Dataset

used-vehicle-value-index

Wholesale pricing index and transaction records from Manheim's used-car auctions that monitor dealer-level inflation.

Dataset card

The Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index tracks price movements of used vehicles sold at Manheim's wholesale auctions in the United States.

What this dataset contains

The dataset reports a monthly price index for used vehicles transacted through Manheim's U.S. wholesale auction network. It is published by Manheim and is widely cited as a benchmark for the U.S. secondary auto market. The index aggregates transaction-level auction prices into a single relative-value measure that can be compared across time.

Structure and fields

Specific column names are not documented in the available materials, so individual fields cannot be enumerated. The dataset is delivered as a time-indexed series tied to auction activity. Because the publisher has not disclosed a schema, downstream users typically treat each release as a small set of index values and accompanying period labels rather than a granular transaction table.

How analysts use it

Investment analysts use the index as a macro signal for U.S. auto demand, consumer purchasing power, and the pricing power of new-vehicle manufacturers, since used-car prices often move in response to new-car supply and financing conditions. It also serves as an input for auto-loan residual-value modelling and for stress-testing portfolios exposed to dealer floorplan financing. Plausible asset-management use cases include monitoring the index as a leading indicator for auto-related equities and for the consumer-discretionary sector more broadly.

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