NADA AppraisalPRO® Data Sources
NADA AppraisalPRO incorporates data from six industry-leading sources. Just click on the buttons below to learn more about the sources and how the data helps your dealership make accurate and fair appraisals.
NADA Official Used Car Guide® values include: monthly trade-in (rough, average, clean), clean loan and clean retail as well as weekly auction values (low, average, high). These values are published for 10 regions and can be adjusted for options and mileage.
NADA Used Car Guides is a leading provider of accurate vehicle-valuation products, services and information for businesses. NADA’s editorial team collects and analyzes over one million wholesale and retail automotive-related transaction prices per month. Its guidebooks, auction data, analysis and data solutions offer automotive, financial, insurance and government professionals the timely information and reliable solutions they need to make better business decisions.
JD Power and Associates retail sales transaction data, the most accurate and comprehensive available, consists of actual sales uploaded from participating dealers. Updated weekly, the user-defined zip code radius searches from over one million transactions. This data is collected on a rolling 90-day cycle and reports low, average and high prices with the ability to view individual transactions.
JD Power and Associates is a premier marketing information firm that provides a competitive edge for the automotive industry, including the Power Information Network (PIN) developed in 1993. PIN’s unique electronic tracking system gathers daily point-of-sale transaction data from a retailer’s Finance and Insurance (F&I) system for new and used light-vehicles of all makes and models.
Manheim auction sales transactions report the average-transaction price, average mileage and mileage-adjusted low, average and high prices. Data is pulled from a rolling, 30 days of transactions, updated daily from each of the four Manheim regions.
Manheim is the world's largest provider of vehicle remarketing services and is responsible for buying and selling used vehicles at live auctions and online. Manheim brings together qualified sellers and volume buyers of used vehicles, including: automotive dealerships, banks, car rental agencies, car manufacturers and government agencies.
AutoTrader.com data includes the average asking price, volume and mileage. The user-defined zip code radius searches over three million vehicle listings from 40,000 dealers. Updated weekly, AutoTrader.com data reports low, average and high prices and can be adjusted for mileage.
AutoTrader.com is the industry leader for buying and selling new, certified and used cars. Their online solution researches and compares cars by searching for body type, mileage, price and numerous other criteria.
vAuto used vehicle market days supply indicates demand using a calculation of a current available vehicle supply divided by the average days to sell. Pulling from over 40,000 vehicle-listing websites, this proprietary system purges duplicates and distinguishes retail from wholesale. Days supply is reported at make/model and make/model/trim levels.
vAuto is the nation’s fastest growing provider of internet-based, used-car inventory management systems. Founded in 2005 by auto industry veterans who recognized a need to improve inventory and profit in used-car departments. The vAuto system consists of a suite of solutions that provide the auto industry with live, real-time analysis of used-car markets. It includes up-to-the-minute information about used-vehicle supply, demand and pricing tailored to specific dealership market areas.
Experian AutoCheck Service allows those with a separate AutoCheck subscription to access a comprehensive Vehicle History Report, including the new AutoCheck Score. AutoCheck, used by more than 95 percent of the auto auctions, provides dealerships with in-depth information and protection when evaluating a vehicle's history.
Experian Automotive, a business unit of Experian® Group Ltd., delivers information solutions to manufacturers, dealers, finance and insurance companies, as well as consumers. Experian technology supports several top automotive web sites, including: eBay Motors, Yahoo! Autos, CarsDirect.com, CarMax.com and NADAguides.com.