Small Cars Struggle Amid Low Fuel Prices
As gas prices have continued to decline, smaller vehicles — in both the car and truck segments — have also seen an accelerated rate of depreciation, according to Black Book’s June 19 Market Insights report.

Courtesy of Black Book.

Courtesy of Black Book.
As gas prices continue to decline, smaller vehicles — in both the car and truck segments — have also seen an accelerated rate of depreciation, according to Black Book’s June 19 Market Insights report.
In the car segment, the highest rates of depreciation came from sub-compact and mid-size cars at 0.68% and 0.53%, respectively. In the truck segment, sub-compact luxury crossovers depreciated 0.89% and compact vans depreciated by 0.75%, the most out of all vehicles the firm tracks.
“The smallest vehicles, including sub-compact car, sub-compact crossover, and sub-compact luxury crossover, have experienced heavier depreciation levels as gas prices remain low,” said Anil Goyal, senior vice president of automotive valuation and analytics.
Larger vehicles, such as mid-size cars, full size vans, small pickups, and full-size pickups performed better, comparatively. Respectively, the vehicles saw average wholesale values go down by 0.30%, increase by 0.13%, increase by 0.05%, and decrease by 0.04%.
Volume-weighted, the overall car segment saw values decrease by 0.35% last week, compared to the average weekly decrease of 0.39% over the last four weeks, according to Black Book. Meanwhile, the truck segment saw values decrease by 0.23%, compared to 0.24% over the last four weeks.
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