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Which Used-Car Segment Dropped More Than $100 Last Week?

Following is the latest used-car weekly report from Ricky Beggs of Black Book USA. This data is for the week ending July 21, 2012.

Even though the overall market continues to move down at increasing dollar and percentage levels, the number of adjustments at 1,941 per day throughout the week was the 3^rd lowest amount over the past 11 weeks. The average price…

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Added by John Sternal on July 25, 2012 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Used-Car Prices See Largest Decline Since February

Following is the latest used-car pricing report from Ricky Beggs at Black Book USA. For the full report visit their data and videos center.

Even though the activity increased week over week, there were some interesting changes within the market values for the week. The softening in values continues as only 11% of all adjustments were…

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Added by John Sternal on July 18, 2012 at 1:10pm — No Comments

Black Book Used Car Pricing Trends For Week of June 18, 2012

Following is the latest Black Book pricing data on the used-car market. Additional analysis and chart information can be found here.

It was an interesting week regarding the market values. Sure the softening trend continued. The car segments were overall at very close to the level of the previous 4 weeks, at -$31 this past week. The lone increasing segment in the cars was the Premium Sporty Cars (PSC) at…

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Added by John Sternal on June 20, 2012 at 1:54pm — No Comments

Black Book Online Offers New Features For Activator Technology

Boca Raton, Fla. - Black Book Online, the leading online vehicle trade-in sales lead generator, today announced an upgrade to its Activator™ platform with features designed to help automotive dealers generate more high quality trade-appraisal leads via mobile technology and social media.

New feature-rich…

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Added by John Sternal on June 1, 2012 at 1:26pm — No Comments