Mid-Size Cars See Highest Declines in 20 Weeks

Welcome to this week’s edition of Black Book Market Insights, with in-depth analysis of used car and truck valuation trends and insights straight from the auction lanes. Click here to download the full report. This week’s Black Book Market I
Jun 26, 2018

How to Maximize Your CPO Investment

Are the headaches associated with bringing vehicles up to certified pre-owned (CPO) program standards worth it? For dealers, there’s certainly more work, money and time involved with finding, reconditioning and certifying vehicles for CPO programs.
Jun 20, 2018

Highest Declines in 16 Weeks

Welcome to this week’s edition of Black Book Market Insights, with in-depth analysis of used car and truck valuation trends and insights straight from the auction lanes. Click here to download the full report. This week’s Black Book Market I
Jun 19, 2018

BLACK BOOK MAY DEPRECIATION REPORT SHOWS MANY CARS AND TRUCKS SETTLING INTO SUMMER DEPRECIATION PATTERNS

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (June 15, 2018) – According to Black Book® data, the average price of a used vehicle for model years 2013-2017 decreased slightly in value -0.3% during May, with cars changing -0.7% and trucks -0.1%. All vehicles are averaging a
Jun 15, 2018

Mid-Size Car Values Drop

Welcome to this week’s edition of Black Book Market Insights, with in-depth analysis of used car and truck valuation trends and insights straight from the auction lanes. Click here to download the full report. This week’s Black Book Market I
Jun 12, 2018

Luxury Vehicles Depreciated Faster

Welcome to this week’s edition of Black Book Market Insights, with in-depth analysis of used car and truck valuation trends and insights straight from the auction lanes. Click here to download the full report. This week’s Black Book Market I
Jun 6, 2018

BDC Overwhelm? Use a Hybrid Solution for Heavy Lifting

Many dealers prefer using internal BDCs so they can keep control of leads and processes. Other dealerships use an external BDC for cost, management and efficiency reasons. Just about every dealer believes it’s a choice: you either set up an interna
Jun 6, 2018

BLACK BOOK USED VEHICLE RETENTION INDEX SEES 15 SEGMENTS WITH GAINS DURING MAY

Monthly Index Has Declined Just Three Times Over Last Ten Months LAWRENCEVILLE, GA (June 5, 2018) – Black Book, a division of Hearst that provides industry-leading used vehicle valuation and residual value forecast solutions, released its Used Vehi
Jun 5, 2018

A Metric That Merits More Attention—Your Used/New Sales Ratio

When I was a dealer, we thought we were doing a pretty good job if we managed a .5:1 used-to-new-vehicle sales ratio. If we retailed 50 new Cadillacs a month, I expected that we would also sell 25 used units, which were almost always Cadillacs. A rec
Jun 5, 2018