VehiSales Research · U.S. Vehicle Market Data ● updated August 2026
VehiSales is a U.S. vehicle marketplace: search millions of live new and used listings, explore dealers on an interactive map, and dig into every model at vehisales.com. This research desk publishes what all that inventory reveals — a monthly Used Car Price Index, live model prices, ranked buying guides and head-to-head comparisons. Everything is computed from cars currently for sale, never book values, and is free to cite with attribution.
Browse the marketplace at vehisales.com →Used Car Price Index · July 2026
As of July 2026, the typical used car listed in the US asks $23,905, down 2.9% month over month across 50 major metro markets.
The platform
Everything below is part of one free marketplace at vehisales.com. Each card links to a plain-language guide of that feature — or jump straight in.
Millions of live new and used listings, filterable by make, model, year, price, mileage, body style and fuel.
Every dealer and listing on a map — zoom into a city, open a dealer group, browse their whole inventory.
One page per model: generations, live price statistics, market context and current inventory.
Each listing is rated against local analogs and ships with a generated window sticker, EPA fuel costs, safety data and cost-to-own math.
Save a search or a vehicle and get an email the moment its price drops.
All features explained on one page — what each part does, how to use it, and where to start.
Publications
Ranked lists of the best used SUVs, trucks, sedans, minivans and hatchbacks for every budget from $10,000 to $30,000 — scored on live median asking prices, EPA fuel economy and NCAP safety stars. Rebuilt daily from national inventory; no book values, no sponsored placements.
How much used cars really cost: the typical asking price, the range most listings fall into and average mileage for every model year, with per-trim breakdowns — national medians from live listings, refreshed daily.
Two rivals side by side on what actually decides a used purchase: typical price by model year, EPA fuel economy, NCAP crash-test stars, NHTSA recalls and real availability — each with a data-based verdict.
Official EPA combined-MPG leaders by segment, plus a full MPG history for every popular nameplate — every rated year and engine variant, paired with today's live used-market price per year.
26-week national asking-price movement for the highest-inventory used models in the US: which models are dropping, which are holding, and by how much — free to cite (CC BY 4.0).
The archive
The index re-prices the national used market every month: median asking price, like-for-like month-over-month change and per-metro tables across 50 markets, with CSV and JSON exports on every issue.
Reference: Used-car market FAQ · Methodology · Editorial & data policy · About VehiSales
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