Black Book® and Fitch Ratings, Inc., today released their latest joint vehicle depreciation report, showing that overall vehicle depreciation for two- to six-year old vehicles is expected to reach 15% in 2016, an increase from the 13.2% level experienced in 2015. Click here to download the full report. Click here to download the report.

The projected level of depreciation will mark the first time in the previous five years that…

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…

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…

Black Book, a division of the Hearst Business Media Corporation that provides new- and used-vehicle valuation services and custom data licensing solutions, today announced an exciting, collaborative partnership with DRIVIN that will deliver real value to their extensive network of over 10,000 active dealerships. 

Black Book will be the exclusive vehicle valuation service provider to DRIVIN’s proprietary, inventory trading platform that analyzes over 2M VINs every day to source,…

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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (March 8, 2016) – According to Black Book® data, the average price of a used vehicle for model years 2010-2014 declined -1.1% during February. Cars declined -1.1% and trucks declined -1.2% during the month. 

Full-Size Pickups led all vehicle segments with the highest depreciation on the month at -2.7%. Vehicles in this segment include Chevrolet Silverado, Dodge Ram 1500, Ford F150, the Nissan Titan and the Toyota Tundra. Vehicles in this segment entered March…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Hearst Business Media has global holdings in the finance, healthcare and transportation industries. Cross will oversee the transportation portfolio, which includes MOTOR Information Systems, Black Book and Canadian Black Book. 

Hearst Transportation delivers more than 8 billion vehicle valuations annually that are used by dealers and financial institutions throughout the United States and Canada for trade-ins, wholesale and financing transactions. Its solutions guide automotive…

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Record Auto Sales in 2015 Point Toward Continued Rising of Vehicle Depreciation

According to Black Book® data, the average price of a used vehicle for model years 2010-2014 declined 1.8% during December, 2015. Cars declined -2.0% while trucks declined -1.7% during the month. 

Average pre-recession annual depreciation was continually recorded between -15% and -18%, and Black Book expects 2016 depreciation near -14%. Interestingly enough, trucks finished 2015 with a…

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…

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…

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. …

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…

According to Black Book® data, the average price of a used vehicle for model years 2010-2014 declined -2.8% during November, reinforcing the notion that cars and trucks face their heaviest depreciation toward the end of the year. Cars declined -3.1% while trucks declined -2.6% during the month. Average pre-recession annual depreciation was continually recorded between -15% and -18%, and Black Book expects 2015 depreciation near -13.0%.



For the second straight month, cargo mini…

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.

 

The Black Book Market Insights report this week shows that truck depreciation was actually higher than cars this past week, a milestone rarely achieved this past year. The report also highlights three-year average retention…