Used Car Week 2025: What’s New and Exciting

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Used Car Week 2025 kicks off on November 17, bringing together leaders from every corner of the auto industry. As one of the most anticipated automotive industry conferences of the year, this event highlights the future of how vehicles are financed, sourced, priced, inspected, and remarketed. This year’s theme—“Agentic AI-led Intelligent Used Car Operations”—sets the tone for an event focused on smarter, data-driven decision-making across the used-car ecosystem.

With so many rapid changes in technology, consumer behavior, and compliance, 2025 is shaping up to be a turning point year. If you’re planning to walk the expo floor or visit providers like VinAudit at Booth #506, it’s a great chance to see what’s coming next in the used-car market.

What This Year’s Theme Means for the Industry

The phrase “agentic AI” reflects a new wave of technology—systems that don’t just assist but take initiative. Instead of passively waiting for input, these tools analyze, recommend, respond, and adapt in real time. For an industry built on timing, transparency, and risk management, that shift is significant.

In practical terms, AI-driven operations could mean smarter inventory sourcing, more accurate valuations, quicker recon turnaround, earlier fraud detection, and lending models that adjust faster to market behavior. It’s an emerging landscape where data moves quickly, and decisions become sharper because technology carries more of the load.

What Attendees Can Expect This Year

Used Car Week has always brought together diverse parts of the industry, but this year’s programming feels especially interconnected. Sessions explore the full ecosystem—finance, retail, wholesale, repossessions, and auto-tech investment—while showing how each area influences the others.

Attendees can expect big-picture insights into the used-car market, along with practical guidance on the rising role of analytics, evolving consumer expectations, and technology-driven processes. The conference also offers a closer look at emerging companies and tools shaping where the industry moves next.

Rather than focusing on one niche, the tracks collectively help participants understand how today’s challenges—pricing volatility, inventory gaps, used EV valuations, compliance pressure, and economic uncertainty—are all being reshaped by smarter, AI-supported workflows.

Key Highlights for UCW 2025

The 2025 theme—centered on AI-led intelligent operations—runs across the program and ties together many of the week’s core topics.

  • AI at the forefront: A unifying theme influencing discussions on innovation, automation, and predictive workflows across the used-car lifecycle.
  • Industry-leading speakers: Analysts, dealers, lenders, remarketers, technologists, and founders sharing practical insights and data-backed trends.
  • Interconnected tracks: Coverage across finance, retail, wholesale, repossessions, and auto-tech investment, showing how each sector impacts the others.
  • Exhibits and demos: Hands-on access to emerging tools, data platforms, inspection tech, AI-driven products, and solutions built to streamline operations.

All of these elements help Used Car Week 2025 attendees understand how challenges like pricing volatility, inventory gaps, evolving EV valuations, regulatory pressure, and shifting consumer expectations are being reshaped by smarter, AI-supported workflows. It’s a rare chance to see where the industry is heading as 2026 approaches.

Why This Year Matters More Than Most

The used-car market is still in transition. Prices continue to adjust, inventory availability remains unpredictable, and the rise of EVs is rewriting traditional valuation models. At the same time, regulators and consumers expect more transparency than ever before.

The 2025 Used Car Week arrives at a moment when the industry needs clarity—on both the challenges and the opportunities ahead. As the industry moves toward AI-driven operations, clean and reliable data matters more than ever. The conversations this year can help attendees refine strategies for 2026, strengthen operations, and explore ways to harness AI to become more efficient and more competitive.

Meet VinAudit at Booth #506

Our team will be available throughout the week to talk about market data, vehicle history, transparency tools, and integrations that can support your 2026 roadmap. Make sure to drop by—we look forward to connecting with you. Schedule a Meeting.