Recapping a month where auction values jumped 0.9 percent year-over-year, Kelley Blue Book has shared the 10 individual models whose prices climbed the highest in the lanes during December.

In its latest Blue Book Market Report, the company took the Kelley Blue Book Auction Value of 2011 through 2013 model-year vehicles, then listed the following as having the largest increases last month. Four-week percentages are in parenthesis:

1. Ford C-MAX Hybrid (6.1 percent)
2. Mazda MAZDA2 (5.8 percent)
3. Mitsubishi Endeavor (4.3 percent)
4. Chevrolet Cruze (3.9 percent)
5. Nissan Versa (3.3 percent)
6. Acura ZDX (3.2 percent)
7. Ford Fiesta (3.0 percent)
8 (tie). BMW X1 (2.8 percent), Nissan JUKE (2.8 percent)
10. BMW X3 (2.6 percent)

Best Performing Segments

As reported previously by Auto Remarketing, the top segment at the auction, in terms of price increases, during the last month of 2014 was the midsize car, which was up 0.9 percent.

The No. 2 segment on the list was the subcompact car with a 0.8-percent hike in auction price (based on increases in Kelly Blue Book Auction Value for 2011–2013 model-year vehicles).

After the midsize and compact cars, the next strongest segment gains in the top five rankings were for the compact SUV/crossover and compact cars (both up 0.6 percent), followed by the luxury compact SUV/crossover (up 0.4 percent).

Conversely, the biggest declines were seen in the sporty compact cars (down 7.1 percent), followed by the electric vehicles (down 3.8 percent), minivans/vans (down 2.1 percent), high-performance cars (down 2.0 percent) and luxury cars (down 1.8 percent).