No Love for Entry Sub-compacts Last Week
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This week’s Black book Market Insights report identifies a tough last week had by Sub-compact Cars (-1.09%) and Sub-compact Crossovers (-0.88%), which led their respective car and truck segments with the largest declines on the week. What’s more, car segments overall saw lighter depreciation than trucks, with the help of Full-Size Car (+0.03%), Near-Luxury Car (-0.01%), and Sporty Car (+0.16%).
“Though marginal, the overall truck segment declined more than the car segment for the first time in eight weeks,” said Anil Goyal, Senior Vice President of Automotive Valuation and Analytics.
- Volume-weighted, overall car values decreased 0.23% last week. For comparison, the average depreciation rate last year was 0.59% at week 21. Expect higher depreciation for the summer months.
- The Sub-compact Car segment received the steepest weekly depreciation at 1.09%. It also lead weekly declines (week 21) for the past two years at -0.99% in 2015 and -1.19% in 2014.
- Volume-weighted, overall truck values decreased 0.27% last week. For comparison, the average depreciation rate last year was 0.1% at week 21.
- The Sub-compact Luxury Crossover segment was the sole truck segment to increase in value (0.71%).
- The Sub-compact Crossover segment received the highest weekly depreciation rate at 0.88%.