Black Book Auto

05/29/2026

View the May Market Insights Recap: https://www.blackbook.com/market-insights/market-insights-5-26-26/

05/29/2026

View the May Market Insights Recap.

05/28/2026

Black Book's Residual Studies give OEMs the forward-looking data needed to set projections with confidence.

Built on decades of auction transaction data and real-time market signals, our residual analysis accounts for the variables that matter most: depreciation curves, segment trends, regional demand, and more.

Because in automotive, the decisions you make today are only as good as the data behind them.

Connect with our team to learn more: blackbook.com/residual-studies

05/26/2026

A $70,000 truck becomes a $100,000+ vehicle the moment a Shelby, Fox, or Roush package is installed.

But for years, that added value existed in a gray zone, documented on invoices, debated by lenders, and inconsistently recognized in the secondary market.

The problem was never the value. It was the lack of a shared language to prove it.

That's changing.

Black Book now integrates upfitter package data directly into vehicle valuations, at the VIN level where possible. When a lender books a vehicle, the upfit value is already recognized. When a dealer prices inventory, the guesswork is gone. When an upfitter delivers a build, its worth is validated by a trusted third party.

Dealers, lenders, and upfitters have always been part of the same ecosystem. Now they're speaking the same language.

Read more in our latest article: https://www.blackbook.com/the-missing-link-in-upfitted-vehicle-valuation/

Learn how upfitted vehicle valuation is evolving and how Black Book helps dealers, lenders, and upfitters confidently price and finance modified vehicles.

05/22/2026

Managing a vehicle portfolio at scale means one thing: you can't afford to be wrong on value.

Whether you're running batch updates across thousands of loans or stress-testing a portfolio against market shifts, the underlying data has to be current, precise, and consistent.

That's what ValuEngine is built for.

Black Book's ValuEngine gives lenders and OEMs a self-service way to run batch portfolio valuations on demand, the same analytically-driven data powering our API, without the integration overhead.

Learn more: blackbook.com/valuengine

05/20/2026

See the Market Insights: https://www.blackbook.com/market-insights/market-insights-5-19-26/

05/19/2026

Black Book’s Enhanced Vehicle Matching (EVM) starts where most tools stop, at the VIN. Rather than placing a vehicle into a broad segment, EVM identifies the exact trim, options, and configuration before a value is ever calculated.

05/18/2026

Black Book's Enhanced Vehicle Matching (EVM) starts where most tools stop, at the VIN. Rather than placing a vehicle into a broad segment, EVM identifies the exact trim, options, and configuration before a value is ever calculated.

See EVM in action: https://www.blackbook.com/the-real-benefits-of-enhanced-vehicle-matching-evm/

05/15/2026

Data is data, until it isn't. Here's what separates the signal from the noise:

✔ Updated daily, not monthly
✔ VIN-specific, not segment-averaged
✔ History-adjusted, not manually guessed
✔ Regionally calibrated, not nationally blended

The margin for error in today's market is shrinking. The tools you use to price, lend, and acquire vehicles have to keep up.

05/15/2026

Wholesale Inventory Insights here: https://www.blackbook.com/market-insights/market-insights-5-12-26/