How does Kelley Blue Book get the values?
A Beginning with the basic new vehicle information from the manufacturer, each and every day, Kelley Blue Book receives information on both new and used car purchases. The following sources make up the bulk of a typical year in used car purchase information and feed the base of data our experts analyze: Auctions Open exclusively to car retailers, representatives from dealerships bring their vehicles to the auction that, for various reasons, they would like to trade or sell and where they purchase other vehicles they think will sell at their store. Auctions receive their vehicles from dealers, rental agencies, fleet owners, off-lease vehicles owned by financial institutions and manufacturers’ demos and promotional vehicles. Kelley Blue Book representatives audit these auctions on a regular basis to gather a better understanding of what the highest possible “actual cash value” of a given used vehicle leave at auction. Independent Dealers These are the dealerships you see every day that a
