Because buyers and sellers email me frequently asking a uniform question. How can I find the wholesale blue book for used cars? Car markets across the country have two main price leaders. The KB book and the NOTHING book. As far as Houston is concerned, my experience has led me to believe that NADA wholesale values ​​are more often used by dealers at auctions, while the public determines values ​​by consulting the Kelly Blue Book to determine price.

If you’re buying or selling a car, you’ll want to know how to find the used car wholesale blue book. The list of reasons is endless, but to name a few, this is a method used by lending banks to issue car loans or analyze your assets. It is also used in the dealer auction to determine a maximum bid price and is used by dealers as a marketing tool.

Kelley Blue Book established its name in the automotive industry approximately seventy-five years ago when it began valuing automobiles across the country. Back then, the only beneficiaries were car dealers. Shortly thereafter, KBB issued an appraisal book that the public can use to determine the fair price to buy, sell, or trade in a used car. It is worth mentioning that the book gives you the science, however it is up to you to add your art to the equation.

After all, buying or selling a car is not strictly a science, it also involves art, like how clean is the car, what color is the engine oil, basically how well was the car treated. On a final note, because appraisal books classify cars into different categories (trade-in, private part, retail, wholesale, loan, cash), all will be discussed in future articles and in the dedicated section on my website.