Last week's market showed that what's normally peak spring-season activity a month hence is already under way. One segment even busted prepandemic levels. Get all the details in Black Book's weekly report.
Black Book: Weekly Market Update
Spring wholesale season continues its bang of a beginning.
March 25, 2025
The value of 2- to 8-year-old vehicles surged last week.
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