In discussion of its second quarter data, Experian pointed out that used-vehicle prices are moving steadily closer to the price buyers might pay for a new model. The average amount financed for used vehicles in the second quarter was $17,602, or 67.6% of the average amount financed for new vehicles, said Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s Director of Automotive Credit. In the second quarter of 2010, that percentage was 65.74%, and in 2009 it was 63.9%. According to Zabritski, this trend may be pushing used-vehicle buyers to the new-vehicle market.