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Used-vehicle prices continue to decline at a moderate pace, but some segment prices are dropping faster than others, while others are bucking trends right and left. According to Black Book’s Ricky Beggs, one of these outliers is the group of pickup truck segments.

As gas prices remain high, Black Book data shows all three pickup truck segments holding the strongest retention values compared with all other truck and car segments.

“Over the past eight weeks, compact pickups (Nissan Frontier, Ford Ranger) have declined just 0.2 percent; midsize pickups (Honda Ridgeline, Dodge Dakota) have declined 0.1 percent; and fullsize pickups (Ford F-150, Chevrolet Silverado) have declined 0.2 percent,” officials said.

And overall, Beggs contends prices will hold for above-average condition vehicles.

Commenting on the trend seen in the truck segments, as well as wholesale prices overall, Beggs said, “Vehicles that should hold the line on depreciation will be above-the-average-condition three- to five-year-old models.

“In the near-term, we expect compact pickups, full-size pickups and full-size crossovers to have the best and smallest percentage change; and the luxury-level cars to continue relatively low levels of percentage decline in prices,” he continued.

On the other hand, some segments are seeing larger-than-average price drops in the lanes.

For example, since August, luxury vehicle segments have declined slowly as a whole, but “near-luxury cars such as the Audi A4, Acura TL, Cadillac CTS and Lexus CT 200h, have seen prices drop  by 3.3 percent,” Beggs shared.

And some of the more pricey units have seen significant drops, as well, with the premium sporty cars having dropped 2.7 percent during the same period.

These cars include the higline BMW 6-Series, Mercedes-Benz SL Class, Nissan GT-R, and Jaguar XK, among others.

Lastly, Beggs touched on how some popular new redesigns are putting “price pressure” on used vehicles.

Black Book explained that the “growing hype” over the new midsize cars being introduced for 2013, with particular emphasis on stronger competition from domestic makers, may drive used prices down even further.

“These models are expected to lure an increasing number of car shoppers, placing larger-than-normal downward pricing pressure on late-model used cars in the midsize segment,” officials said.

Beggs pointed out earlier this month that four of the six major automakers are introducing major redesigns to their flagship midsize sedans this fall, including the Nissan Altima, Honda Accord, Chevrolet Malibu and Ford Fusion. The Hyundai Sonata and Toyota Camry came out with new introductions last year.

For more information on these redesigns, see the Auto Remarketing story here.