ALG Announces Annual Residual Value Award Winners
SANTA BARBARA, CA – ALG announced its 13th Annual Residual Value Awards, which honor vehicles in specific segments that the company predicts will retain the highest percentage off MSRP after a three-year period.
SANTA BARBARA, CA – ALG announced its 13th Annual Residual Value Awards, which honor vehicles in specific segments that the company predicts will retain the highest percentage off MSRP after a three-year period.
The automotive brands that led the awards are Subaru, for the top mainstream brand, and Lexus, for the top luxury brand. ALG said it chose this year’s winners after evaluating criteria such as segment competition, historical vehicle performance and industry trends.
ALG said Audi received the most segment awards of any brand (winning a total of three for the A6, the S5, and the Q7). Toyota received awards for the pickup truck categories for the Tacoma and Tundra. Honda took home awards for the Fit and Odyssey. Chrysler earned an award for the Jeep Wrangler, and General Motors took home an award for the GMC Acadia. For the alternative-fuel vehicle categories, VW’s Golf TDI and Lexus’ CT 200h received awards.
Other winners include the Hyundai Elantra, Mazda Mazdaspeed3, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, and Nissan Maxima.
Here is the list of winners by segment as well as the overall category winners:
Mainstream Brand: Subaru of America
Luxury Brand: Lexus, a division of Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Sub Compact Car: Honda Fit
Compact Car: Hyundai Elantra
Mid-size Car: Subaru Legacy
Full-size Car: Nissan Maxima
Sporty Car: Mazdaspeed3
Alternative Powertrain: Volkswagen Golf TDI
MPV: Honda Odyssey
Compact Utility: Jeep Wrangler
Mid-size Utility: Subaru Outback
Full-size Utility: GMC Acadia
Mid-size Pickup: Toyota Tacoma
Full-size Pickup: Toyota Tundra
Near Luxury Car: Mercedes-Benz C-Class
Luxury Car: Audi A6
Luxury Sports Car: Audi S5
Luxury Alt-Fuel: Lexus CT 200h
Luxury Compact Utility: Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
Luxury Mid-size Utility: Land Rover Ranger Rover Sport
Luxury Full-size Utility: Audi Q7
Originally posted on Automotive Fleet
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