08.06.2025
CBB Decreases Marginally in July
Index Decreased 0.6 points
Canadian Black Book today released its Used Vehicle Retention Index for July 2025, which sits at 138.5 points compared to 139.1 in June. Year-over-year, the Index increased by 2.3%.
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“As tariffs continue to dominate the news cycle, the Canadian wholesale market slowed in July. Seasonal summer demand, domestic demand influenced by uncertainty, and U.S. export demand have caused the Used Vehicle Retention Index to continue declining since its 2025 high in April,” says David Robins, Senior Manager and Head of Canadian Vehicle Valuations at Canadian Black Book.
The Index peaked in March of 2022 at 165 Index points. Preceding the March peak was a run of unprecedented growth in used values beginning in the late summer of 2020, when the Index was as low as 100.5 points.
The Canadian Black Book Used Vehicle Retention Index is calculated using CBB’s published Wholesale Average value on two to six-year-old used vehicles, as a percent of original typically equipped MSRP. It is weighted based on registration volume and adjusted for seasonality, vehicle age, mileage, and condition. The Index offers an accurate, representative, and unbiased view of the strength of today’s used vehicle market values. The Index dates to January 2005, where the Canadian Black Book published a benchmark index value of 100.0 for the market.
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For 60 years, Canadian Black Book has been the trusted and unbiased Canadian automotive industry source for vehicle values. Today the company has grown into a leading data provider of vehicle valuations, residual value forecast solutions, and VIN decoding. Canadian Black Book tools and information are considered ‘The Authority’ for vehicle values not only by car dealers and manufacturers but also the leasing, finance, insurance, and wholesale sectors. In 2020 Canadian Black Book brought to market its Enhance Vehicle Matching (EVM) solution, which will allow the industry to decode more consistently 17 digits VINs down to a specific trim package allowing a more precise vehicle valuation.
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