When J.D. Byrider, a  leading used car sales and finance enterprise, expanded geographically and organically, they began an engagement with Equifax Inc. (NYSE:  EFX), a global information solutions company, to better identify risk and streamline deal structures. J.D. Byrider used Equifax Ignite™ to develop a configurable origination risk model that uses traditional credit data, augmented…

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 2012-2016 depreciated in value by -1.1%, significantly better than January’s level of -2.6% due to a spirited start to the spring selling season. Cars decreased -0.7%, while trucks decreased -1.4%. All vehicles are averaging a 12-month change of -14.9%.

Sub-Compact Luxury CUVs showed the highest depreciation in February at -2.8%. Vehicles in Sub-Compact Luxury Crossover segment include the Audi Q3, BMW…

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…

LEASE CREDIT APPROVAL RATES RISE TO 65.2% IN FEBRUARY

Healthy Lease Approval Rating in February Driven By Increase In Shoppers of Payments Under $499 Per Month

Swapalease.com, the nation’s largest car lease marketplace, reports car lease credit applicants registered 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…

Black Book, a division of Hearst Business Media that provides industry-leading used vehicle valuation and residual value forecast solutions, announced today a new educational infographic to help dealers, remarketers and lenders learn how the company’s History-Adjusted Valuations can drive more profits during appraisals. Click here to view the…

Jumpstart Automotive Media, a leading media, insights, and marketing solutions company, today released its February shopper interest data results, showing how much luxury-oriented consumers are now cross-shopping full-size pickup trucks. In February, the full-size pickup truck segment climbed four spots from last year and now represents the third most-shopped segment, the highest it’s ever been according to Jumpstart.  …

Several Luxury Brands Offer Discounts to New Leases While Non-Luxury Brands Retain or Increase Monthly Payments

Wantalease.com, the nation’s first online car lease marketplace for new lease deals, reports the latest update on new lease offerings for the month of February.  Several luxury brands offered discounts on cars & SUV’s, while many non-luxury brands either increase or retained their current lease prices- encouraging shoppers to opt for…

Toyota debuted its "Start Your Impossible" Olympics-themed ad campaign and launched in time for last week's Opening Ceremonies. Jumpstart Automotive Media tracked the launch of the campaign to analyze if the ad spots had any immediate impact in boosting shopper interest of Toyota vehicles across Jumpstart's network of automotive publishing sites.…

Swapalease.com, the nation's largest online car lease marketplace, today released its…

Higher-Than-Average Number of Lease Shoppers Continued To Search for Luxury Leases Into January and Past the Holiday Promotions

Swapalease.com, the nation’s largest car lease marketplace, reports car lease credit applicants registered a 57.8% approval rate in January to begin 2018, down from 62.0% in December. January’s rate was higher than the 50% rate from a year ago in January 2017.

Some of…

With interest rates expected to continually increase in 2018, despite the recent stock market sell-off, and used car prices continuing to fall this year, mostly due to rising supply, car shoppers often ask how rising interest rates and falling residuals may impact their payments.



Swapalease.com conducted an analysis of both scenarios taking into account a typical vehicle with an MSRP of $35,000. Here are the assumptions:



Term: 36 month lease

Residual: 49%

Interest…

Jumpstart Automotive Media, a leading media, insights, and marketing solutions company, today released its annual Super Bowl report, which reveals the auto brands that drove the greatest traffic increases across its portfolio of publishers. This year, the Kia Stinger saw the greatest lift in shopper interest as a result of its “Feel Something Again” spot featuring Steven Tyler.

Super Bowl LII, which registered…

Jumpstart Automotive Media analyzed shopping patterns from millions of automotive shoppers viewing vehicle ads during the Grammys this past Sunday. Here are some interesting data points that shed light on the success of the ad spots. This data analyzes vehicle research patterns of auto shoppers during the Grammys, and compares to share of interest during the three weeks prior to the…

Swapalease.com, the nation’s largest online auto lease marketplace, offers new data that show the growth of Alternative Fuel vehicles in the lease marketplace, including hybrid and Electric Vehicles (EV). The analysis shows that Alternative Fuel vehicles now make up roughly 7.5% of the Swapalease.com marketplace, up from 5.5% back in 2015.

The analysis comes on the heels of a report by …