GAINESVILLE, Ga. -

Though tax season is on the way out with Wednesday marking the final day to file taxes, the Black Book editorial team continued to see strength in the lanes last week, especially for some of the smaller car segments.

For example, compact cars saw prices rise by $47 (or 0.52 percent), while entry-level cars saw prices spike by $33 (or 0.45 percent). Entry-midsize cars also saw a bump in price with a $15 (or 0.15-percent) increase.

This market strength among smaller cars played a role in keeping overall car segment prices “stable” in the lanes and relatively unchanged from last week, according to the latest Black Book Market Insights report.

The biggest outlier among the cars this past week was the prestige luxury cars, which saw the largest decline of $204 (0.64 percent) last week. All cars, except for the luxury and premium segments, went up in value last week, according to Black Book data.

Truck values were also basically unchanged this past week, but saw a slight average increase of $10 (0.11 percent).

And a comment overheard by Black Book editorial staff from an auction in Florida, stated, “A few good trucks at the auction raised the dollars,” while a buyer from Washington said, “The market continues to be strong with a good selections of trucks.”

The market strength among trucks was led by full-size pickups, which saw prices rise by $46 (0.26 percent) and minivans, which spiked by $23 (0.19 percent).

On the other hand, luxury SUVs saw the biggest drop in value, with prices falling by $56 (0.19 percent).

“Market strength has now extended into the second week of April for small car segments. In addition, full-size truck values remained fairly strong,” said Anil Goyal, vice president of automotive valuation and analytics.

Black Book analysts expect the market to start to soften in the coming months supply starts to outweigh demand.