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Where can I find average sale prices for cars?

I'm looking to find a website that will give me the average sale price for cars. NOT looking for blue book value. The reason why is my car (2000 infiniti g20) just got totaled and my insurance company will only give me "the price I would get if I were to sell it on the market". An autobody owner, an auto insurance rep, and a car dealer all say that I should be getting more than the $3,800 my insurance company is offering (including sales tax!), but say that I should get some data online to have a convincing case that I could get more. The blue book value is around $4900-5200. I'm looking for a website with either charts or simply figures that give average sale prices for certain vehicles. Thanks!!!

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Go to autotrader.com. There are 25 of them for sale nationally and the average asking price is $5,704. You can show that to the insurance company but don't be surprised if they are not convinced. These are retail prices for clean reconditioned cars for sale by dealers. In actuality even the dealers will sell for less. Also since dealers can offer financing he can get a lot more than you could get as a private party. Keep in mind that Infinity is not a very popular car and is not easy to sell. So bottom line is that if you were to try and sell the car yourself prior to the accident you would have been lucky to get $2,500. If you want a true value ask a few dealers what they would have paid for the car as a trade in.