KBB Scraper for Kelley Blue Book Values, Prices and Reviews

KBB Data We Collect: Values, Prices and Ratings

The unit of KBB data is the style - Kelley Blue Book's word for a trim and body combination, written into the page address after make, model and year. Every row we deliver is keyed on that path plus the inputs behind the value: ZIP code, mileage and condition.

• Vehicle identity - year, make, model, style, body type and the page address that holds them.
• Used car values - Trade-In Value with its Trade-In Range, Private Party Value with its Private Party Range, the Typical Listing Price, and the used car Fair Purchase Price inside its Fair Market Range.
• Value inputs - the ZIP code the figures apply to, the valid-through date printed with them, mileage, and the condition level: Excellent, Very Good, Good or Fair.
• New car prices - MSRP for each of the trims beside the new car Fair Purchase Price and Fair Market Range for the same ZIP code.
• Depreciation - the amount and the percentage a model year has lost over the last three years, with its current resale value and trade-in value.
• 5-Year Cost to Own - fuel, insurance, financing, state fees, maintenance and repairs as out-of-pocket expenses, and depreciation as loss of value, on the model years that carry the figure.
• Ratings - the KBB Expert Rating out of five, the overall consumer rating, its six category scores - Value, Performance, Quality, Comfort, Reliability and Styling - and the share of owners who recommend the car.
• Specs - engine, horsepower, torque, combined MPG, curb weight, cargo volume and fuel capacity, compared across trims.
• Cars for sale - asking price, mileage, the Good Price or Great Price badge the Price Advisor assigns against the Fair Market Range, the new, used or certified label, and the selling dealer.

Kelley Blue Book also defines certified pre-owned versions of the Fair Purchase Price and Typical Listing Price; they are captured wherever the site displays them. The field documentation delivered with the dataset states which value each column holds, because KBB car prices come in several kinds for one and the same vehicle.

KBB Price Tracker: Weekly Values as Price History

Kelley Blue Book describes its Fair Purchase Price as what people are paying this week, and prints a valid-through date beside the figures. One extract is therefore one week of one ZIP code. Repeat the same matrix on a schedule and the columns become a KBB price history: trade-in, private party and listing values per style, per ZIP code, per week. That is historical data the site itself only summarises, through its three-year depreciation figures.

Coverage runs along three axes we plan with you:

• Geography - Kelley Blue Book works out values by geographic region and the ZIP code picks the region, so a national picture needs a panel of ZIP codes spread across the country, not one.
• Vehicle range - model years, makes, models and styles for new and used cars; motorcycles sit in a section of their own.
• Listings - KBB used car listings by city, ZIP code, year, make, model and trim, with the filters the search exposes: Price Rating with its Good Price and Great Price marks, mileage, condition, body style, fuel type, drive type and seller type.

KBB reviews from owners are collected with the overall rating, the six category scores, the recommendation and the text. Reviewers' names are personal data and are left out by default. The Instant Cash Offer is a personal offer made to one owner about one car, so it stays outside the dataset.