Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods disclosed herein provide solutions for determining popular configurations in an automated and balanced manner, useful in facilitating consumers in making their purchase decisions on high value items such as vehicles. In particular, in certain embodiments, a user may utilize a vehicle data system to obtain pricing data corresponding to automatically generated vehicle configurations. When the user is presented with the pricing data associated with the automatically generated vehicle configuration the user may additionally be presented with an upfront price offered by a dealer.