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NewsDecember 20, 2017

Fleet Lease Consignor Prices Fall 2.3%

Wholesale prices for used vehicles from fleet lease consignors fell 2.3% in November from October, but were 0.8% up from a year ago, according to Tom Kontos, the chief economist for KAR Auction Services.

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NewsDecember 14, 2017

Hurricanes Boosted Used Vehicle Values 2%

The hurricanes that swept through Texas and Florida destroyed and damaged as many as 900,000 vehicles, and the replacement activity that the catastrophic events spurred boosted retention by almost 2%, according Black Book.

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NewsDecember 11, 2017

Late Model Year Vehicle Values Fall in November

The average price of a used vehicle from model years 2012 to 2016 depreciated in value by 2.2%, in November, according to Black Book. Year-over-year, the average value for these vehicles has depreciated by 13.2%.

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NewsNovember 16, 2017

Fleet Lease Consignor Prices Fall 1.6%

Wholesale prices for fleet lease consignor vehicles fell 1.6% in October from the prior month and 4.5% higher than a year ago, Tom Kontos said in his monthly commentary.

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NewsNovember 14, 2017

High-Mileage Vehicle Depreciation Strengthens

Vehicles over 100,000 aren’t depreciating at the same as they used to due mostly to a tight supply of late-model used vehicles, according to Edmunds’ Q3 Used Vehicle Market Report.

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NewsNovember 13, 2017

Resilient Used Vehicles Keeping Depreciation at Bay

Used vehicles from one to five years old fell 1.4% in value in October in a steady used-vehicle market that showed significant improvement from a year ago with large pickups leading the way, reports Black Book.

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NewsNovember 8, 2017

Manheim's Used Vehicle Values Rise 6 Straight Months

Wholesale used vehicle prices rose for the sixth month in a row in October, increasing by 1.02%, according to Manheim’s October Used Vehicle Value Index. This brought the index to 136.3, an 8.1% rise from a year ago.

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Articlesby Eric GandarillaNovember 2, 2017

Used Car Leasing Could Boost Remarketing Activity

With the number of off-lease vehicles coming into the used car market projected to grow in the coming years, it might be the time for used car leasing to make a return, which would boost demand and price at wholesale for several used car segments, according to Swapalease.com.

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NewsOctober 20, 2017

Fleet Lease Consignor Prices Advancing Steadily

Average wholesale prices for used fleet lease vehicles increased 0.2% in September from the prior month and 3.6% from the prior year in a market that was bolstered by dealer demand in hurricane-stricken regions, according to Tom Kontos, KAR Auction Services' chief economist.

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NewsOctober 12, 2017

Hurricane Replacement Still Boosting Used Vehicle Prices

The average price of used vehicles model years 2012-2016 fell 0.7% in September, with the lion’s share of that depreciation coming from the car segment, according to Black Book. As of September, all vehicles are averaging a 12-month depreciation of 14.5%.

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