Strategic Vision has added a new wrinkle to its Total Value Index study, the latest results of which were released Tuesday.

Blended with the new-car owner input in this latest batch of rankings — including measures like expected reliability, expected MPG, price paid and so forth — is residual value information provided by ALG.

“Value will increasingly be reflected by shopper/owner perceptions and experiences of innovation as manufacturers become more competitive, but it also required the normalizing factor of ALG’s important residual values,” said Strategic Vision president Alexander Edwards.

ALG president Larry Dominique added: “Essentially, we now have a ‘super metric’ that reflects both the consumer’s and investor’s perspective in one powerful measure that has impact today and reflects how future sales will be influenced.”

Among the OEM groups, leading the pack were Volkswagen Group — which had five segment leaders in the Audi A7, Audi Q5, VW Beetle Convertible and VW Tiguan — and Hyundai Motor Corp., whose Hyundai Sonata Hybrid and Kia Soul were segment leaders. These two OEMs tied for producing the highest Total Value on a corporate level.

Interestingly enough, Strategic Vision said there was no one brand that “dominated,” highlighting the parity it believes exists among automakers. What’s more there were nine domestic-brand segment winners, eight European-brand segment winners and 13 Asian-brand segment winners.

One of the 30 winning models the company highlighted in its announcement was the Soul, which was the leader in the Small Multi-Function car segment.  The Soul actually tied for the lead in this segment in another Strategic Vision award, the Total Quality Index, which was released this summer.

“If you take the Kia Soul into consideration, it was the Total Quality leader in another study and now reveals a segment leading score in Total Value. Kia Soul includes fresh attractive styling, great quality and MPG, with innovative features that are generating love among its owners. Ultimately this love translates into loyalty and advocacy, and will drive sales,” said Christopher Chaney, Strategic Vision senior vice president.

To determine the winners in the 19th annual Total Value Index study, Strategic Vision studied more than 46,000 consumers who bought 2014 model-year new vehicles between October 2014 and March.

The company said in its announcement that it “examined the quality of the buyer’s complete ownership experience and adds the customer’s assessment of economic consequences from two perspectives: (1) Immediate – or what is influential today (e.g. total down payment including drive-off costs, warranty costs, special incentive programs, etc.), and (2) Expected – what they believe the costs that emerge over time will be (e.g. expected Reliability and Durability, Resale Value, Durability, Fuel Economy, etc.)”

The complete list of Total Value Index winners includes the top-ranked vehicle for Total Value in each segment, as rated by new-car buyers with ALG residual values included.