue of The Detroit News, written by Jamie LaReau: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, more than half the used cars for sale in the nation were 3-year-old vehicles priced for $20,000 or less. Today, those same type of vehicles make up only 11% of used cars. In fact, most shoppers who […]
VRCG, Inc. is proud of this Michigan-based EXCELLENT company, and we are proud to do business with Penske Dealerships: From Crain’s Detroit Business, August 1, 2025: Fox Corp. acquired a one-third interest in Bloomfield Hills-based Penske Entertainment, the owner of the IndyCar Series and Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the companies said Thursday. The deal also included […]
From the 6/25/25 edition of the Wall Street Journal… What Mr. Smith created, FedEx, has helped VRCG become, and remain, one of the premier independent national remarketing firms in the nation. His insight into “moving stuff overnight” helps keep our administrative wheels rolling, and without FedEx (and UPS), our business would suffer. Further, as FedEx […]
From Dan Neil at the Wall Street Journal, June 2025: I think of myself not so much as a car reviewer as an intimacy coordinator. Four out of five American households depend on an automobile to get to work, to get the kids to school, to go wherever. The typical driver spends about an hour […]
