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 new- and used-vehicle valuation services and custom data licensing solutions, today announced a distribution agreement with Gauss Digital Marketing to leverage Bullseye Prospecting as a resource to streamline efficiencies and elevate profit potential in auto dealer customer campaigns.

Powered by Black Book, Bullseye Prospecting is a comprehensive, all-inclusive platform designed to help marketing agencies automate customer…

Black Book, a division of Hearst Business Media that provides new- and used-vehicle valuation services and custom data licensing solutions, unveiled its May residual forecast illustrating the downward pressure on prices that increased supply will continue to have over the next few years.  

Black Book forecast data show that residuals on an average three-year-old vehicle will dip from the current three-year retention of 52.0% in 2016, to 47.8% by 2019. Retention values on a…

Think it's not possible to spend just $25k for an Aston Martin that was originally priced at $130k? It is, and there are several other "super cars" going for cheap these days, as well.

Black Book's Collectible Cars editor, Eric Lawrence, offers up the following bargains on exotic, high-end luxury and overall fun cars. Here is a listing of several cars, what they were originally priced at and what they're now going for at auction.

Here are some cheap…

According to Black Book® data, the average price of a used vehicle for model years 2010-2014 depreciated by just -0.1% during April, signaling what is usually the last strong month of the spring season. 

At the close of 2015, twelve-month truck depreciation was just –9.2% compared with –18.2% for cars. However, the last twelve-months of results show depreciation rising to -14.3% for trucks and -20.6% for cars. More noteworthy, the twelve-month annual depreciation shows the gap between…

Black Book, a division of Hearst Business Media that provides new- and used-vehicle valuation services and custom data licensing solutions, today announced a distribution agreement with HP360 that enables the full-service marketing company to offer Bullseye Prospecting, a turnkey solution for its dealer clients looking to launch more efficient marketing campaigns.

"Bullseye Prospecting allows our team to expand our 360-degree marketing concept throughout our entire network of…

Black Book® today released results of its recent survey taking the pulse of the lender community on the strength of the automotive market, use of data and their outlook for 2016. Black Book Lender Solutions surveyed dozens of automotive lender executives during February, 2016, and found that roughly a third of lenders believe loan balances will plateau in 2016, and interest rates will see a steady climb to 2008 levels. Here are complete results of the survey.

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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…