Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index: July 2026 Trends
Key Metrics Expert Perspective — Jonathan Gregory, Senior Director, Cox Automotive “Wholesale values kept normalizing through July, continuing the pattern since the spring bounce peaked in March. The Manheim Index closed the month at 210, down 1.4% from June and…
Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index: Mid-July 2026 Trends
Key Metrics Expert Perspective — Jeremy Robb, Chief Economist, Cox Automotive “Wholesale values have been on the decline in the summer after seeing a strong and prolonged Spring Bounce earlier in the year. While depreciation trends are currently running a…
Replay Available: Q2 2026 Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index Call
A replay of the Q2 2026 Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index Call held on Wednesday, July 8, is available. Cox Automotive Chief Economist Jeremy Robb, Jonathan Gregory, senior director of Economic and Industry Insights, and Scott Vanner, manager of Economic and Industry Insights, reported the latest finding…
Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index: June 2026 Trends
Key Metrics Expert Perspective — Jonathan Gregory, Senior Director, Cox Automotive “The first half of the year is officially in the books, and wholesale values finished on solid footing. The Manheim Index closed June up 2.1% against last year and…
Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index: Mid-June 2026 Trends
Key Metrics Expert Perspective — Jeremy Robb, Chief Economist, Cox Automotive “Manheim values continue their normal pattern of declining at this time of year, though prices are falling from elevated levels from stronger spring appreciation. The increase in the first…
Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index: May 2026 Trends
Key Metrics Expert Perspective — Jeremy Robb, Chief Economist, Cox Automotive “Wholesale value trends continue to normalize from a strong start to the year, as we start to move into summer months and consumers continue to contend with higher gas…
Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index: Mid-May 2026 Trends
Key Metrics Expert Perspective — Jeremy Robb, Chief Economist, Cox Automotive “Wholesale used-vehicle prices moved a bit higher in early May compared to the end of April, and the Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index is holding roughly 4% higher than…
Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index: April 2026 Trends
Key Metrics Expert Perspective — Jeremy Robb, Chief Economist, Cox Automotive “A strong tax refund season drove consumers toward used vehicles early this year, and that kept demand and values high at Manheim through the spring market. The conflict in…
Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index: Mid-April 2026 Trends
Key Metrics Expert Perspective — Jeremy Robb, Chief Economist, Cox Automotive “The spring bounce can shift from year to year depending on where dealers’ inventory levels are at the start of the year and the strength of tax refund season. We started 2026 off hot in the wholesale market, with our MMR retention index increasing every single week during Q1 and ending the…
Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index: Mid-March 2026 Trends
Key Metrics Expert Perspective — Jeremy Robb, Chief Economist, Cox Automotive “The auto market is staying strong through what is typically the strongest seasonal period of the year, even as the conflict in the Middle East casts a shadow over the future outlook. Tax refunds have…
Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index: February 2026 Trends
Key Metrics Expert Perspective — Jeremy Robb, Chief Economist, Cox Automotive “Since the start of 2026, we’ve seen mostly solid demand at Manheim with higher sales conversion rates indicating an appetite from dealers to buy. As we progressed through February,…
Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index: Mid-February 2026 Trends
Key Metrics Expert Perspective — Jonathan Gregory, Senior Manager of Economic and Industry Insights, Cox Automotive “The wholesale market carried its January momentum into February, with year-over-year price growth accelerating to 2.9% even as the seasonally adjusted index edged lower…