We’re evolving our proven valuation methodology, bringing market-aligned insights that further support strategic planning. These changes are designed to optimise your products and ensure they continue to deliver the precision and reliability you expect.

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The used car market is changing fast – driven by digitalisation, live retail data, and evolving consumer behaviour.
To keep your valuation data fully aligned with real market performance, we’re enhancing the AutovistaSPOT API.

From 1 December 2025, your retail values will now be based on retail transacted data, ensuring that when live data isn’t available, valuations still represent what vehicles are actually selling for in the market.

Importantly, the Live Retail capability remains exactly as it is, continuing to deliver live competitor pricing and market visibility – your key advantage in staying ahead of the competition.

What’s changing

• Retail values will now align with retail transacted values, improving consistency across all Autovista valuation products.
• Live Retail remains unchanged, continuing to show real-time market movements.
• This is a methodological alignment, not a system or process change — you don’t need to take any action.

What this means for you

• Consistent valuations – your retail and live retail data now use the same market-aligned foundation.
• Better accuracy – your values reflect real sale prices when live data isn’t available.
• Seamless experience – no change to your current workflows or integrations.

Why this matters

The shift ensures that every Autovista valuation product, including SPOT API, speaks the same “data language.”
It brings greater consistency across the product suite, while keeping Live Retail as your most dynamic, real-time view of market pricing.

This update helps ensure decisions made using SPOT API are based on the most reliable and representative data available — whether live or retail.

When is this happening?

The alignment goes live on 1 December 2025. A scheduled maintenance weekend (28–30 November, to be confirmed) will support this transition. 
Updates will be applied automatically – no user action required.

Looking ahead

This enhancement strengthens the connection between AutovistaSPOT API and our wider valuation ecosystem, ensuring data remains consistent, accurate, and easy to interpret across platforms.
We’ll continue improving transparency and methodology to help you make faster, more confident market decisions.

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