The overall used-vehicle price movement among car segments last week was static, but six of the 10 car categories that Black Book tracks saw their prices rise. And one was particularly noteworthy.

Used prices for premium sporty cars climbed $7 for the week, something Black Book’s Ricky Beggs said he hasn’t seen happen in quite a while.

“I cannot remember a time in the past year where this segment has increased week over week,” he noted in the latest “Beggs on the Used Car Market” video report.

The $0 change for the 10 car segments was an improvement from the $3 price decline the week before, said Beggs, indicating that entry-level cars, upper midsize cars and entry midsize cars remain the “main strength of the car segments.”

Elsewhere within the car side, he also mentioned one other segment showing positivity: “Although it didn’t have a positive change, the prestige luxury cars had their smallest declining amount over the past six weeks at minus $56.”

Moving over to trucks, just five of the 14 segments Black Book tracks increased in price. Overall, truck prices dipped $5.

“The full-size pickups continue to lead the pack at +$27 this past week and with an average change of +$31 per week for the past five weeks,” Beggs noted.

“The compact pickups and the midsize pickups at +$61 and +$29, respectively, show the need and interest for these functional and practical vehicles,” he continued. “The full-size crossovers have softened since the first of the year, declining by $85 this past week.”

Beggs added: “Another interesting note is that the full-size pickups and the midsize pickups have both fared better week-over-week than the overall truck segments since the week ending Feb. 1, 2013. This same scenario has presented itself in the cars for the entry midsize cars, the compact cars and the upper midsize cars for at least the past 12 weeks.”

Looking at the entire market — both trucks and cars included — Beggs indicated that more than three-fifths of the price changes were positive. He also noted that there were three words that summed up descriptions of the wholesale market as Black Book personnel filed their reports: “steady, good and strong.”

“On the other hand there was a slightly surprising comment from a few reports that indicated a few more ‘no sales’. We see a good portion of those units that didn’t get sold coming from the 2012s and especially the 2013s that were being offered,” Beggs said. “When all of the adjustments were completed for the week, those three words mentioned earlier definitely support the 62 percent of adjustments that were increases to the previously published values.”

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