| You'll always feel more confident that you got the | | | | version since 2006 making it difficult to carry a |
| best value when selling or buying a car if your | | | | copy with you when negotiating the final price of |
| entire transaction costs are near the average | | | | your car. Moreover, it only updates its online True |
| amount buyers in your area usually pay for the | | | | Market Value (TMV) pricing tools monthly. So if |
| same manufacturer, model, year and version. | | | | you want more up-to-date values for your car, it |
| However, finding the most accurate blue book for | | | | looks like Kellys Blue Book will serve you best. |
| cars price guide may prove difficult. They all claim | | | | Aside from the normal guide contents, both the |
| to provide unbiased fair market values for your | | | | Kellys Used Car Guide and NADA car consumer |
| car, however when compared, you will find | | | | edition can also provide you with Vehicle |
| significant discrepancies among the different price | | | | Identification Numbers (VIN), easy-to-use |
| guides due to differences in their assessment | | | | equipment schedules with values for optional |
| methods. Among the most prominent, widely | | | | equipment, acceptable mileage range chart values, |
| used and accepted automobile price guides are | | | | credit check service that can evaluate your credit |
| Kellys Blue Book for Cars, National Automobile | | | | score and what type of loan you could qualify for |
| Dealers Association (NADA Car), and Edmunds | | | | and retail values. However, Kellys Blue Book for |
| Guide. So, which is the most reliable guide among | | | | Cars provides Retail Value for a longer time |
| the three? | | | | frame, more than 15 years compared to the less |
| One sign of reliability is the assessor's years of | | | | than 10 years covered by NADA Car. What's |
| experience in the market. Among the three, | | | | more, Kellys Blue Book will also give you |
| Kellys Blue Book for Cars is the oldest, first | | | | information on your car's original list price, Kellys |
| printed in 1926 and continuing to serve as a | | | | Auction (how much a vehicle is expected to sell |
| bastion of trustworthy information for over 80 | | | | for at wholesale auction), and Kellys Wholesale |
| years. Shortly thereafter in 1933, NADA printed | | | | Lending (expected finance value of a fully |
| its first Car Appraisal Guides. The youngest is | | | | reconditioned vehicle) values not found in other |
| Edmunds Guide, established in 1966. Of the three, | | | | guides. Meanwhile, Edmunds Guide prides itself on |
| Kellys Blue Book has the longest record of | | | | providing the True Market Value (TMV) pricing for |
| unparalleled service establishing it as a standard in | | | | new and used vehicles, detailed histories on |
| car appraisal guides. The Blue Book for Cars has | | | | popular models, and Certified Used Vehicle |
| an established extensive database and proven | | | | Information. However, Kellys Blue Book, NADA |
| methodology that is continually being refined. | | | | Car, and Edmunds Guide retail or TMV prices do |
| Another signal of accuracy is the completeness of | | | | not factor in the buyer's credit details that could |
| the data and how often the data is updated. Blue | | | | markedly affect the final price of your vehicle |
| Book for Cars, NADA Car, and Edmunds Guide all | | | | though they do have connecting sites that will help |
| offer similar info like new and used car private | | | | you apply for a loan in easy steps. |
| party and detail retail values, trade-in values, and | | | | Hold on now, the most important determinant of |
| tips on how to buy, sell or trade in your car. | | | | reliability has yet to be discussed, and this is the |
| Moreover, all of them have easy-to-access | | | | accuracy of values provided by these guides. |
| websites that makes researching car details and | | | | Many experts would tell you that the most |
| car reviews easier. Then, in what way do they | | | | accurate car price guide is one that gives vehicle |
| differ from each other? | | | | values closest to the actual "selling price" in the |
| Aside from their websites, both KBB and NADA | | | | market, which actually varies day-to-day and |
| publish and regularly update easy-to-carry | | | | place to place. Prices for new cars are not much |
| paperbacks in several versions that cater to the | | | | of an issue, but used car values differ significantly |
| specific needs of its readers, only the Kellys Blue | | | | because of many factors, primarily the condition, |
| Book for Cars is published in its trademark blue | | | | age and mileage of your car. To get the most |
| color while NADA Car is bright yellow. Kellys Blue | | | | accurate value, one has to keep tabs and analyze |
| Book Used Car Guide is updated every 2 months, | | | | a large quantity of private, dealer and auction |
| KBB New Car Guide is updated 4 times a year | | | | data. That is a difficult feat at best, and to be |
| and KBB Consumer guides are updated twice a | | | | fair, none of the three: Kellys Blue Book for Cars, |
| year. Meanwhile, the online data for Kellys Auction, | | | | NADA Car, nor Edmunds Guide offer absolutely |
| Kellys Trade-in, Kellys Wholesale Lending, and KBB | | | | true or accurate values based on the analysis of |
| Retail Values are updated weekly, making the | | | | your car's present condition. In the end the one |
| information more useful for car dealers and | | | | with the most expertise will probably provide the |
| buyers alike. In contrast, the NADA car consumer | | | | closest estimate and it is already an established |
| guide is updated 4 times a year and the online | | | | fact that Kellys Blue Book has always been a |
| data is updated monthly. Edmunds Guide, on the | | | | leader and industry standard in car appraisal |
| other hand, has stopped printing its portable book | | | | services. |