Kelley Blue Book
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Sep 21, 2026
CoreyHOST
Yes, the, the, the maintenance costs that are estimated.
CarlyHOST
Mm-hmm, is it the Kelley Blue Book value?
CoreyHOST
Yeah, 'cause I feel like he had to help Robin pick some cars a couple of times.
CarlyHOST
Uh-huh.
Sam D’ArcHOST
New vehicle affordability was already slipping before the hike.
Sam D’ArcHOST
Kelley Blue Book's average transaction price rose to, get this, we're over 50K, 50,090 bucks in August with payments now averaging 770 bucks a month.
Sam D’ArcHOST
"The key question is not this hike, but whether lenders and consumers come to expect elevated borrowing costs for an extended period," said Moody's economist Ca- Char- Carlos Garcia.
Sam D’ArcHOST
He doesn't expect OEMs to pull back incentives broadly but says support will get more targeted towards slower-moving inventory.
KruserHOST
is on the rise.
KruserHOST
Kelly Blue Book shows 31% of auto loans last month were 72 months or longer.
KruserHOST
Finances, some of the financing is even going up to as high as 120 months.
KruserHOST
Donna, I guess, what are we still, we play, okay, let's add that payment's still not low enough yet, so let's add another six months.
Donna SturgeonGUEST
you know, you would be upside down in three and a half, four years.
KruserHOST
Yeah, totally.
KruserHOST
Kelly Blue Book recommends capping any auto loan at a maximum of 60 months and being practical about vehicle size.
KruserHOST
I guess practical like, sorry there, Timmy, you can't afford that big vehicle.
Elizabeth MacDonaldHOST
The average used car sold for $27,239 in August.
Elizabeth MacDonaldHOST
according to Kelly Blue Book.
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That's your Fox
Elizabeth MacDonaldHOST
Business Report.
SethHOST
was counting on, you know, senior inflation-adjusted gross over here.
SethHOST
We're working on a relationship with KBB.
SethHOST
Okay.
SethHOST
We've been working on that a long time.
Chris MarkowskiHOST
are now a thing.
Chris MarkowskiHOST
Kelly Blue Book data is showing that, again, I'm like, I had to do like one of those double check.
Chris MarkowskiHOST
Remember that, what was it? What was it? That was State Farm commercial there with Aaron Rodgers, the discount double check.
Chris MarkowskiHOST
The stories I read, I have to do a Markowski double check.
Jamie ButtersHOST
We're going to stop at the coffee shop for a chat with Mike Stanton, CEO of the National Automobile Dealers Association.
Jamie ButtersHOST
We're going to browse the dealership lot with Sean Tucker from KBB about that organization's surprising choice for best new car of 2026.
Jamie ButtersHOST
Then we'll go to the town hall to reflect on how the industry has changed over the quarter century since the 9-11 attacks.
Jamie ButtersHOST
But first, Joe and I are going to take a drive around the block to break down some recent news.
18 MINS LATER
Jamie ButtersHOST
This is a segment I call Browsing the Dealership Lot.
Jamie ButtersHOST
Riding shotgun with me today is Joe White, the longtime journalist who writes the high-speed rodeo blog on Substack.
Jamie ButtersHOST
And we're joined now by Sean Tucker, managing editor at KBB and Autotrader.
Jamie ButtersHOST
Sean, welcome back to Autotown.
Chris TaylorGUEST
So very often what we'll see is that we know that the market's heading up, but the customer often still doesn't know that.
Chris TaylorGUEST
They're out there asking below market value for that vehicle based on what they understand as market value, which is very often based on third-party evaluations, KBB and things like that.
Chris TaylorGUEST
Well, those are lagging indicators.
Chris TaylorGUEST
They're using the week's prior data where we're trying to get ahead of the market and understand what's coming.
Crystal GriffithGUEST
So, basically, it's real simple, okay? If you have a show car, whether it's brand new or it's 100 years old, okay? Right.
Crystal GriffithGUEST
If you have it on a regular policy, a regular daily driver, They go by Kelly Blue Book,
JeremyHOST
all
Crystal GriffithGUEST
right? So you can go in and type in a, you know, let's say 80s because they won't even acknowledge anything that's older than an 80s model.
Crystal GriffithGUEST
Yep.
Crystal GriffithGUEST
Yep.
Crystal GriffithGUEST
If you have it on a specialty policy with the agreed value of, like, let's say, you know, $60,000 to $75,000, well, then that's what you get when it's totaled, not the Kelly Blue Book.
Crystal GriffithGUEST
And so a specialty policy is where you actually get the actual value.
Tyler IvensHOST
It never matches what they want to do with the buildup.
Tyler IvensHOST
But yet when you come to Oak Ridge Nissan and they say to you, you want $8,000 over Kelly Blue Book so we can pay off your trade no matter what you owe? Check.
Tyler IvensHOST
They can do that.
Tyler IvensHOST
You want us to give you lower, Scott Gropp? You want us to push your car payments back to the beginning of the year?
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