Softening car prices continued to be the talk among Black Book’s editors; so much that they dedicated much of this week’s Black Book Market Insights report to take a comparative look at how car segments have performed year-to-date in 2016 versus the same period last year.

According to Black Book data and analysis, all car segments have shown weaker retention overall year-to-date compared with last year. In particular, editors noticed sporty cars, premium sporty cars and full-size cars have shown some of the largest one-year changes in retention strength.

Turning back to just the most recent volume-weighted information, Black Book indicated overall car values decreased by only 0.28 percent last week. This is worse than the average depreciation rate of 0.17 percent seen in the previous eight weeks.

Editors mentioned midsize cars, compact cars and luxury cars showed the most drop in value of 0.47 percent, 0.39 percent and 0.36 percent, respectively.

Looking at the volume-weighted truck data, Black Book indicated overall truck values changed very little last week. The average depreciation rate in truck segments was 0.18 percent in the previous eight weeks.

Editors added sub-compact crossovers and sub-compact Luxury Crossover segments showed the largest increases at 0.55 percent and 0.57 percent, respectively.

“Sub-compact crossovers increased the most in value last week while the car segments continue to remain weaker than trucks,” said Anil Goyal, Black Book’s senior vice president of automotive valuation and analytics.

Moving along to what dealers told Black Book representatives in the lanes last week, operators in Texas and Arizona shared similar sentiments. The Lone Star State dealer said, “Prices were strong today with no bargains anywhere,” while the operator from Arizona noted, “Prices still holding fairly stable in this market area.”

In two other locations, units crossed the blocks but didn’t necessarily head to store inventory after the hammer fell. A dealer from Tennessee noted, “Good selection of clean cars today just not a lot of buyers,” while another operator in Florida noticed, “More no-sales here than in previous weeks.”

Up North, a Minnesota dealer added, “Truck volume is still exceeding car volume in this particular market.”

Finally, Black Book’s latest lane chatter rundown closed with two views from the Northwest as one dealer said, “Below average consignment this week but prices still seemed to be stable,” as another added, “Strong market here today with trucks in high demand.”