Why Use Black Book with AutoManager?
A key to successful inventory management is having good information and AutoManager makes that simple with
integrated Black Book values. Known for timely, independent and accurate vehicle values, Black Book gives
you the advantage of weekly updates and the editorial expertise to report what’s actually happening in the
lanes and in the broader used-car market.
Having the right information about what inventory is worth today will save you much more than the incremental
cost for the Black Book module.
Black Book survey personnel attend approximately 50 dealer-only wholesale auctions each week to collect
up-to-the-minute information on market values of used cars and light trucks. The Black Book editorial staff
reviews the data and determines the vehicle values to be published in the next edition.
Features:
- Up-to-date market information
- Value adjustments for mileage
- Fair market value for used vehicles
- Value adjustments for optional equipment
- Vehicle model number
About Black Book
National Auto Research is best known for publishing the highly respected Black Book family of vehicle
valuation guides. The organization was founded in 1955 in Gainesville, GA by three businessmen who frequented
local, dealer-only auto auctions. Realizing that having accurate market values would help them make better
buying and selling decisions, the three began writing down and tracking auction prices from week to week.
When other dealers requested copies, the three started publishing their sheets weekly. Within a few years
Black Book went from a hand-written tally of the week’s local auction results to a nationally recognized
provider of the most accurate vehicle valuations available.
Today Black Book maintains facilities in Georgia, California and Maryland and provides values, specifications,
and other relevant information in multiple formats. They maintain on-site printing facility, enabling the
organization to produce printed pricing guides in a timely manner. Since electronically reported data must
match printed data, this gives both print and electronic users a true market advantage. Black Book also
deliver data via electronic data feeds, internet-based real time applications, hand held PDAs, and other
custom products.
Users know they can count on Black Book to provide accurate valuation information for new and used vehicles,
including domestic and imported cars and light trucks, exotic and collectible automobiles, motorcycles, ATVs,
snowmobiles, personal watercraft, and heavy duty commercial trucks and trailers.
AutoManager Black Book Information
AutoManager includes Black Book’s
Used Car & Light Truck Information.
AutoManager includes The VIN Price Database which contains over 80,000 VIN numbers for the last 15 model years.
Includes both domestic and import cars, as well as light duty trucks and sport utilities. And the database is
updated 52 times a year to ensure the values stay current with the market.
- Contains 4 Wholesale values: Extra Clean, Clean, Average, and Rough
- Contains 4 Retail values: Extra Clean, Clean, Average, and Rough
- Contains the Original MSRP and a Finance Advance™ value
- Contains value adjustments for Mileage and Optional Equipment
- Optional: Residual values for 12, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, and 60 months
- Optional: Universal Vehicle Code (UVC) for trim level identification
- Optional: 3 Trade-in values: Clean, Average, and Rough
- Optional: VIN specific Engine descriptions
- Optional: Region/State adjustment values
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Black Book® is a registered trademark of Hearst Business Media Corporation.
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