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Weekly Used Compact Van Values Fall

Wholesale luxury car and compact van values declined during a week where overall depreciation remained fairly stable.

February 26, 2019
Weekly Used Compact Van Values Fall

Compact vans realized the highest depreciation among all vehicles last week, as wholesale values for the segment decreased 1.46% last week. This comes off of multiple weeks of stable values for the vehicle segment.

Image courtesy of Black Book.

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Wholesale luxury car and compact van values declined during a week where overall depreciation remained fairly stable, according to Black Book's Feb. 25 Market Insights report.

Prestige luxury car values declined 0.84% last week, compared to a 0.19% decline the week prior. Luxury and near luxury cars saw similar declines at 0.66% and 0.70%.

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The subcompact car segment also struggled last week, with values falling 0.66% last week, compared to 0.03% the week prior.

Sporty cars emerged as the strongest performer within the car segment, falling 0.05% in value last week, compared to 0.61% the week prior.

Overall, car segment values decreased 0.43% last week, compared to 0.37% the week prior.

Compact vans realized the highest depreciation among all vehicles last week, as wholesale values for the segment decreased 1.46% last week. This comes off of multiple weeks of stable values for the vehicle segment.

This week, full-size vans saw stable values, as values for the segment remained unchanged from the week before.  

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Overall, truck segment values decreased 0.40% last week, compared to 0.38% the week prior.

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