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…

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…

Black Book, a division of Hearst Business Media that provides industry-leading used vehicle valuation and residual value forecast solutions, announced today it will power the online vehicle valuation resource for MyDealerOnline, the first and only software that uploads wholesale auction, and other wholesale-sourced vehicles onto dealer websites, effectively enabling public buyers to purchase them through dealers.

MyDealerOnline software enables dealerships to add…

According to Black Book® data, the average price of a used vehicle for model years 2011-2015 decreased in value -1.2% in May, a reversal from April when values actually increased 0.4%. Cars overall dropped -1.8%, and trucks decreased -0.9% in value during May. All vehicles are averaging a 12-month depreciation of -17.5%.

During May, Full-Size Pickups performed the strongest, with values increasing +0.2%. Vehicles in the Full-Size Pickup segment include the Chevrolet Silverado 1500,…

Black Book, a division of Hearst Business Media that provides industry-leading used vehicle valuation and residual value forecast solutions, unveiled its Used Vehicle Retention Index for May, showing the Index falling 0.7% to 112.3 down from 113.1 in April. On a twelve-month basis, the index has dropped 5.6% from last May. Click here to obtain a copy of the latest index data.

The Black Book Used Vehicle…